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Episode Commentary: I’ve Been Living Like a Demented God

With George dealing with prostate cancer, this episode of “Bored to Death” starts off with one of his often-witty dialogues, but this time, it’s a bit more heartfelt. Scared of passing on, George quickly trades in his seriousness for his usual talk of the great marijuana he smoked in the episode before.

With Jonathan on a case shortly thereafter and Ray basking in his new-found celebrity from his comic [you know the one about a man whose penis grows exponentially after touching the third rail on the subway], the episode quickly reverts to its wacky and often charming tone.

As a result, this episode has a nice duality, even if it’s a short-lived one.

Jonathan’s case this week sends him to Brooklyn College [renamed Midwood College for the show] where he helps a junkie professor get an autographed copy of Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” back after selling it to his dealer for snuff. While on the case, Louis shows up and all of a sudden the two are in a fight for their lives. In a scene eerily reminiscent of “The Lord of the Flies” and a B-movie action romp, Jonathan shockingly takes care of the drug dealers chasing them, in time to return to George and share his tale.

Speaking of George, after failing a drug test and using his cancer as his excuse, he finds a small happiness, which quickly fades to fear. What will happen to him this season? The epicenter of wit on the show, seeing George’s character display more honesty and experience with Jonathan and Ray has been a blast and given the show an extra level of fun. No longer just the older pothead, Ted Danson’s character is perhaps the most intriguing on the show.

With so many zany situations to follow, the second season of “Bored to Death” continues to satisfy and unlike the trio’s love of marijuana, there’s no reason to hide your affection for it.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14316 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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