‘Detroiters,’ ‘Take Two,’ and ‘Marlon’ Finale

Matt Roush
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Eddie Cibrian and Rachel Bilson in Take Two
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A critical checklist of notable Thursday TV:

Detroiters (10:30/9:30c, Comedy Central): This wacky buddy comedy has quickly become a go-to giddily guilty pleasure on an otherwise mostly forgettable night of summer TV. In a typically absurd new episode, Sam (Sam Richardson) decides to re-record a jingle for the local Farmer Zack grocery store because the old (and popular) version he sang with his ex is causing some friction with his latest girlfriend. The problem: He had more chemistry in the recording booth (and elsewhere) the last time around. In a much weirder subplot, Tim (Tim Robinson) lets Internet trolls get under his thin skin when he checks out comments flaming him on his wife’s YouTube videos.

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Take Two (10/9c, ABC): Pretty much the definition of summer fluff, this Castle-lite caper leaves the improbable murder cases aside for a week to focus on something with even higher stakes: TV star Sam’s (Rachel Bilson) public reputation. When her ex-fiancé (Greyston Holt) asks for help when his laptop is stolen, Sam turns to Eddie (Eddie Cibrian) once she realizes how embarrassingly personal some of the content on the computer could be if it gets in the wrong hands.

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Marlon (9/8c, NBC): Signing off of a second season of inconsequential blandness, the Marlon Wayans sitcom airs back-to-back episodes. In the first, Marlon delivers an out-of-the-box message at son Zack’s (Amir O’Neil) school career day, and in the finale, he decides to turn his 43rd birthday party into a funeral for himself — which turns out to be more of a roast.

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Inside Thursday TV: A change of scenery on USA’s Queen of the South (9/8c), as Teresa (Alice Braga) leaves Europe to start over in Phoenix, where she finds new hurdles with a corrupt sheriff and more cartel bosses… On Bravo’s Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce (10/9c), Abby (Lisa Edelstein) finds herself playing full-time stepmom now that Mike’s (James Lesure) ex has moved away, which forces her to face facts about their relationship… Bob Lee Swagger (Ryan Phillippe), aka USA’s Shooter (10/9c), takes a break from investigating his father’s death to assist Nadine (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) and Isaac (Omar Epps) on a rescue mission when Harris (Jesse Bradford) is snatched.

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    GoldSubmarine

    Reverie was very good last night. The acting was above par with everyone involved, especially Sarah Shai (Mara). I know there wont be any award nominations for a low rated summer show, but she is an outstanding (and gorgeous) actress.

    Speaking of gorgeous , Rachel Bilson is just that in Take Two. Will watch that and Nashville (DVR) later or tomorrow.

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      CyanCoathanger

      You obviously like these shows more than I do.

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      GoldSubmarine

      CW\'s Burden of Truth looks like a solid law show. I watched the promos. Hopefully I can add that one this summer.

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      GoldSubmarine

      I find them more watchable than the \"acclaimed Terror and Genius this season. Speaking of which, Genius has just garnered some major nominations. The productions values and acting were great, but the story was just too slow and boring for me. I gave it like 7 or 8 episodes.

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      CyanCoathanger

      Agreed!

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      CyanCoathanger

      Haven\'t seen the promos for that one.

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      GoldSubmarine

      Looks like the broadcast networks aren\'t giving up on scripted shows for the summer as once predicted.

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      CyanCoathanger

      I think they always have a few that they\'re committed to or may have even paid for already.

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      RedCupcake

      My issue with Reverie is pretty much what I mentioned a few weeks ago. Every week so far has been the same thing: Mara has to go inside the person\'s reverie and \"save\" them in the real world by bringing them out of the Reverie. Last night\'s ep did have one or two interesting twists and turns (the unknown pregnancy and loss of baby, for example). Also, I didn\'t quite buy that guy (psychiatrist?) being Mara\'s ex. He didn\'t seem to be her type. That relationship seemed a little... well, forced on us.

      Lastly, I had thought the young woman\'s ex, the dancer with whom she broke up after the accident, might pop back into her life.

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      GoldSubmarine

      Sometimes this show reminds me of Fantasy Island.

      But these clients have dangerous consequences.

      Yes the psychiatrist guy was worst part of the episode. But this particular episode was especially well acted and quite intriguing to me. The promos for next week look encouraging as well.

      To be fair , if NBC aired this show during the regular season, I likely wouldn\'t have lasted this long.

      I\'m much more discriminating after the summer .

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      RedCupcake

      I totally agree that this show is interesting and clever. I just wish it didn\'t rely on the same basic story/plot each week.

      While we\'re carping about characters (which is the fun part, haha), I sort of don\'t buy the young woman who supposedly created the Reverie program. A little too cliche\'d or my taste, like she\'s supposed to be some sort of female Mark Zuckerburg. Plus, I\'m not sure whether she does or does not currently \"own\" the company or the Reverie program... sometimes it seems like Dennis Haysbert is more in charge. Anyway, it doesn\'t bother me to the point that I can\'t watch the show or anything, but it\'s just one of those details that doesn\'t seem to be well thought out, or explained. Sometimes TV shows get caught up in the main high-concept premise (i.e., the Reverie program) and let the details slide or go undeveloped.

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      RedCupcake

      I think I mentioned this new show (Carter) before. It sounds even more like Castle than Take Two.

      https://www.tvinsider.com/701693/wgn-carter-trailer-jerry-oconnell/

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      GoldSubmarine

      Yes, I recall you mentioned it. I used to watch Moonlighting (at its peak - the top show of this genre at its worst toward the end of the run just terrible and barely watchable . I stuck through till the bitter end.

      Take Two satisfies me for now. Again had it aired during the regular season I probably wouldn\'t have lasted with it this long.

      The only broadcast summer shows that I feel are on par with most regular season shows are Quantico (even better than most regular season shows) Nashville and Salvation.

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    RedCupcake

    PBS and NatGeo have some interesting stuff on tonight. Also, TCM is airing The Great Escape... which isn\'t quite as satisfying as one might wish. But first I\'ll catch up with Big Bang Theory from earlier this season.

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      CyanCoathanger

      I watched the PBS shows last night. That one about the Rockies wasn\'t too bad.

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    CyanCoathanger

    Take Two and Shooter are on my watchlist for this evening. Will peek at Big Brother to see who gets booted tonight.

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    GoldSubmarine

    TV INSIDER STAFF:

    When I go to Matt Roush, this page doesn\'t show up only yesterday\'s and previous days. It does appear when I go to the Worth Watching page.

    There might be some looking for the page under Matt Roush.

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      CyanCoathanger

      It shows up now. They were late in posting everything today.