Oscar and Felix Ghostwrite on THE ODD COUPLE!

Last week we met the latest reincarnation of Oscar Madison and Felix Unger played by Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon, respectively. While their characters have almost nothing in common, the two actors do - they are both absolutely hilarious. However, being funny isn't the only thing that keeps a show from getting cancelled, so only time will tell if this new version will stand the test of time. Both characters couldn't be further on the sides of the spectrum, which I imagine was done on purpose in order to show the change that occurs in both characters. This week, guest star Geoff Stults (WEDDING CRASHERS, ENLISTED) plays a retired baseball player who hires Oscar to ghostwrite his autobiography, which Felix then offers to help with. Tune in tonight to see what these two get into!

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This week's episode starts like every tv show should, with Yvette Nicole Brown, who plays Dani, standing in Oscar (and now Felix)'s living room, when she years some sexual screaming from the kitchen. It turns out it's just Felix taking picture of a fake icecream sunday. He's a food-tographer. He hires Dani as his assistant and she immediately goes to work finding the perfect hamburger bun. Oscar comes home from Atlantic City with Roy and Teddy, who is also Oscar's agent, and happens to be on a juice cleanse. It turns out that Oscar doubles as a ghostwriter for athletes. Roy asks to take a nap at their place because he doesn't want to go home to his wife yet. Oscar feels bad for him to he allows it. Felix realizes that Roy has some feelings that need to be dealt with, but Oscar and Teddy beg him to leave it alone. Oscar comments that not everyone wants to share the painful details of their lives, which Felix counters by jokingly asking if Oscar has ever heard of Facebook. Oooh subtle social commentary. Good one, OC!

Enter Stults as Marcus Murphy, retired baseball player who has come to discuss his autobiography with Oscar. He's even brought some writing juice (beer)! He tells Oscar that he met a fan at the liquor store, which Oscar knows means that he slept with her. The girl even tweeted that Murphy has a #majorleaguepenis and it's actually trending on Twitter! Murphy and Felix meet much to the chagrin of Felix. While Oscar goes to grab lunch, Felix starts taking Murphy's picture for the book. Emily has gotten a job at Oscar's local sport's bar Langford's and is pretty incompetent. While snapping photos, Felix breaks down Murphy's guard and discovers that he's really into poetry, but gave it up because his father didn't approve. Felix brings Murphy into his imaginary tent of unconditional emotional support.

When Oscar gets back to the apartment, Felix and Murphy are having a therapy session, where Felix gets the idea for a new angle for Murphy's book. Oscar is pissed and doesn't want Felix's input, but too late because Murphy asks Felix to join the writing team. They start writing, and from the very beginning Felix starts annoying Oscar with his suggestions. When Felix's pencil sharpening drives Oscar mad, he throws it over the terrace of their apartment. Now it's Felix's turn to write, and as the night comes to a close, he finishes the story of Murphy's birth, which Oscar comments that no one cares about.

Oscar gets really upset once Murphy leaves and blames Felix for ruining a perfectly good book about baseball, but Felix thinks he's upset because he's not fulfilling his potential and tries to get Oscar to open up, which obviously he refuses. It seems Oscar had dreams of winning a pulitzer, which Felix had to tell him wasn't pronounced "poo-litzer" - HA! When Felix suggests a visit to the emotional support tent, Oscar does a typical Chandler bit and pretends to lock Felix in. Felix yells that he can't get out because he's bound by the laws of mime, which was definitely the funniest line of the episode.

Back at Langford's, Oscar admits to Teddy that he realizes that he always claims that he doesn't have time to write a great book to hide the fact that perhaps he can't write one. Seems Felix broke Oscar down. Felix comes down to the bar and tries getting inside Teddy's head, which he won't allow. Teddy goes off to try to get extra time for Oscar to write the book. Felix ends up apologizing while Oscar admits all of his doubts and broken dreams. Suddenly Dani shows up with the finished burger causing Felix to have a meltdown. As they both sit there having an existential crisis, Emily yells at them to shut up and to stop whining. She's jealous of them getting paid to do what she loves, while she's stuck being a waitress when she really wants to design jewelry. Teddy ends up getting more time for the book and Oscar heads back to the apartment to start writing again with new found emotional stability. Teddy ends up eating the (fake) burger that Dani worked so hard on. If that was the punchline to the whole diet plotline, it didn't pay off.

At the end of the episode, Lindsay sets up a jewelry trunk show in the guys' apartment. Suddenly Roy walks into the room having just woken up from his nap. Now that was hilarious and definitely paid off, in my opinion. While we never find out if the book was finished and how it did, it seems like the guys have a better understanding of each other and get along a little better. But I'm sure that will all change by the next episode.

What do you think of the new version of THE ODD COUPLE? Let me know in the comments below or tweet me @Dsiggy15. Keep tuning in to CBS at 8:30/7:30c on Thursdays to see what other trouble Oscar and Felix get into. Don't forget to Like us on Facebook and Follow @BWWTVWorld on Twitter to get the latest news on your favorite TV shows!

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