Welcome to the Captain

Welcome to the Captain is a tv show on CBS Mondays at 7:30. (We're Central time, get used to it!)



TJ Says...

I’ve seen 4 shows(I'm the only one who doesn't have a THAR degree that can say this). The only reason I’ve seen the last three, is because there is NOTHING else on Monday nights at 7:30. This show should be funny. You’ve got Jesus, a dude from Arrested Development and guy/girl angst. The problem is that I chuckle at the show about 2-3 times. I’ve never actually laughed at this show.

Random Musings:
•Josh and Hope, does the man have to hit us in the face with “Hey, we’re trying to be Ross and Rachael here”?
•Dude from American pie…2 things. Get a friggin hair cut and take acting lessons. My 4 year old does a better job when she’s trying to get out of chores.
•Working for “TCo” is genius. But JTam’s character just makes me want to kick him in the nuts.
•Raquel Welch is hot, but we GET IT ALREADY, you’re a cougar. A really, really old cougar.

So, under the TJ rating system, this gets a “TiVO it if you’re bored, otherwise don’t bother.”

Chad responds...

Usually if Jeffrey Tambor is in a show, I'll watch it. Plus this was a comedy and nothing else was on TV so I recorded it. The first thing that I noticed about the show was Marty's (Chris Klein) hair changed from scene to scene. One scene it would be long in the back and sides and the next it would be clipped short on the back and sides. Really? Don't they have people that check this stuff. Sadly that's all I remember about the first episode.

But I hung in there. I've seen 4 episodes thus far and thanks the the last episode, I'll hang in for a few more.

Yes, JTam's (Jeffrey Tambor) character used to be a writer on Three's Company. Funny in and of itself. His remembering back to those days and referencing people from this show is pretty funny. The Three's Company satin jacket he wore in the last episode was awesome.

There's the whole love connection thing between Josh and Hope that we're just going to have to fight thru so I'll play along.

What I do like is all of the strong characters. Jesus, the bellhop started off rough but keeps getting funnier. In the last episode he was pure gold. Raquel Welch adds a little something that's good-ish. Tambor is great - calling Three's Company "TCo" is terrific. The main character, Josh is likeable, nervous - very John Rittery (yeah i adjectived him). Hope is cute and likeable - you do kind of like the connection even if you roll your eyes at it at first. But Chris Klein is seriously horrible. Yeesh. Some of the situations he's been in have worked b/c they make fun of his character but they're going to have to keep saving him.

So I'm glad I fought thru the first 3 episodes and hopefully it will keep getting better. The situational stuff is formulaic and contrived but it takes you back a bit to the 80's sitcoms and I kind of like that.

So I give it a "Please keep getting better so I don't have to watch Back to You instead"