TV Review: Jake In Progress - Page 3

Stamos said:

We've found ways to make Jake more vulnerable and accessible this season, mainly by giving him one woman to deal with. The dealings with the ex-fiance play throughout the 13 episodes, and it's all high-concept, romantic-comedy stuff. We also have a new writing staff, and we've redesigned the sets and the wardrobe. It's soup to nuts, as they say. (Newsday.com)

The secondary storyline focused on Jake's boss, Naomi (Wendie Malick), being reluctantly released from the hospital with her new baby. The character we've come to know as hard as nails and in control of her life is shaken to her very foundation with the fear of being sent home to care for this child alone. The scenes in which she is being wheeled to the curb, only to return to accost the doctor as he delivers another baby, as well as an exchange with Jake when he comes to make sure she really leaves the hospital, are comedic and touching. The emotions are so identifiable that, during a commercial break, my best friend called to inform me her husband was rolling in laughter and tears as he was sure he was watching on TV what would be their departure from the hospital when they have a child.

In general, it was obvious that this first episode of the second season was, first and foremost, a set up of what is to come on Jake In Progress. I'm quite honestly looking forward watching the show and the character grow.

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