Movie Review: Life of Pi

Life of Pi (2012)
127 minutes
Rated – PG
Directed by Ang Lee
Starring: Suraj Sharma

Grade:  A

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The first thing you need to know about this movie is that it is incredibly gorgeous to watch. Everything that is shown on the screen is simply beautiful. From the spectacular use of 3-D to the CGI Bengal tiger, Life of Pi doesn’t have a wrong brushstroke with its visuals. It will take your breath away, specifically the night scene when Pi is surrounded by jellyfish. Ang Lee is one of the generation’s most innovative directors and Life of Pi adds to his greatness.

It’s important not to have this film spoiled for you, so if you plan on watching it then at all costs don’t find out what happens prior to seeing it. The beginning of the film plays out like a light-hearted family drama about an Indian family who owns a zoo. The adult version of Piscine is telling his story to a friend seeking inspiration for a novel. The scenes cut back and forth, making the first third of the film a little choppy, but essential in its narrative.

As a kid, Piscine was teased in school because his name sounded like “pissing” so he decided to have everyone call him “Pi.” There’s a brief romance between Pi and a lovely girl, but when the zoo goes broke the family decides to take a ship to Canada along with the animals to sell. In a devastating sequence of scenes, the ship gets caught in a terrible storm and sinks. Pi is able to escape on a survival boat along with a few animals: a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan, and a tiger.

The rest of the film is about Pi’s will to stay alive through the roughest situations. Stranded at sea with wild animals, Pi understands that the most important aspect is not losing hope. With the help of a survival guide, Pi is able to ration his food and water and is even able to train the tiger. Take it from me, this is a grueling movie to get through, but Suraj Sharma does an excellent job keeping the attention of the audience. You know Pi survives because he’s telling the story, but there is still the unbelievable amount of danger that Pi experiences every day. Sharma’s performance is definitely noteworthy, but a level below Tom Hanks in Castaway and James Franco in 127 Hours, two other movies with a single character on screen for a lengthy time.

In Life of Pi, the story is said to enable you to find God. Early on, young Pi begins to practice a handful of religions, something that his father disagrees with, but that’s the point of the story. No matter what you believe, there are always signs from God, or a higher power, that presents us with miracles and helps us keep faith. Life is Pi is arguably the most powerful movie of the year with an ending that will question your faith and judgment. Will you continue to believe or will you lose hope? That’s the question that Life of Pi not only asks during the movie, but continues to ask long after its completion.

How I Met Your Mother – “Twelve Horny Women”

Season Eight, Episode Eight

Grade: B

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While the episode hypes up the most important trial in Marshall’s life, all of these side-stories take a back-seat to the romantic plots that How I Met Your Mother have promised us since episode one. And once again, HIMYM delivers only during the last five minutes of the episode. Last week, Robin and Barney share a kiss that is cut short because the two of them are still a mess. They both have feelings for each other, but it really doesn’t look like them, as a couple, could ever work. So during this episode, they act like the kiss didn’t happen, which results to a lot of “Hey!” “What’s up!” chatter. But in the end, Barney admits that he’s finally done with pursuing Robin, which of course opens her eyes to make her rethink everything. She ends with an “Oh…” and you just know this isn’t the last of the Barney-Robin seesaw (We know they get married, so why are they even trying to make us believe that they don’t get together?)

It’s funny because earlier I watched a re-run of the HIMYM episode titled “Hook” which goes on to explain how sometimes you find yourself on someone else’s hook and you either can’t see it or you can’t leave it. They keep you there by saying you can’t be together at the time, therefore keeping you around. The whole Barney-Robin-Ted friendship has been like one gigantic hook. Ted was on Robin’s hook for a very long time and now Robin and Barney are exchanging hooks left and right. It’s mind-blowing to think the writers of this show actually believes there’s an audience for this kind of tedious love story. And as Barney and Robin struggle to find each other, Ted’s story is being pushed back more and more. Sadly to say, it’s hard to imagine Ted meeting his wife being worth the wait.

Anyway, the actual plot of the episode was quite good. Marshall was up against his former bro-friend Brad and when it looked like Marshall had the clear advantage to win the case, Brad appealed to the all-female jury because he’s a hunk. This included a hilarious video of Brad swimming in Frog Lake that he claimed was safe. But Marshall was quick on his feet to reveal the scars and rashes on Brad’s body. Marshall won the case, but didn’t get the $25 million settlement that he claimed. All of this brought Marshall to the conclusion that he wanted to become a judge.

This was a solid episode, but still one that doesn’t rival against the early HIMYM episodes. But for what it is, the gang was over-the-top enough, but not too ridiculous with their stories. That’s how the show still succeeds, they have to maintain that balance because it doesn’t have the liberty of being as whacky as Happy Endings nor as straight-forward as Modern Family. It has to be a little bit of both.

