![]() ![]() ![]() The next morning, Brad and Jane gasp awake after having sex dreams about Dave set to the saxophone riff from “Baker Street.” (Brad’s also features the faux male fragrance Busch, by Kyle Busch.) Penny and Alex have embraced their lifestyle changes with varying results: Airheaded Alex is thrilled that her vertical leap has improved, while Penny, in a flashback, considers climbing off Jane’s balcony. Newly cleanse-committed Alex and Penny decline. ![]() As it turns out, “Whore’s Bath” isn’t an accusation but the gin-based cocktail special. (The show loved to invent surreal celebrity endorsements.) After greeting them with a hug, Dave asks, “Whore’s Bath?” to which Penny replies with a line reading that will forever change the way you hear Au Bon Pain. While making plans to visit the pop-up bar, the rest of the Happy Endings gang reflects on Dave’s earlier “stupid ideas.” (Insert cutaways to plans for boxer thongs, changing his name to Dustin, and, oof - proposing to Alex.) Withering insults are this group’s love language. Despite the razzing, married couple Jane (Eliza Coupe) and Brad (Damon Wayans Jr.) stop by, flanked by pals Max (Adam Pally), Jane’s sister Alex, and Penny (Casey Wilson), who’s on a sugar-free cleanse she read about on Teri Hatcher’s Tumblr. Even the concept of his success happens at his expense the man owns a steak-sandwich truck called Steak Me Home Tonight, but it takes off only once he has parked and converted it into a theme bar. But this is Happy Endings, where his unfailing commitment to increasingly ludicrous personality traits places the joke on Dave. With his boyish good looks and goofy sensibilities, Knighton would be the sole lead on any other prime-time show plot lines would default to Dave navigating life after being left at the altar by Alex (Elisha Cuthbert) in the pilot. This expertise is on full display in “Cocktails & Dreams,” the Season 2 episode in which Dave (Zach Knighton) secures a liquor license for his food truck. It delivered the formula that TV viewers expect while leaving them breathless after each deranged pun, meta-joke, and niche cultural reference. With exceptional chemistry from its leads, rapid-fire dialogue, and pleasantly predictable twists, Happy Endings - which premiered ten years ago today - was genuinely weird and wonderful from the jump. If you’re among the former, you’re likely used to the latter’s insistence that the network failed this gone-too-soon favorite, which you should totally stream tonight. There are two types of people: Those who haven’t watched Happy Endings and those who are obsessed with it. Colin Hanks as (a dumb, boring, obnoxious version of) himself. ![]()
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