Framed

People really complaining about Cara not being able to act when the show has got Selena Gomez.in it?

Their side story with them seems forced and false.

Amy Schumer is appalling as usual.

Hopefully the story will kick in soon and these subpar subplots will be left behind.

I love the packing and humour if the show.

But Amy shumer just comes off as a speed bump that takes you out of the show and makes me think about commenting how bad she is on IMDB.

And then resume watching in hopes she doesn't appear again. The show would easily be a 9 if they ditched the D list guest actors.

I know she's a big star. And if other folks love her in this show, that's fine. I'm not one of them. Her style of gutter humor ("I was riding a motorcycle and s**t myself" line for example), and seemingly mugging for the camera just isn't a good fit in my opinion. Which granted, isn't worth much, but there it is.

Lots to loathe in this episode:

1. Obnoxiously unfunny amy schumer replaces the droll sting in the p3nthouse apartment.

2. some criminally untalented actress with a terrible haircut recruits Mabel into a cult,,,er,,,,artists' collective. They talk gibberish. They make out. /barf.

Even worse, Oscar the season 1 stud is gone.

But two things make this my favorite episode of what has otherwise been disappointingly over-rated show:

1. It's genuinely funny. Which is a shocking change of pace for this series.

2. shirley MacLaine. To say she steals the show would be n understatement. She's so great she almost made me forget amy schumer is in the same episode. No THAT is talent.

The second episode of the second season is unfortunately a let down. Easily the weakest episode of the whole series so far. The addition of Cara Delevingne and Amy Schumer to the cast does nothing for the show.

Delevingne's addition, whilst generally unnecessary, shows some potential growth and plot relevance. The same can't be said for Schumer who plays herself in an attempt to recreate Sting's cameo of season one only the difference is, while Sting's appearance was self-contained to his two episodes it seems Schumer has been written to have a longer presence in the season.

One can only hope that this episode is a blip in what will be a great season.