Mr. and Mr. SMASH

We're here. After weeks of trudging through some awful episodes, we have what might objectively be the best episode, the season one finale: Bombshell. This longer than usual episode features a discussion of Marilyn herself, as well as a recap of the whole season, in addition to our usual episode analysis. So much happens in this episode: confessing to attempted murder 8 minutes in, not a single pincurl in sight, and Cameron giving us all a lesson on actors equity contracts. And to top it all off, we get one of the best songs of the whole season (really of the whole show, but don't tell Hit List). And we do understand love, FYI.

 

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This week SMASH takes us to church with episode 14: Previews. The most contrived conflict of them all takes centre stage, with our least favourite conflict from the beginning of the season making a return. We get a fabulous new original song, and also the end of Rebecca Duvall as we know it. Featuring a highly-anticipated rehash of some of our issues with the musicals' structure, and further growing anger at Derek. We're alone in Boston, dying.

 

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Contrived, and not so contrived drama, are the focus of this weeks episode, number 13: Tech. Featuring not one new original song, but some unfortunate rehashing of old ones. This episode has some Mr. and Mr. SMASH staples: weird prop mishaps in Julia and Frank’s house, Derek being really awful, and more bananas. We go in hard on the structural issues of the completed musical and the efficiency of the quick changes. Don’t propose this week, we can’t handle any big life decisions, it’s tech!

 

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Here it is. The big one. We've been alluding to a certain number in this episode and it's finally here. Join us as we journey through a deep, nuanced discussion of cultural appropriation as we cover episode 12: Publicity. You can also stick around for: another great Ivy number, more vegetables, and Cameron fighting for the rights of peanut-allergy sufferers everywhere. Grab your gal pal, and listen to our episode that seems to last for a thousand and one nights!

 

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Girl, this is an interesting episode this week. Episode 11, The Movie Star, naturally features a lot of Uma Thurman, which we love (for now), but also Dig Deep, which we hate. Featuring the return of Marilyn hallucinations, and a clip from Rebecca's newest movie, there is a lot to love in this episode. This episode also features our very uninformed predictions for this Tony's Best Musical race (we're sorry in advance). Grab your loose bread/chunky clam chowder, and get ready for some justification, improvisation, plus some emotional masturbation.

 

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As we continue to anxiously await Uma Thurman’s arrival, we cover episode 10: Understudy. This episode features a prominent return of the Marilyn hallucinations, some questionable Spanish from Eileen, and finally another original song we really like (thank God). Join as we finally complete the arduous task of Googling what the hell Three on a Match actually means. Can you believe their lead actress doesn’t know what downstage means?

 

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In honour of Tony nominations being released yesterday, Ray and Cameron take a trip down memory lane and discuss their top 5 (or top 7 if you include honourable mentions) Tony performances of all time. Here are the links to the videos so you can watch along as you’re listening:  

Cameron

Honourable Mention 1

Honourable Mention 2

Number 5

Number 4

Number 3

Number 2

Number 1

 

Ray

Honourable Mention 1

Honourable Mention 2

Number 5

Number 4

Number 3

Number 2

Number 1

 

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This episode’s not quite as intense as last week’s, but we still had lots of fun recapping episode 9: Hell on Earth. It features one of our favourite Ivy/Karen moments, Frank discovering Julia’s secret, and John’s brave coming out to Tom. Drugs, street performers, punches to the face, Ellis diving headfirst into the scandalous side of showbiz, this episode has it all. Put on your angel costume and meet us at the pearly gates (I hear Norbert Leo Butz is performing there)!

 

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This one's even longer than our Let's Be Bad episode, because we have a lot to cover when we recap episode 8: The Coup. The episode features a lovely guest appearance by Meryl Streep's daughter, a surprisingly large number of law-related scenes, and Cameron's Tony-award winning reenactment of one of the most uncomfortable fights put to screen. We go in hard on the Derek/Tom dynamic and the homophobia found therein, and what it means to be a gay man worshipping a dive (both very fun, easy to talk about topics). Don't get too mad at us for how much we hate this episode's original song.

 

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Everything’s coming up Bernadette on this episode of Mr. and Mr. SMASH where we recap episode 7: The Workshop. This episode has a lot, but it basically falls into two categories: yucky Micheal/Julia relationship stuff and Bernadette Peters. This episode also features a rare glimpse into our opinions on the musical Cats, so there’s that. Hot off of his earth-shattering rendition of Let’s Be Bad, Cameron sings more in this one. Apparently some do like it hot!

 

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