Loveday Writing

Just passed the halfway point and this episode is the first in the second season to start in media res. I’m happy about this because I felt they were too dependent on it as a writing technique throughout the first season. The episode started with Gemma waking up in bed with Damo and then going back three days earlier. Having

This episode was all about everyone dealing with the grief of losing Nicola. Nicola’s funeral was understated which I thought was a good choice, right up until Justin condemned it. I think his reaction was unrealistic but that could be easily written off as grief. I personally felt the way that her death was explained to all of the kids

After a season-and-a-half, House Husbands has killed a character off to ensure their status as a drama. When the episode was first being promoted prior to going to air, there was the heavy emphasis and foreshadowing of one of the characters dying. I was driving myself crazy with an inner debate of who it would be, that being said it

This episode was a strong one, but its strength was subtle. I personally found the P&C story very amusing, it was over-the-top but that was obviously a deliberate choice. I found having Lewis become the P&C President literally in his sleep the best part of all and an unexpected way to end the story–how much would it annoy Dimity to

This episode explored the issue of male-female friendship. The male-female friendship debate was well played out with tension and good points during the tense dinner scene. I believe the tension between Ryan, Phoebe, Justin & Lucy was well-played out, as well as the tension between Damo, Lewis and Gemma, as well as Lewis and everyone due to his intoxication. The

This episode was all about discoveries. There was the discovery of new characters with Gemma’s childhood friend, Damo (Craig McLachlan), who is also the son of her father’s mistress and Ryan, Phoebe’s love interest. Damo is clearly around to cause trouble for Gemma and Lewis. I personally felt that the scene of them riding their BMX bikes was a little

I personally felt this episode was a little weak. I felt the dynamic between Gemma and her father was cliched and fell flat, almost forced. That being said I felt for Gemma once she was done, as she put it, doing her father’s dirty work. It was nice to see Gemma’s mother bounce back a little, especially since she clearly

The premiere of the second season could not contrast further from the premiere of the first. This is a compliment rather than an insult, the first season premiere was filled with over-the-top drama and negativity in regards to Justin and Nicola. This premiere has turned the characters and the House Husbands world in general completely on its head and I

This episode served its purpose as a season finale–wrapping up the first season’s plots and subsequently opening the door for the second season. I’m more than happy that the Rodney & Nicola relationship finally ended, not to mention that Nicola finally if not slowly saw Rodney for who he really is. The fact that it was now made obvious by

This episode was jam-packed with revelations, tension and bad behaviour. I felt Lewis summed up the whole Mark-kissing-the-teacher situation, “kissing the teacher isn’t normal.” However I believe the tension displayed by Miss Nadir was played brilliantly, I couldn’t wait for her to finally and inevitably crack. I had only previously seen Kate Jenkinson in The Wedge, so it was nice