Cougar Town Season Premiere ReCap 9/23/09
The Season Premiere for Cougar Town, starring Courtney Cox, was tonight, September 23, 2009.
Courtney Cox plays a forty-something woman, Jules, a recently divorced mother of one teenage son named Travis (played by Dan Byrd).
As the series opens, Jules decides to begin a period of self-discovery and find a new man. Providing both support and comic relief are her colleague Laurie (Busy Philipps), her sarcastic married gal pal Ellie (Christa Miller), her underachieving and irritating ex-husband Bobby (Brian Van Holt), her recently divorced neighbor Grayson (Josh Hopkins) and, of course, her son Travis.
For a 1/2 hour show we learned a lot about the premise of the show and the characters, as well. Most of the show is spent having Courtney Cox come to terms with the fact that she is 40 ish and newly divorced. Cougar Town is from a woman’s perspective with Cox pulling at her “flab” on her underarm and some excess skin on her back and showing in detail how hard it is for a woman to get back out there – while men have it a lot easier.
Cox’s neighbor, Grayson, is newly divorced and already bringing home women half his age which just makes Cox’s character completely insane.
Is the show realistic – not in my world. Having my friend place revealing real estate signs all over town – not in this lifetime, going to a bar with my friend – meeting a man and leaving solo only to have my friend deliver the man to my house a couple of hours later – one can only dream and then having sex with the boytoy only to have my ex-husband and son walk in on us during an awkward moment – never.
Cougar Town may not be realistic but it is definitely amusing and if you are a Courtney Cox fan – worth seeing. I like to give a show a few episodes before throwing in the towel – only time will tell.
What did you think of the show??
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