The Walking Dead – “When the Dead Come Knocking”

Season Three, Episode Seven

Grade: B+

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Finally what we all knew was going to happen is happening. Rick and company are headed to Woodbury, and the Governor is scared. Very scared. I guess he does have reason to be, since Rick’s small group was able to clear out the walker-infested prison that the Governor thought was “impossible.” Oh, and Team Governor has been torturing Glen and Maggie, a no-no to the very tight family of Team Rick. Now with Michonne on Rick’s side (though all of this felt pretty rushed right?) it looks like Team Governor is about to get the fight brought to them.

But let’s back up for a bit. What was up with that guy in the cabin? He was surprised that there were walkers? He was going to call the police because there were intruders in his home? Was this guy serious? Anyway, Carol is back and seems to be the one who’s going to care for Judith (that’s the name Carl picked out). Rick questions Michonne and she tells him that Glen and Maggie have been taken to Woodbury. In almost a blink of an eye, Rick goes from a moment away from killing her to trusting her and allowing her on the rescue mission. I thought this would’ve been the perfect time to learn a little something about Michonne, you know since we practically know NOTHING about her. It took Rick a long time to trust the prisoners, but only a minute to trust the sword-wielding Michonne. I guess she just has that kind of face.

While nothing major actually happens during this episode, it was still very good because it maintained what The Walking Dead does best, which is showing not telling. When the characters get too talky, the show loses its pace and strength (a part of that is because the show lacks a strong chemistry between its actors like other premium shows), but when the characters barely talk at all is when The Walking Dead is at its best.

Before I forget, how bad-ass was Glen when he busted through the wooden chair and took out the zombie? That definitely injected more fear in Team Governor because if that wimpy Asian could do that, just imagine what the rest of them can do. But Glen’s heroics is just the new face of Team Rick and their confidence in zombie slaying. They’re all brutal and when they work together they’re a machine that (so far) cannot be stopped. Now they’re taking the fight to Woodbury and I can’t imagine they won’t get their way.

So with only one episode left until the mid-season hiatus, what can we expect? Well, Maggie gave up their prison and the Governor is sending scouts, but at the same time Rick is already at the gates of Woodbury. Even if Rick is successful at rescuing Glen and Maggie, either the scouts are going to take the prison (since Carl is the only defense) or Team Governor will send out an all-out attack at the prison. While Team Rick is a killing-machine, Team Governor has the numbers and the resources. It’s going to be quite the battle and I assume by the end of the mid-season finale, the fight will be long from done.

Revolution – “Nobody’s Fault But Mine”

Season One, Episode Ten

Grade: A

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On the season finale of Revolution, Charlie is still feeling the effects of getting her head knocked around so Miles brings her to a friend in Philadelphia. While everyone rests, Miles sneaks into Monroe’s headquarters but not before Tom Neville busts through the doors and captures Charlie, Nora and Aaron. Finally the Matheson family is reunited, though there is an uneven reaction when Charlie and her mom see each other. But Monroe is done with playing games and orders Rachel to complete the amplifier with her kids’ lives on the line.

Meanwhile, Miles breaks in and holds his sword to Neville’s wife’s neck. In exchange of Nora and Aaron, Miles spares her life and lock them up in a closet. As Charlie and Danny are locked in a cell, Charlie shows how tough she’s become on the trip (spending that trip with bad-ass Miles didn’t hurt) and breaks her and Danny out. Charlie, Danny, and Nora attempt to leave while Miles goes back to rescue Rachel. At this time, Rachel completes the amplifier and courageously kills Strausser.

Okay, so four are safe and only two to go! But when Rachel and Miles see each other again, their moment turns from surprise to anger with a right hook to Miles’ face. If they weren’t so caught up in their moment, they had plenty of enough time to destroy the amplifier, but yeah that wouldn’t have worked well for the following season. Anyway, Rachel escapes and the highly anticipated showdown between Miles and Monroe happens! They do a small dance while pointing guns at each other and to no surprise, Monroe asks Miles back to the Militia. But Miles sees that Monroe has changed and is too disturbed to join forces with him again. Their swashbuckling is cut short when a few Militia men cause Miles to run from the fight.

Aaron explodes the wall and everyone gets out free! But not before they see a fully functional helicopter fly off the ground with its machine gun pointed at their direction. Pretty cool, huh?

While I’m disappointed that the finale didn’t include Randall and Grace at all, it was great to see flashbacks of Miles and Monroe. They really were close as brothers in the past, but there is still a huge gap that doesn’t clarify what happened between them that caused Miles to try and assassinate Monroe. Of course with a second season in order, there are plenty of flashbacks to be seen and a lot of explanations to be understood. But this finale filled my appetite in every way.

So what’s in store for the second half? The first dealt with the immediate story-line of a bunch of people traveling to save Danny, but on the way we learned that was just a spec to what was going on in the world. There were pendants, the Militia, the Resistance, and then Grace and Randall. Now that Monroe has a pendant and an amplifier, what is he going to do with it and how much energy will he spend trying to track down Miles and company? Obviously Randall and Grace have a functioning pendant, so that leaves ten more in the world. There is a lot of potential that this series has to really be drawn out with a pendant scavenger hunt spliced with an ongoing war and the struggle to restore humanity.

