If there’s one thing TV needs, it’s more David Cross.
Mr. Show with Bob and David, genius. He stood out on
Arrested Development, and his silliness on
Running Wilde works. Even his stint on
Just Shoot Me as a man
pretending to be mentally challenged was the funniest thing on the show’s entire run. (
Chicken pot pie, anyone?)
So imagine David Cross, britcom style, and you’ve got The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, premiering tonight at 10 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CT on IFC.
Created by, written by and starring Cross in a collaboration with British comedian Shaun Pye, the six-episode series follows Margaret, an inept, egotistical wuss sent to England to sell an energy drink called Thunder Muscle.
I don’t know how Margaret will survive six episodes, given the damage he causes in just the first episode, but Cross recently told The Onion A.V. Club that he has three seasons ready to tell the story’s ending.
“I always knew what the end is,”
Cross says. “Whether IFC picks it up remains to be seen. If it’s dead in the water, I’ll tell everybody how it ends. But, hopefully there’ll be a second and third series, and then it would end. And that would be that.”
Cross also explains what Todd Margaret has in common with serial shows such as Lost and The Event, as each episode follows one day after another. The show begins with Margaret in a courtroom, and we’ll see how he gets there as the series unfolds.
The most important thing that I think helps people going into this show is the idea that the story is unfolding, and you need to pay attention. If you do, you will be rewarded, but it is a story unfolding. As I said, every single episode takes place the very next day. There’s no relief from the pressure that’s being built up, and it all kind of gets compounded. And I think that, knowing that the six weeks it takes to watch these six episodes, which will really only take place over six days, kind of makes for a slightly different viewing experience than you’d normally have with a comedy. That’s usually more associated with, like Lost or The Event or something like that. Like, “Oh, shit, what happened?” There’s a bigger story happening and unfolding than initially appears to be, and I think that’s kind of a cool thing that I don’t think has been done in comedy.
Until then, whet your appetite with this clip:
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