Amen. The show still makes me laugh, with Karen and Jack are Heckel and Jeckel, but despite all the hand-wringing over Grace's love life, it's not as character-driven as it used to be.
I thought the show really got back on track last season with the pygmalion plotline, when Will and Jack tried to teach Dan Futterman how to be gay. It was funny, sharp, and endearing, and at the end, we cared about Futterman. When he was revealed, Eliza like, sans beard, etc, it was charming. And we saw Will smitten. It was poised for a real high-stakes battle between Jack and Will for Dan. But it was a two episode arc, and bam, over. Whereas Grace gets long, drawn-out romances. I really thought he might've been Will's true love. Anyone else enjoy that plotline?
Please don't yell at me posters, I love the hinjinks. I laugh. But that particular story was real (enough) and gave Will the focus he too often lacks. Also, it's been, what, 5 years? Eric is cute, in his gay prime, lives in NY. I mean, come on, forget love-of-his-life, why CAN'T Will at least find a decent date?! It begins to read like there's something fundamentally wrong with him. In terms of sitcom precedent: at least Mary Richards got laid.
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
Updated On: 1/16/04 at 09:06 AM