Watching KVille

Was it just me or was last night’s episode, “Ride Along” just a series of bad cliches? I know that it was not meant to be a season finale, but the only thing that the finale had going for it was that maybe there is a mole in the department…maybe.

Cliche #1: Overzealous reporter from New York, of course. Add that she is “checking in on New Orleans” and we have a superbad cliche.

Cliche #2: Witness killed by drug dealer. No!

Cliche #3: Reporter decides to write a story called “Everyday Heroes.” No wonder she gets the “good” assignments.

Cliche #4: Reporter’s story gets re-written by editor, and someone gets killed for it. Come on! That’s just a (excuse the pun) cop-out.

I think the cat’s sub-plot was the best part of the episode.

And did anyone else notice that the question about Love Tap’s nickname came up, and dismissed as a “long story.” Dammit, I want answers. Wait, maybe that is the hook to get me to watch K-Ville again. Not the mole, not the possibility of Cobb being found out, it’s the nicknames. Genius!

Anyway, I will now have plenty of time to re-hash this weaker-than-most episode, but first let me just say how much I disliked the guest star playing the reporter. I cannot find her name, but what a crappy actress. It’s too bad because I have heretofore been impressed with most of the actors brought in for this show. I really wanted her to get shot during that scene when the team went after Caveman.

Yeah, I love it. A character named Caveman.

No, not that one. But if he showed up on K-Ville, well, that would be a great episode I am sure. Maybe the Teen Angels could show up, too.

K-Ville, New York, New Orleans, Caveman, Teen Angels

As I was checking out the official K-Ville site, I happened to read the recap for “Boulet in a China Shop.”

If you must know, I was trying to see if FOX listed whoever did the excellent “Blue Skies” cover toward the end of the episode that then sound-dissolved-cut into Love Tap’s screeched version of it at the kareoke bar. Anyone?

Anyhoo, the official FOX recap has more in it than the version of “Boulet in a China Shop” than I saw. Remember how I wrote that Cobb was a little too mysterious about his doin’s and transpirin’s during the episode? The recap explains that he was outside of A.J.’s trailer while the gang was at the kareoke bar the first time in the beginning, and then again, he was giving AJ the money that he tried giving her in a previous episode, “No Good Deed.”

But if you read the recaps from both “No Good Deed” and “Boulet in a China Shop,” the exact same phrases/half-paragraphs are in both, so I am inclined to see this a some weird typo on the part of the FOX site.

AJ, a lovely lass, was the girlfriend of Cobb’s old cell mate that he kind of let drown during “the storm.” Anyway, to make a long story short, Cobb tried to assuage his guilt by giving AJ the stash from one of the cell mate’s heists. This blew up in his face as AJ was arrested a short time later for trying to spend some of the ill-gotten cash. But now, the stolen cash issue is no longer an “issue” and he can finally give her the money again. Was this in last week’s episode? I had missed it due to the Oregon floods, and decided to watch it once new episodes were no longer available. A way of keeping myself busy during the Season of the Reality Show…

So, my question is, did anyone in the country see this interaction between Cobb and AJ during the December 10th episode? Because I did not see these two scenes. Why would those scenes have been cut? Hmm. Or is this simply an oversight on the FOX sight and someone screwed up with the recaps?

Here’s my evidence:

From the recap for “No Good Deed”: (the beginning)

Cobb gives A.J. the money, tells her it was Sonny’s, he won it gambling the night he was arrested. The other cops thought it was dirty but he got to the bottom of it, just took a while to sort out. He explains that before he was NOPD he was a prison guard, became friends with Sonny and as they establish this connection both missing their old friend, Cobb’s pager disrupts their moment and takes us to…

From “Boulet in a China Shop”: (towards the end, after the Boulet and Cobb scene in the locker room)

Cobb goes back to the trailer park, in uniform. He gives A.J. the money and tells her it was her husband’s. Sonny was Cobb’s old cellmate who he allowed to drown during the storm. Cobb says that Sonny won the money gambling the night he was arrested. The other cops thought it was dirty but he got to the bottom of it; it just took a while to sort out. A.J., emotional, says she doesn’t know if Sonny would want her to have this money. They were having troubles when he died. There’s an attraction between her and Cobb. She says she plays guitar most nights at Jake’s, and shyly invites him to stop by if he wants.

Here’s more from the Boulet in a China Shop: (From the very beginning)

Boulet, on a night out with his fellow cops and Ayana, whoops it up at a karaoke bar. Meanwhile, Cobb goes to a trailer park, where he lays eyes on the beautiful A.J. for the first time. He hides in the shadows, just watching her.

First time?? There was already a whole episode about AJ and Cobb. Is this oversight perhaps why the Cobb scenes were cut?

My guess: The AJ/Cobb thing was supposed to be in one episode, and then switched to another. But the recaps were obviously not updated, and that is why Cobb had no sub-plot in “Boulet in a China Shop.” Any other guesses?

