Khandi Alexander playing a mother? Now I feel old. Thanks a lot television.
Khandi Alexander! She was in Newsradio! That was the first show that I watched and thought, “oh wow I am totally smarter than the average American watching this critic darling of a show. It’s been on so many different days and times, I am an Advanced human being who can track it down. This show is so rewarding!” Khandi was in that! And tonight she played Lem’s mother, who happened to be dating his donut stealing, bitch slapping opponent at the Veridian offices. Lem’s disgust with this disappeared into the background however once Lem’s lifelong issue of never getting his intellectual, successful scientist mother to take his experiments seriously cropped up.
While Lem’s issues with not obtaining approval were boiling to the surface, Ted was having issues with approval of his own when Linda’s scented lightbulb idea caught Veronica’s attention. Ted, not used to not being the company’s “idea man” and collector of kudos, became prickly and bickered with Linda constantly. To get back into Veridian’s good graces, Ted decides to try to recruit Lem’s mother to work for them, even though Lem earlier claimed vociferously that he would be rather unhappy with this. Phil, after having a few “grown-up drinks”, tells off both Ted and Khandi at the recruiting dinner, telling Ted that he shouldn’t sacrifice the happiness of a good friend/co-worker to seek the company’s approval, and Khandi she should offer Lem some words of encouragement once in awhile, and that she is one attractive lady. (He IS a guy after all.) Ted apologized to Linda for being a poopyface, and Linda accepts the apology, informing Ted that her scented light bulbs in fact go sour after three days, and her taking Veronica’s advice to be confident even when wrong led to her feeling “kind of crazy”. Status quo achieved! Khandi (I’m sure her character had a “name” but I don’t remember or care, and it can’t possibly be as good as Khandi) visits her son the next morning at his lab and pretends to find his new popcorn that heats up in your mouth invention worthwhile for society. Guess if this isn’t a Christmas episode it can be a way early Mother’s Day episode! Yay mothers!
Potential tweets/Facebook status updates:
- In a recent study people’s desire to see things ranked third, right after hitting things, and trying to have sex with them
- You should jump on that Ted, before the crazy outweighs the hot. (Veronica watches How I Met Your Mother apparently)
- It would have been easier if someone named Clifton bombed the hell out of London.
- Really? You really think it’s a good idea? “No I don’t. No kidding, it’s a good idea.” Really? “No.”
- Really?(silence)
- Can’t take the heat like your precious polar bears?
- Oh no, what am I going to do with my ‘World’s Greatest Stepfather’ mug? I guess I’ll return it to the sarcastic store.
- Then you are the stupidest man that ever lived.
- I guess this is my fault that I gave Phil his own grown-up drink.
P.S.:
- Khandi as Lem’s mother was weird: I assumed her and Lem are roughly the same age.
- The popcorn sound effect was cheesy and sounded like it was from show from the 70’s. They couldn’t afford their own Foley Artist?
- From the Possibly Reading Too Much Into Something Department: After Veronica says the “crazy” line and Linda, Linda says the word “crazy” 2-3 times throughout the episode. Subtle way of saying Ted and Linda aren’t going to get together?
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