#14 - That '80s Show: Tuesday Comes Over

Beats having glasses or paint on her overalls...

Let's face it for every Frasier or Laverne and Shirley, there is at least a dozen failed spin-offs, even really successful shows have failed when it comes to the spin-off, even Cheers had The Tortellis long before Frasier (focusing on Carla's ex-husband Nick and family, when it came to a spin-off though nobody from That '70s Show made the jump to That '80s Show, I got to be honest though I always assumed Brittany Daniel played the same character (I don't know where I got that bit of misinformation from as the character names are completely different).

So basically That 80s Show attempted to do for the 80s what it's parent show did for the 70s and that's kind of feeling what you get here, a bit of a rehash with none of the characters really feeling fresh enough for it to stand on it's own two feet and while there is less characters then the 70s, character traits are clearly an amaglanation of the more well known characters. It's clear that Eric Corey (Glenn Howerton) and Tuesday (Chyler Leigh) are heading towards some sort of relationship while is friend Roger Park (Eddie Shin) as a forgettable subplot at a car dealership selling to an old couple, I got to say the father (played by Geoff Pierson who pops in a lot of stuff) character is more Bob then Red though so it was good to have a different dynamic in the relationship and his subplot is him tricked into rent a hot-tub from Sophia (Brittany Daniel) who based on this episode feels like she should be a one-shot character but maybe there is more too her based on this episode, the cast is rounded out by Margaret (Margaret Smith) the record store manager for both Corey and Tuesday and finally Katie (Tinsley Howard) Corey's sister and a airhead but seems like she could be one of the more likable characters.

Anyway the episodes plot is it turns out Tuesday is living in the back of her and Katie invites her over for a shower after finding out, this leads Tuesday to find out that Corey still lives at home (he'd been lying to her), I know what a plot-line!

I do think given time the show could have developed into it's own thing, you can see glimpses of potential here and there and there is nothing outright bad about the episode.