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Two weird things happened in this episode: Ted acts very un-Tedlike around his brother Veronica and Linda work together very well without Veronica hassling Linda (well, not much, anyway – she does say Linda isn’t up to being “bad cop,” but that rang more as an assessment of talents than castigation) That first one started […]

Tags: Better Off Ted, LWST

First it was Daleks, and now Veridian is stealing from Star Trek, trying to perfect a universal translator. This seems like a positive direction, but I think I’m in Phil and Lem’s camp: Veridian doesn’t deal in non-evil. They already have plans to use it in prisoner interrogations, and I’m sure there are other terrible […]

Tags: Better Off Ted, LWST

I don’t feel like we learned anything about the characters this week that we didn’t already know. We might not have ever heard Ted talk about taking the high road, but he’s certainly demonstrated his desire to do that time and again. Linda being “bad”? Didn’t really feel like a departure for her. And Veronica […]

Tags: Better Off Ted, LWST

“Employees must NOW use offensive or insulting language in the workplace.”  – Memo M-314 And with that simple typo, Veridian Dynamics becomes a whole different place to work. This show does a great job of taking standard business issues and turning them on their heads – it’s a not-as-dark companion piece to Office Space in […]

Tags: Better Off Ted, LWST