Thursday, September 22, 2022

LRF NOW Original Series: See You at the Track! - Season 1 Episode 8

 
See You at the Track!
Genre: Comedy/Mystery/Mockumentary
Executive Producer: Eugene Levy
Writer: Mo Buck

Season 1 Episode 8 - See You at the Ball!

Cast:
Catherine O'Hara .... Sylvia (Regular)
Eric Stonestreet .... Buddy (Regular)
Maude Apatow .... Julie (Regular)
Randy Havens .... Timothy (Regular)
Crispin Glover .... Judge Ross (Regular)
Eugene Levy .... Donald the Narrator (voice) (Regular)
Ben Schwartz .... Inspector Collins (Recurring)

Plot: Donald (Eugene Levy) welcomes us all to the season finale and there’s still a battle to be decided today. He says the season was full of surprises, starting by the death of long-time champion Marty, which gave us the most exciting GRL season in a while. He interviews Sylvia (Catherine O’Hara) and Timothy (Randy Havens) together and asks how they were able to keep it a secret all these years. They say they agreed to never talk about it because they didn’t want to be treated differently. Timothy doesn’t know if he’s Marty’s son, but he didn’t want to have to live up with the expectations. Sylvia says she kept her private life secret, because she wanted to protect her mystique. She still refuses to let him know how she got her money though.

The championship will be decided between Julie (Maude Apatow) and Buddy (Eric Stonestreet), although it’s a long shot for Buddy, he still has hope he can do it. Sylvia makes her grand entrance for the finale, she really outdid herself, but this time Timothy right next to her. Perhaps that’s going to give him a bit of confidence going forward says Buddy. Julie says it’s weird to know what he was referring to Sylvia all this time when he talked about his mom. She can’t believe they didn’t figure it out.

The race is about to start and everyone is on the edge of their seat. The race goes down to the wire, but in the end, Julie is crowned GRL champion. She receives her trophy from Judge Ross (Crispin Glover) who congratulate her on being the first female GRL Champion ever. In her interview with Donald, who sounds disgruntled, he asks her if she had to sleep with Marty to inherit Bolt. She’s offended and leaves the interview, saying Donald is a creep. Before everyone leaves the track, Ross formally invites them to the end of season ball, hosted by him.

Inspector Collins (Ben Schwartz) is the first one to arrive at the bar, saying he’s just coming in peace and for the free food. Everyone else arrives and enjoy a meal together as they see highlights from the season, all mostly documentary footage from Donald who’s really proud of himself. Ross takes the stage and says it has been an exciting season and for once, someone else other than Marty won. Donald cheers and says it’s good for the sport, but nobody else reacts. Then begins the In Memoriam section, dedicated to Marty. Now, to end the season, here’s Inspector Collins with some revelations…

He says he watced hours of footage to try and find something what would make his case, it was incredibly boring and doesn’t think anyone else will be interested in seeing this. He says they’re all a bunch of sad people and frankly it’s a bit messed up that two of them were related and they didn’t notice. People had alibis, some were good and some were bad, but in the end, there was only one killer and he found it. Marty died from poisoning from his caramel pudding and only one person here knew that he enjoyed caramel pudding before every pre season practice. Only one person here cares enough about GRL to kill someone to make it more interesting and that person… is Donald! Donald is then placed under arrest and taken off the property, to everyone’s disbelief. Only Julie reacts, saying she knew he was a creep.



"Dear lord, someone gave me my replacement for Succession & Billions! If either of these shows got done, this would easily replace either. I am completely in love with this show. I can't wait for award voting!" - Topher Maxwell, Entertainment Weekly





"I admittedly had a hard time getting into 'See You at the Track!' due to its setting. It did get better as we got to know the characters and the central mystery better. It still wasn't enough for me to recommend the series, but it is enough for me to admit that there some small positives to be found (so my rotten review isn't quite as rotten this time around)." - Joseph Goodrich, Salt Lake Tribune



"There's definitely some fluff throughout the season and some supporting/recurring/guest characters are complete duds. I still liked the series, but mostly because of Eric Stonestreet, Catherine O'Hara and Randy Havens. The mystery elements come and go, but the funny interactions between the characters was consistent." - Justin Rodriguez, Detroit Free Press







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