MELISSA & JOEY “Joe Knows” Season 1 Episode 12 – On this week’s Melissa & Joey, Joe decides to write an ebook and start a website to market it with a little (or a lot) of help from Mel and Lennox develops feelings for a person whom she least expects.
Can you believe it is time for a season finale of Melissa & Joey already? Luckily, it is only a midseason finale and Melissa & Joey will be back after the new year with more episodes and more guest stars. For now we will just have to enjoy the latest episode to get us through. Unfortunately, I did not think this was the strongest episode although there were laughs to be had. I think part of the problem was believing that Joe would have such difficulty coming across as personable in his webcasts. Yes, he could have reverted to his old boardroom self, but he seems nothing like that in any other aspects of his life. I also had the same problem with his long and boring explanations/financial advice. Yes, finances are not a sexy topic and can get quite technical, but given the way Joey has approached every situation and the way he has explained various things to Mel and the kids, it seemed somewhat of a reach. What did you think? Did you buy the stuffy, boring and stiff version of Joe?
Of course anyone could have predicted that Mel wouldn’t be the silent partner type, but it was a bit disappointing for her to jump from attempting to get Joe to loosen up right to the sex appeal/beefcake route. Do you think that is how she sees Joe or do you think it has more to do with her competitive nature and wanting to get as many website hits as they could? At least she recognized that it made Joe uncomfortable eventually.
Lennox’s story was not any more exciting than Joe’s webcasts, to be honest. Girl needs geek. Geek fawns over girl. Girl finally sees merit in geek and falls for geek. Geek dumps girl. Also? He really wasn’t that geeky. I also do not think that Lennox learned a valuable lesson from her interaction with Beckett. Apparently, neither did Mel with advice such as “That may be the only time Beckett gets to be the dumpee.” Just a reminder that Mel still is not quite fully placed in her parental role.
What did you think of this week’s episode of Melissa & Joey? Did it feel like a midseason finale to you? To me, it almost felt like a filler. Maybe that means when they come back, the show will be funnier than ever. I can only hope for more lines such as “I only have two vices left – purses and chocolate. Don’t take my purses away! That’s where I keep my chocolate!” Melissa Joan Hart definitely made me a fan during these last 12 episodes. Tell us what you thought of this episode and the entire season in the comments below.
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