{"id":3010,"date":"2015-01-09T15:48:10","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T20:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/?p=3010"},"modified":"2015-01-09T15:48:10","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T20:48:10","slug":"mccarthys-review-sister-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2015\/01\/09\/mccarthys-review-sister-act\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The McCarthys&#8217; Review: Sister Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s episode of <em>The McCarthys\u00a0<\/em>was about Marjorie&#8217;s overly competitive sister visiting. As soon as I saw that description, I hoped the sister would be played by Jane Kaczmarek and, guys, she totally was. I could give this episode a free pass just for that. <em>Malcolm in the Middle<\/em> references are the key to my heart.<\/p>\n<p>But even beyond the fact that Laurie Metcalfe and Jane Kaczmarek are beautiful and funny and perfect on their own and doubly so together, this was just a great episode. Marjorie&#8217;s relationship with her sister is full of baggage, which is perfectly done here with a good mix of petty hilarity and real emotional weight. In addition, we get to see Sean and Gerard competing with their cousin who attends Harvard, providing some great banter. (&#8220;I guess your phD isn&#8217;t in sports.&#8221; &#8220;No, it&#8217;s not. It&#8217;s in developmental neuroscience.&#8221; &#8220;Yeah, &#8217;cause that&#8217;s a thing&#8221;). Plus, Ronny finds out that his other cousin just came out as a gay man and already has a hot boyfriend. That&#8217;s what pushes him over the edge, pushing the conflict between the sisters to its climax.<\/p>\n<p>Everything in this episode works so well, with great punchlines scattered throughout a simple but emotionally rewarding story of sibling rivalry. It&#8217;s a great episode for Marjorie, but also really shows what a strong ensemble this has become. Every single character in the main cast got their share of material.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s episode of The McCarthys\u00a0was about Marjorie&#8217;s overly competitive sister visiting. As soon as I saw that description, I hoped the sister would be played by Jane Kaczmarek and, guys, she totally was. I could give this episode a free pass just for that. Malcolm in the Middle references are the key to my<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2015\/01\/09\/mccarthys-review-sister-act\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":183,"featured_media":2156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,176],"tags":[1147,826,1152,1151,1149,1150,1153,1109,1047,1148],"class_list":{"0":"post-3010","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-television","8":"category-television-reviews","9":"tag-brian-gallivan","10":"tag-cbs","11":"tag-jack-mcgee","12":"tag-jimmy-dunn","13":"tag-joey-mcintyre","14":"tag-kelen-coleman","15":"tag-laurie-metcalf","16":"tag-the-mccarthys","17":"tag-tv","18":"tag-tyler-ritter"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}