This season of FOTC has been quite different from Season One. In its previous season, the show was filled with the awkward and non-sequitur comedy of the duo. The songs featured on the show all came from a set, polished on the road and on their earlier BBC radio show. Having had a long layoff between seasons, the boys have returned with a better idea of what to do for their show. Unfortunately, as the plots have become more daring, the songs have suffered and the episodes, though they've had their moments, they've overall been a bit weak, unable to stick the landing.
That brings us to last night's episode, "Unnatural Love," which saw Jemaine falling for an Australian girl. Directed by the wonderfully weird Michel Gondry, the episode was essentially a half hour bashing of Australia, something the Conchords and the entire country of New Zealand have always been a big fan of. Jemaine becoming a Australian was pretty funny, and Brett's making gloves that look like his hand were all very funny, but the episode was stagnant. Watching though the episode, I had no idea that they'd end up getting robbed by the Australian women, but at the end I felt that the episode had reached the ending that it was undoubtedly going to reach. Like the rest of the season, the episodes have had one joke and haven't reached past that.
The songs in tonight's episode were split for me. "Too Many Dicks on the Dancefloor" was a club romp with a strange (but typical for Gondry) dance with disco ball phalluses and crazy lights. It seemed like either the joke of the song or the establishing scene for it was a bit forced. The other song, "Carol Brown" was much better. The song was funny and didn't seem hastily made so that HBO could get them back on the air quickly. To me, it was the high point of the season thus far. Hopefully the Conchords can pick it back up and get back to Season One awesomeness.
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