by OL » Sat May 10, 2014 1:03 pm
I was pissed to find out yesterday that ABC cancelled a bunch of shows, and among them was this show called Mixology that I've really been enjoying.
Honestly, I'm just not very interested in most new comedies that come out. There's something about the majority of them that just turns me right the hell off. Either they try way too hard to be quirky, or the actors aren't particularly appealing, or the jokes just fall flat as hell. Most of these shows are terrible.
But Mixology was really good. Despite having a cast of unknowns, they were all appealing enough that I genuinely liked everyone but the end of the second episode I watched. There's a great sense of comic timing among the lot of them, and they're all completely individual and identifiable from one another. And despite the plots occasionally pulling some odd stretches, they generally do so in the name of a really good laugh or two. It's one of those cases where believability just doesn't really matter, considering how funny and clever the show is anyway. It's also one of those comedies that has a ton of great quotable dialogue. I love that kind of stuff.
It's a goddamn shame to see it canceled, but hopefully things get resolved nicely anyway. The whole concept of the show is that it takes place over a single night in a bar/club where everyone is trying to meet people or hook up. With a setup like that, it might still wrap up well enough in the end that it could be seen as an extended movie of sorts. I'll definitely get the bluray if that's the case.