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Episode Commentary: Super Ray is Mortal

Although there were several questions unanswered, the season two finale of “Bored to Death” ended up delivering enough high spots for any stoner, and television fanatic, to be satisfied.

No munchies required.

However, with no update on a few small plot-lines, that appear to be completely forgotten about, this episode of “Bored to Death” isn’t perfect. With all the new characters that have shown up this season, it would have been nice to see a few more of them pop up in the finale.

Regardless of that, there was plenty of drama in this episode, mainly because of the one person who came back that you’d never expect to.

How it ultimately changes Ray and Jonathan’s life is pretty interesting.

Through this, Ray gets what he’s wanted all season and Jonathan may finally be starting to understand what a good detective he is.

Nonetheless, while Jonathan’s adventures this season have been fun, the real source of entertainment has been with the supporting characters. Seeing Ray change so much over the course of one season, going from an unsure geek to a successful and confident one, was hilarious. Having him play a cardinal role in so many of Jonathan’s cases as well paved the way for him to be included more in the show and add the level of depth that any half hour show would be proud of. Nothing against Jason Schwartzman, but Zach Galifianakis has been the true comedic talent on the show, while Schwartzman provides the Park Slope-hipster themes that give the show its own distinct flavor.

Pushing this motif even more is Ted Danson, who’s portrayal as the accomplished stoner George provides an equal amount of sentimentality and silliness to keep the show’s high going. Far from a buzz kill, Danson has been great this season making the most out of his character’s life after a cancer scare.

Seeing George comes to grips with the end of his journalistic career and Ray’s comic book just starting to boom, the season two finale is more heartfelt than anything else. There are a few small buds of comedy there, but for the most part, this episode will leave a smile on your face than induce any laugh-out loud hilarity. As a result, it’s one of the strongest episodes of the season and a nice way to leave the fans until season three starts next year.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13819 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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