- Radio Times
- Review by:
- David Butcher
When it’s on song Episodes touches the parts other sitcoms don’t reach. The comedy of Californian manners can be taboo-trashingly funny, as it is when a chain of farcical cause-and-effect plays havoc with the adulterous adventures of Merc and Matt. There are a couple of yawningly tasteless subplots for good measure, one involving Matt’s young stalker (whose name is Labia) and the other involving a cosmetic-surgery malfunction for his blonde co-star. Yes, the scenes where Carol moans to Beverly (Tamsin Greig) about her directionless affair have become a bit of a drag, but you can’t have everything.
About this programme
5/9. Merc and Carol plan a weekend getaway to Mexico, while Jamie and Matt prepare for a romantic trip to Napa, California. Elsewhere, Morning suffers a plastic surgery disaster, and Sean meets one of LeBlanc's superfans. Comedy, starring Matt LeBlanc, Tamsin Greig and Stephen Mangan, with John Pankow, Kathleen Rose and Genevieve O'Reilly.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Himself
- Matt LeBlanc
- Beverly Lincoln
- Tamsin Greig
- Sean Lincoln
- Stephen Mangan
- Merc Lapidus
- John Pankow
- Carol Rance
- Kathleen Rose Perkins
- Morning Randolph
- Mircea Monroe
- Labia
- Sophie Rundle
- Stoke
- Sam Palladio
- Kevin
- Jacob Anderson
- Jason
- Harry McEntire
- Jamie Lapidus
- Genevieve O'Reilly
- Bethany
- Jamie Denbo
- Wendy
- Scarlett Rose Patterson
- Diane
- Fiona Glascott
- Golf coach
- Albie Selznick
- Merc's assistant
- Katherine Ryan
- Assistant director
- Trevor White
- Director
- Demetri Goritsas
- Carol's assistant
- Laurie Calvert
Crew
- Director
- Jim Field Smith
- Executive Producer
- Jimmy Mulville
- Executive Producer
- Jeffrey Klarik
- Executive Producer
- David Crane
- Writer
- David Crane
- Writer
- Jeffrey Klarik
- Share this episode
-