[5.8/10] Well, another football season is upon us, which means it’s time for me to give the back half of The League a shot. And boy, this not an auspicious start. What does “The Bachelor Draft” give us right out of the gate? Pointless and unfunny piling on Andre, more contrived NFL player cameos, and a weak attempt at shock humor with a subplot about the group thinking that one of their heretofore unseen friends has a better life through AIDS.
Yeesh. There’s not many laughs to be had in the main part of the episode, which focuses on Andre’s impending nuptuals in L.A. which happen to coincide with the out of towner league champ’s draft party. What follows is a inevitable zany sitcom plot where they try to have the draft and the bachelor party at the same time, without Andre’s fiancée finding out. Suuuuure.
It’s weird to say, but the only real redeeming part of this episode is Ruxin trying to bail on The League so he doesn't have to do the sacko punishments. Him clearly missing the event while not wanting to pay the piper is a solid beat. And Rafi is crude as hell but still manages to be hilarious thanks to Jason Mantzoukas’s crazy energy. The prospect of spending time with the literally insane “Domination League” and the likes of him, Seth Rogan, Rob Huebel, and Jorma Taccone, is way more appetizing than spending another season with the series’s regulars. That said, I imagine that’ll be a side dish rather than a main course.
Otherwise, J.J. Watt and Blair Walsh acquit themselves fine (and did I see J.J. in the domination league?), and the episode felt like mostly setup with payoffs to come in the next one.
Football is back. The League is back (for me at least). Let’s hope both turn out better this season than last season!
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2019-09-10T04:44:19Z
[5.8/10] Well, another football season is upon us, which means it’s time for me to give the back half of The League a shot. And boy, this not an auspicious start. What does “The Bachelor Draft” give us right out of the gate? Pointless and unfunny piling on Andre, more contrived NFL player cameos, and a weak attempt at shock humor with a subplot about the group thinking that one of their heretofore unseen friends has a better life through AIDS.
Yeesh. There’s not many laughs to be had in the main part of the episode, which focuses on Andre’s impending nuptuals in L.A. which happen to coincide with the out of towner league champ’s draft party. What follows is a inevitable zany sitcom plot where they try to have the draft and the bachelor party at the same time, without Andre’s fiancée finding out. Suuuuure.
It’s weird to say, but the only real redeeming part of this episode is Ruxin trying to bail on The League so he doesn't have to do the sacko punishments. Him clearly missing the event while not wanting to pay the piper is a solid beat. And Rafi is crude as hell but still manages to be hilarious thanks to Jason Mantzoukas’s crazy energy. The prospect of spending time with the literally insane “Domination League” and the likes of him, Seth Rogan, Rob Huebel, and Jorma Taccone, is way more appetizing than spending another season with the series’s regulars. That said, I imagine that’ll be a side dish rather than a main course.
Otherwise, J.J. Watt and Blair Walsh acquit themselves fine (and did I see J.J. in the domination league?), and the episode felt like mostly setup with payoffs to come in the next one.
Football is back. The League is back (for me at least). Let’s hope both turn out better this season than last season!