What inspires us? Underneath all of the editorial posturing between George and Antrem and the missing lesbians case, the question of inspiration runs through every vein of ‘The Case of the Stolen Sperm’. As I’ve said all throughout the Second Look of the first season, Bored to Death is at its best when its not trying … Continue reading »
For the first time in Bored to Death‘s first season, ‘The Case of the Beautiful Blackmailer’ integrate Ray and George into Jonathan’s case, instead of keeping them on the sideline for the detective work segments of the show. And while the case itself wasn’t all that interesting, everything else that surrounded it was great, its moment … Continue reading »
If there are two certainties we can count on life, one is never knowing who will answer your craigslist ad, and the second is that love can blind out the uglier parts of life and relationships (and not always in a good way). Both of these ideas play out in interesting ways in ‘The Case … Continue reading »
There are a lot of television shows that rely on their inherent ‘gimmicks’ to drive interest in the show. In truth, the best episodes of these shows are when these devices are left to the background, and the show spends its time exploring parallels between its characters. Bored to Death is no different, and ‘The Case of … Continue reading »
For an unheralded show in its third episode, Bored to Death makes a daring script choice with ‘The Case of the Missing Screenplay’; that is, there really isn’t a ‘case’ to be had in this episode. The screenplay goes missing on account of Jonathan, and for 95% of the episode, the show’s premise of a stuggling … Continue reading »
In Bored to Death‘s first episode, we were introduced to three men in different stages of adult hood, struggling with their identities in a number of different ways. ‘The Alanon Case’ isn’t as funny or smooth as the first half hour, but the overarching philosophy behind the events and attitudes of the main characters make … Continue reading »
(Second Look is a new Processed Media column, revisiting shows episode-by-episode that have ended their production runs. if you have a show you’d like us to cover, email us at processedmedia@gmail.com) Bored to Death was a quirky little mystery comedy from Jonathon Ames, American author and former New York Post columnist, and ran for three … Continue reading »