And wait, to further the mystery…Amanda Righetti, who plays AJ, is listed in IMDB as appearing in “Cobb’s Webb” and “No Good Deed.”

Have you seen this woman in more than one K-Ville episode? If so, which ones?

K-Ville, FOX, Amanda Righetti, IMDB, Cobb

Oh, do the clever names for episodes never stop? Wait, they might in about two episodes.

Yes, my friend, conflicting information about the fate of our fair show. According to both wikipedia and epguides.com, there will only be eleven of the original thirteen shows that will be airing.

Hmm, why wouldn’t FOX have produced the full run? My guess is cancellation. Drat. Seriously, FOX, what else do you have?

It seems that Anthony Anderson may have to find a new job. Shouldn’t be a problem for him. He has had a pretty good couple of years…The Departed, Transformers, The Shield. He just finished up work as himself on Black Poker Stars Invitational. Can’t wait.

Cole Hauser just finished production on a movie called Tortured. It is about an FBI agent that has a moral dilema about torturing someone…how timely.

But hey, back to the present.

Last night’s episode, “Boulet in a China Shop” offered us a look into Boulet’s tortured soul, and kept us in the dark about Cobb — again. A murder at a Mardi Gras warehouse, you know where they store floats?, interrupted Boulet, Glue Boy and Love Tap’s awesome kareoke night — Anthony Anderson can sing! When the team + Cobb and + Captain + the other nameless faceless cops in full SWAT gear storms the warehouse, they find two dead bodies and another guy hiding out in a big head. I kept calling the guy Ashy Larry because he looked a lot like Ashy Larry from Chappelle’s Show.

This Ashy Larry character was one of the many people that Boulet had saved during “the Storm.”

Ashy Larry, or “Owen Giles” as K-Ville calls him was played by Avery Waddell, and it is impossible to find pictures of him, so here is one from his younger days on Boston Public.

Here’s Ashy Larry.

You try and tell them apart, especially after the character was pulled from some big paper mache head with a lot of dust all over him.

And the time count for the first mention of “the Storm”– 5 minutes! Who has that square? Yay, it’s me, because I’m the only person playing.

K-Ville, FOX, Anthony Anderson, Cole Hauser, IMDB, Transformers, The Departed, The Shield, Black Poker Stars Invitational, Tortured, Ashy Larry, Avery Waddell, Boston Public

Last night’s K-Ville was, I hate to say it…touching. I almost had a tear in my eye at the end. Almost. Probably would have if I weren’t a robot.

I am not one much for a synopsis, which is rude of me, I admit. I will post a synopsis later this week, when I have nothing else or better to do. Today I want to talk about the guest star.

David Denman, otherwise known to me as Roy from The Office, did a great job on K-Ville last night. According to IMDB, he has done lots of other stuff, and guest roles, on shows like Grey’s Anatomy, ER and the movie, The Replacements; but as I watch none of those, he will always be Roy from The Office.

Aw, why did Pam break his heart? He’s so cute.

Although look at this, shot back in September. He is one of those guys that looks way better with a beard, am I right?

Roy, I mean David, played a father that lost both his wife and daughter in “the storm.” After finding out that his baby daughter survived by floating away in a tub, like “baby Moses,” he naturally wanted to get her back. Problem was that since no one could find Baby Melissa’s parents, and assumed they perished, Melissa was adopted by a plastic surgeon and his barren wife.

I kind of got lost in the plot for a bit as David’s character was abducted by a dog catcher, who did the abduction to keep seeing his own daughter, because the Social Worker Guy was in love with the Plastic Surgeon’s wife, and killed the Plastic Surgeon, to somehow get The Wife to fall for Social Worker Guy. Yeah, that’s what I thought, too.

Anyhoo, the overarching story of parents reunited with lost children was a nice plotline, despite the need to make it so confusing for me. Roy, argh, David, David, he’s David. David did a fine job as a desperate father who just wanted some semblance of his life back. That and his daughter. There was a really nice moment when they were reunited. I couldn’t help feeling badly for The Wife/Widow, since she not only lost her husband but also her daughter. But hey, that’s what you get for being barren. I’m kidding, of course.

To go along with the crime-based plot, Boulet was trying to connect with his daughter during this episode. It’s so nice when writers have to make it so obvious that there is a “theme” to an episode. Chris made a comment that Boulet’s daughter walks all over him, and if he isn’t careful, she’ll grow up to be a stripper.

Oh, I almost forgot. Glue Boy and Love Tap got some lines last night. More of them, please!!!! True, K-Ville will survive of the characters are engaging, but that doesn’t mean that the only characters are Boulet and Cobb.

K-Ville, The Office, David Denman, ER, Grey’s Anatomy, The Replacements, IMDB