The Game, Episode 3

Hmmm well first and foremost, it took me forever to watch the third episode of the new season because it seems that the show is getting worst with each new episode :/ I'm really in no rush to watch the new episodes and only find myself watching them when someone sends me an email asking me why I have not blogged about it. Sad I know. So here is my review of the third episode

The Good:
Believe it or not this episode was not as bad as other episodes. I guess the producers have listened to me(yeah right) and I saw alot of questions that I had answered. For example during this episode we saw the return of the Sunbeams. Too bad it wasnt the crazy Sunbeams with drunk Kelly that we are use to but something is better than nothing. We also saw the return of the football players. I personally was glad to see Jovon and Jazz. Both are hilarious, especially Jovon. I laughed everytime he had a scene. Kelly and Jason were missing from this episode and normally that would be a bad but considering the story line involving these two, them not being involved is a plus.

The Bad:
Unfortunately the bad outweigh the good for this episode. I dont even know where to begin. I guess I'll start with Melanie's hair and acting. Both are horrible. WTF is going on with Melanie? I think I need to watch a few episodes of season one and two to figure out if Tia Mawry's acting has always been this horrible. Geesh I hope not. Luckily for her,  the acting by other people, TeTe and Malik, suck as well. Maybe its the script. I almost threw my remote during the scene where Tete confronts Malik. That scene was just awful. No other words can describe it. Tete seems to be struggling with his new dramatic role. Can we please have funny Tete back asap? During this episode we learn that apparently Malik has an addiction to pills. He is pulled over and arrested for driving while intoxicated. I'm sure there is some character development going on with Malik but seriously Mara is doing too much with his character for me right now. Now I know they must change and all of that but seriously, I am not getting nor liking what is going on with Malik's character. If you're going to change him into this drug addict, cruel, life-is-going-down-the-drain football player then at least let us know before hand. We see crazy things happening with Malik but we dont know why. You gave us everything plus the kitchen sink in the first episode so you should've shed light on Malik's situation too.

The Moral:
I totally saw where Mara was trying to go with this episode. We got a mini lesson on video girls NOT being role models and we also got a mini lesson on not judging people. I wish Mara would save the lessons and just give us a great show. I dont rememeber The Game ever having little "lessons" before. Lets talk about the first lesson. During this episode Melanie hosts an event for at risk girls. She is speaking with them about getting their lives together and refuses to allow Jazz, an ex video girl, to speak. Now everyone that I know dogged Melanie out for her  treatment of Jazz but for once I was on Melanie's side. Seriously, we're going to allow the ex video chick to speak to at risk girls about dancing in videos? Where do we do that at? Video girls are not role models for young girls. Hell video girls are not role models for anybody. If anything, THEY need a role model. I got where Melanie was coming from and why she made the decisions that she made. Maybe she couldve said it better and treated Jazz a little better but the thinking behind her decision was sound. The second lesson was about judging. Melanie spoke down to Jazz because Jazz was "simply "a video chick. Jazz ended up letting Melanie know that they both had similar endings(football wife, sunbeam) despite Melanie having degrees and a doctor label. i guess Jazz being a video girl, sleeping around and still being a wife made her equal to Melanie. Craziness I know but whatever. Jazz was right and this, in my opinion, is why Melanie needs to take her azz to work. Who struggles for years to become a doctor to merely sit at home and be a wife? You being a doctor means nothing if you're not doing anything with it. It was funny that even one of the teenagers brought this up to Melanie. You're throwing the title of doctor around when really you're just another football wife.

Finale Grade: C .....  I cant get over the acting. Lord its terrible. However the episode was not as bad as 1. people made it out to be and 2. the second episode. We shall see what episode four holds. :)