Walk the Swine

This episode pretty much sums up for me the issues with this show.

We have a good plot with Piggy. We have a character who the audience love, who is acting in a way that we have come to expect her to act. Unlike with Ed Helms the week before, here we have a guest star involved who adds to the plot and it feels like it links in with this whole 'behind the scenes' vibe that has been set up. Reese Witherspoon knows her way around a joke, she shows that here.

What doesn't work quite so well is the plot involving Fozzie. First of all, the sexual nature of some of his jokes feel out of place (tone has always been a problem with this show right from the off) and some of the things he does/says are just cruel. That's never been the character.

This show isn't a mess, it just doesn't know what it is and what it wants to be.