[7.3/10] For starters, while I initially rolled my eyes at it, I ended up actually really enjoying the “Jenny is biased about height” storyline. Having her preference for tall players in fantasy bleed over and become a problem in the real world when trying to suck up to Kevin’s boss is an amusing bit of schtick. And while contrived, getting Darren Sproles to show up at Ellie’s dance, while inadvertently giving him mini-candy bars and telling him to use the short water fountain was worth a laugh. Plus the show thankfully doesn't ask Sproles to do too much acting, which is an improvement given the athlete cameos.
While I’ll cop to guessing the “Mark from Cuba” reveal, I also like Pete using “Taco Corp.” as a stalking horse to get a raise at work, while he misses out on the investment of a life time when Mark Cuban buys up “EBDB.” (For those counting at home, that makes two Dallas-area sports owners who’ve appeared on The League).
I liked parts of the “Andre goes nuts trying to punish himself” bit of psychological torture. It was funny seeing him squirm and the guys letting him drag himself into the abyss rather than just being active jerks to him. But the whole UTI thing was over the top stupid, and even the drag schtick, which started out kind of amusing went to some weird/racist/homophobic places very quickly.
That just leaves Computer Ruxin, which was an odd device (Kroll had other obligations that week, maybe?) but which the show managed to wring some basic but decent humor out of.
Overall, the core stories here were the usual combination of ridiculous and implausible, but they were funnier than normal which, you know, helps in a comedy.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParentSpoilers2019-09-30T03:49:44Z
[7.3/10] For starters, while I initially rolled my eyes at it, I ended up actually really enjoying the “Jenny is biased about height” storyline. Having her preference for tall players in fantasy bleed over and become a problem in the real world when trying to suck up to Kevin’s boss is an amusing bit of schtick. And while contrived, getting Darren Sproles to show up at Ellie’s dance, while inadvertently giving him mini-candy bars and telling him to use the short water fountain was worth a laugh. Plus the show thankfully doesn't ask Sproles to do too much acting, which is an improvement given the athlete cameos.
While I’ll cop to guessing the “Mark from Cuba” reveal, I also like Pete using “Taco Corp.” as a stalking horse to get a raise at work, while he misses out on the investment of a life time when Mark Cuban buys up “EBDB.” (For those counting at home, that makes two Dallas-area sports owners who’ve appeared on The League).
I liked parts of the “Andre goes nuts trying to punish himself” bit of psychological torture. It was funny seeing him squirm and the guys letting him drag himself into the abyss rather than just being active jerks to him. But the whole UTI thing was over the top stupid, and even the drag schtick, which started out kind of amusing went to some weird/racist/homophobic places very quickly.
That just leaves Computer Ruxin, which was an odd device (Kroll had other obligations that week, maybe?) but which the show managed to wring some basic but decent humor out of.
Overall, the core stories here were the usual combination of ridiculous and implausible, but they were funnier than normal which, you know, helps in a comedy.