Trust Me“Way Beyond The Call”
Original Air Date: Feb 23, 2009
Kara – Sr Staff Writer
kara@thetwocentscorp.com
We’ve spent a lot of time with dear Arc Mobile. You could say the gang at The Mink Group at Rothman, Greene and Mohr need Arc Mobile like I need the classic nachos when I go to Chili’s. That’d be a lot. So what happens when the all-important Arc Mobile account gets put into review? Well, the usually laid back Tony asks for his employees to put their Arc Mobile phones into a tote bag he’s emptied out and taken from one such employee. They all do so, except for Conner who has a different cell phone carrier. It’s a good thing too because Tony takes the bag, slams it into a desk and then beats it on the floor and repeatedly stomps on it before locking himself in his office. Yikes.
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Original Air Date: Feb 23, 2009
Kara – Sr Staff Writer
kara@thetwocentscorp.com
We’ve spent a lot of time with dear Arc Mobile. You could say the gang at The Mink Group at Rothman, Greene and Mohr need Arc Mobile like I need the classic nachos when I go to Chili’s. That’d be a lot. So what happens when the all-important Arc Mobile account gets put into review? Well, the usually laid back Tony asks for his employees to put their Arc Mobile phones into a tote bag he’s emptied out and taken from one such employee. They all do so, except for Conner who has a different cell phone carrier. It’s a good thing too because Tony takes the bag, slams it into a desk and then beats it on the floor and repeatedly stomps on it before locking himself in his office. Yikes.
It’s rough all over. Conner discovers that Mason’s book has been sent back from a headhunter. Mason tells Conner he sent it out a long time ago but Conner freaks out as usual and gets paranoid. Conner’s tantrum involves stealing Sarah’s champagne and making an Arc Mobile bonfire. Mason blows out each match Conner tries to light. Oh, Conner. If I didn’t love you so much, you’d be driving me up a wall.
Meanwhile, it’s Sarah’s birthday. This means she sends herself a birthday basket and has plans to go out to dinner with her ex husband, Andrew, like they do every year. Sound like a bad idea to you? Yeah, I thought so too. Her ex cancels on her but they still exchange I love yous.
The gang realize that it didn’t end well last time when their boss locked himself in his office. They panic, find keys and burst in. He’s fine, laying on a couch and listening to music. Tony tells Mason to cancel the Arc Mobile commercial shoot, you know, the what can you do with one hand, Mike Ditka commercial, gather everyone and get drunk. Conner tells Mason to shoot it anyway and reminds Mason of the time Stu did the same thing with Reebok, which Mason insists is a myth. Conner says he knows but urges Mason to be legendary. I think he’s been taking far too much advice from Barney on How I Met Your Mother. Mason says he can’t, claiming family as the reason why. Conner storms out, again. He’s good at that.
Mason has a dream in which Stu, through the TV, tells him he has to do the commercial. So, Mason goes to Conner’s apartment, wakes up a ridiculously sexy, sleep ridden Conner and tells him they have to do the commercial. Conner is unsure, which brings up a protest of the “you started it” variety from Mason, to which Conner replies, “Champagne makes me grandiose.” Mason convinces Conner by using Barney Stinson logic against him, stating that they must do it and be legends.
Geniuses that they are, they put Tom and Hector in charge of covering for them. At about minute one of this job, Tony tells the duo he can’t reach Mason and Tom suggests calling Conner as Tony didn’t break his phone. Of course Conner answers and does a crap job of alibi-ing, which means Mason has to be in the meeting at six. Mason dumps it on Sarah, telling her to go to the meeting. She’s already pushed her birthday back once and replies, “Why are you doing this to me? I just want to go bowling.” I love Sarah. She’s ridiculous and adorable at the same time.
On the set, the actor that has to be hit by a bus in the crazy Arc Mobile commercial isn’t flying through the air right. Their careers depend on the commercial being right and both agree on what needs to change. Conner tells the director, “That man needs to be floppy like a muppet.” Muppet crisis resolved, Tony finds out Conner and Mason are in L.A. and Mike Ditka won’t catch the actor in his arms like he’s supposed to. This is probably because Mike Ditka isn’t in the episode. Conner comes up with another idea, of the actor flying into the board room, phone in hand. If you ask me, it’s as good as the Mike Ditka idea, as in not so great. But it doesn’t matter what I think, it matters what Peter Derby, the Arc Mobile client thinks and he loves it. Unfortunately, the account is still in review.
Sarah’s delayed birthday has a few hits and one big miss. She gets a bit drunk, tells the bowling pins to eat it and Andrew wins her a sad, purple dinosaur that she names Gary. She asks Andrew to go home with her and he tells her they can’t do this anymore. At work the next day, she breaks off the Hunter part of her nametag, or at least tries to and is left with Sarah Kraj. Oh, Sarah Kraj. I love you so.
As much as I love Trust Me, it’s developing a pattern. Something resembling some form of slight betrayal occurs and Mason or Conner has a freak out at the other, then storms out. Elsewhere, Sarah is hopeful until something happens and she gets upset and possibly cries. Tony has a rough time as he is getting a great deal of pressure from Denise and bounces between “No, don’t worry about it, Mason” and “Why did you do that, Mason?” Tom and Hector are seen from the chest up, often just heads over cubicle walls, so much so that I just realized Tom is played by Mike Damus, who I enjoyed greatly on the short lived Teen Angel from T.G.I.F. in the 90s. You know, that T.G.I.F. on ABC, full of family based shows that contained infectious, corny theme songs that you still know all the words to as you read this. I love Trust Me but I wonder if everyone else has the same patience I do for it.
So, what do you think about this episode and the show in general? I’d love to hear your opinion so feel free to share your TwoCents with me in the comments!