Corner Gas

The third season starts off with a bang, with Wanda wearing a dress and throwing both her own life and Brent's into turmoil. Elsewhere in Dog River, Oscar and Hank are betting imaginary fortunes on the stockmarket, and Lacey manages to upset Emma.



The least of the three stories was probably the Emma/Lacey one - yet one more way in which Lacey just doesn't fit in and manages to upset everyone with everything that she does. While these story lines can provide some humour, it is becoming a bit of an old joke, and it would be nice to see Lacey do something right for once. At least she got to fix the problem in the end, and end her quarrel with Emma.



Oscar and Hank are always funny, and get good lines in whatever story line they're involved in, and when they get paired up, as they were this week, the result is great fun. The two of them should have more story lines together.



Wanda and Brent's story line was good if only for the shock value of seeing Wanda in a skirt, and practising her feminine wiles on Brent. That alone was good for a laugh, particularly given Brent's reaction to her change in behaviour.



Overall, this was a good start to the season, and the kind of episode that keeps me coming back for more.

If you live in Canada and watch CTV, a lot of people in other words, you saw commercials for this premier episode. I am glad to say that those few scenes you kept seeing over and over again get taken care of very quickly.



I loved how the commercials made you think that they were talking about the increase in gas prices. That would have been amazing, but it was actually the price of a stock that Hank picked. No worries though, it is still funny.



The "pull my finger joke" is funny, but after seeing it twelve times in the week preceding the episode kind of kills it a bit. As with the other jokes in the commercial, they present them quickly so that we get the feeling that there is only new stuff left.



Although no where as funny a Tax Man, this one will be remembered for quite some time. The only issue being how did Hank get so "smart" at stocks, and why is he not rich? But then, I just remind myself it is a comedy. It's not supposed to make 100% sense.



As per Brett Butt's wishes, most of the characters (Hank excepted as noted above) stay true to the form they created over the previous two seasons. Lacy still knows how to put her foot in it. Emma still gets her nose out of joint, although she does introduce us to her stomach. I had not idea a person could eat a whole pie like that. Brett's still a … well, you get the idea.



Stay tuned for the next episode that is supposed to make this one look boring. Or just try to catch it on a rerun and laugh some more.