This episode, “I’m With the Contraband” was okay. It wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t that great. It was nice to see Tracy actually getting in on her brother’s scheme and not in a way that she’s exploiting him. It’s clear that Tracy was sort of meant to be the Sweet Dee of this show, but I think the writers found pretty quickly here what the writers of It’s Always Sunny found: having the one girl being the down-to-earth voice of reason, aside from being tediously stereotypical, is just boring and a drag. I, for one, love that Tracy (and, in her show, Dee) are just as fucked up as they boys are. It makes for better story and humor. And it’s certainly a lot less sexist. Like I said, the episode wasn’t terrible. There were a few good gags. Honestly, at this point, Chozen’s sexuality is such a background hum that I forget he’s gay until they make some well-placed jokes that refer to it, all of them tending to be pretty funny. Even funnier was the scene where Chozen and the campus security guard talk in subtitled prison lingo. I appreciate that the character’s humor isn’t entirely dependent on his orientation. Still, that wasn’t enough to keep this episode afloat for very long. There were a few other clever one-liners, but overall this was not the creative team’s best effort. Let’s hope next week gets us back on track with Chozen’s vendetta against Phantasm, because that’s where the show really seems to shine. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing!
