The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

So I’ve been looking for something to review for those interested that you havnt perhaps seen yet, I’m too far behind on Movies and TV at the moment but I did happen to watch a pilot for a new British comedy starting David Cross and Will Arnett both of Arrested Development fame. The show has had a pilot episode and has since been picked up for a full 6 episode series and will be co-produced by British and American forces so it may very well air in the U.S. eventually, anyway on to the review.

The show tells the story of Todd Margaret (Cross) who basically plays along with his new Boss (Arnett) whom has mistaken Margaret for a completely different kind of individual then he really is. After the little bluff on Todd’s part he is given a (seemingly) fantastic job in London selling energy drinks which according to Arnett “is like fucking crack to these people”. So Todd breaks all his ties (he has none) and heads off to start his new life in London.

Once he arrives we get the standard ignorant American in a ne country jokes such as trying to pay for his taxi with Dollars instead of Pounds. It’s the common kind of situation but Cross plays it in a very timid and funny way. After some scenes in a café Todd heads to his new office ready to introduce himself to his new co-workers only to come to the realization that the only workers are himself and one other employee named Dave (Russell Tovey) who is only interested in making Todd look like more of ass then he is already doing on his own.

We get a couple of more scenes of Todd trying to adjust to British life with the (un)assistance of Dave which leads to more trouble. Eventually the duo end up in a diner and Todd starts to sip down energy drink after energy drink and thus begins one of the funniest scenes to grace my computer screen in some time. I won’t ruin anything here but it gets pretty outrageous and Cross plays it perfectly. The episode ends with Todd lying on the floor of his room after the longest day of his life simply saying, “Oh man, this sucks” but show does anything but.

David Cross is one of those comedians who I could have cared less about a few years back but once I gave the guy a chance I really learned to love his style and in my mind Will Arnett is one of the funniest guys in America, his voice alone makes people tremble in fear. Also special mention should be made about Russell Tovey who plays a much different kind of comedy part then he plays in say Being Human. He is playing a straight up jackass but its funny; I only hope that when the series continues the two grow some kind of bond no matter how superficial.

Just type in the words Todd and Margaret in your local torrent search if you’re a American who has no access to it. I mean just watch the clip above and try not to laugh.

Final Verdict

9 out of 10

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