This week, you didn't need Cinemax to see someone get screwed on TV.
So how did NBC let it come to this? Well, I think I can explain it. Let's say you're married, and it's the number one marriage in the country. But then, you meet someone else who just sweeps you off your feet. So you say to her, "I wanna marry you. In five years." And she says, "Yes, I will wait five years to marry you." So then you go home and you tell your current wife, "Honey, in five years, we're getting a divorce." Now, you might think your current wife would be super-cool with that, and say thank you for being honest, but it turns out, she's actually super mad! And as the five years, pass, she gets in really good shape. So when the time comes for the divorce, she's looking better than ever. She looks so good, that you see other people looking at her, and you get jealous. So you come up with an awesome plan: you'll still marry the second person, but you'll stay married to the first. So you tell the new wife, "Good news, we're totally married, but every night when I get home, I'm gonna spend a half hour with my first wife first, but then I'm all yours." Before you can even see how she feels about it, you hold a big press conference, and tell people that you've changed the future of marriage. Now if you think the new wife is cool with this plan, she's not; she's super-mad. And the first wife is also acting weird, because, y'know, YOU HAVE TWO WIVES. But then, just when you think you're stuck, you come up with the perfect plan to solve all your problems. You kill your second wife.
The question now is, "Will NBC be ok?" That all depends on one thing: Chuck. Lot of pressure on Chuck right now. Also, I feel bad for the writers of Law & Order. They're going to be responsible for ten hours of programming a day. They say their stories are ripped from the headlines, but a newspaper only has so many headlines to rip. The last episode I saw was about a broken air conditioner at a PTA meeting. Next week, two detectives are gonna try and solve a Sudoku. Look, obviously, I'm invested in this because it affects me. If Jay can take his job back from Conan, that means Conan can take it back from Jimmy, and that means Jimmy might come here, and I cannot go back to being in a sketch once every three weeks.