But aside from the great premise, something the show did extremely well was made us care about the characters. While Charlie got under my skin for most of the first half of the season, she really came into her own and became an important asset to the group. Everyone has their strengths and the group is working like a well-oiled machine. They remind me of the Georgia group of survivors in The Walking Dead and how they evolved into a ruthless family. Now we have another group of survivors to root for.

The second half of the season is scheduled for the end of March, 2013.

Homeland – “Two Hats”

Season Two, Episode 9

Grade: B+

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So Abu Nazir takes Brody for a day and tests him with the idea of torture, then has a nice conversation with him over tea. The tricky thing here is that we’re represented with the question that was the dark cloud over the entire first season: Should we trust Brody? In recent episodes, it seems like Brody’s family was the deciding factor for Brody’s allegiance, but if there’s anyone who can break Brody again, it’s Abu Nazir. And though it looks like Brody is still siding with the CIA, like Quinn and Saul, I would still keep a close eye on him.

Speaking of Quinn, we discover that he’s not actually a CIA analyst after Max and Virgil breaks into his apartment and after Saul does a bit of investigating. Quinn (which apparently isn’t even his name) is a black ops assassin ready to kill Brody the very moment they capture Abu Nazir. This creates a huge headache if you’re guessing where the story might lead to.

But back to the story, Brody tips off Abu Nazir’s plan to attack the coming-home ceremony of 300 US soldiers. Brody is supposed to convince the Vice President to allow Roya as the only reporter to cover the event. Her team will then set up the news van full of explosives and kaboom! With Brody’s help, the CIA and FBI are able to bring down the attempt but Abu Nazir is no where to be found. This is the only thing that kept Brody alive from a Quinn bullet inside the limo, but Brody can’t die right?

So the agents shoot a few, arrest Roya and her crew, but Abu Nazir is still out there. Isn’t this going to be enough intelligence for Nazir to realize that Brody has turned against him? Doesn’t Saul know enough about Quinn to possibly leak it and therefore causing problems inside the CIA? Just think if Carrie finds out. But what’s the next step? They’ll question Roya but now Brody has no one to report to.

Meanwhile, Brody’s family is brought to a safe house where Mike plays Dad. Dana hit it right on the head when she said that everything got worse when Brody returned. Look at all the relationships and situations in the family. But this episode we see what existed during the time Brody was practically dead. Mike played the father role: he disciplined Dana, calmed down Chris, and pleased Jessica. He’s everything that Brody isn’t for the family; he provides them with the feeling of being normal.

As a whole, this was another solid episode. Since the first four or so episodes of the second season Homeland has fallen a bit, but that’s mainly because the beginning was incredibly powerful and thrilling. But when the show displays the characters interacting with each other, that’s when the show thrives. But back to something I said before, it’s hard to believe that this isn’t leading towards the end of Brody. His whole life is unraveling and he’s either going to have the bull’s eye on his back from the CIA or Abu Nazir. In both situations, he dies. I can’t imagine it any other way, but I’m willing to keep watching to find out.

Ben and Kate – “Reunion”

Season One, Episode Eight

Grade: B+

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Going into the Thanksgiving episode for Ben and Kate, I imagined a family-centric episode with Ben trying to help Kate prepare the dinner, almost how Friends used to structure their annual holiday episodes. But Ben and Kate are better than that and take the opportunity to tackle their Thanksgiving episode with another tradition people partake in, reunions.

Beginning the episode in typical goofy Ben fashion, him and Tommy bring in a live turkey and looks for a place to hide it from Kate, except that she’s watching them the whole time. They explain how they saved the turkey from being slaughtered and even Kate warms up to the turkey when she makes eye contact with it. But the real story revolves around Kate’s high school reunion, one that she’s very nervous about. She captures the real-life jitters of attending a reunion. There are going to be expectations to meet and you’re going to see the people who have succeeded and the ones who haven’t. Also, this is a chance to bring Will and Kate together in an awkward situation questioning if they’re officially dating each other.

Kate has the majority of the screen-time this episode as she tries to overcome being called “Junkface” in high school by the vocally talented Amber Stevens, but in the end she realizes that she’s happy being a single mom and can finally call Will her boyfriend. But wait, it’s not a Ben and Kate episode without Ben doing something crazy and that’s the announcement that Ben and BJ (Beatrice June apparently) are married. Ben’s reaction when he discovers he was juked by BJ is priceless, but they are still very married and I’m wondering how long they’re going to keep that an actual thing in the sitcom.

I’ve expressed how much I enjoy this show, but let me elaborate on that thought. Ben and Kate has a very well-balanced cast of characters, but it’s not that one or the other are flat out ridiculous or plays the dead-pan guy, they all share those opportunities. Kate can be as ridiculous as her older brother, but will also lay the law down especially when her daughter is involved. In fact, that’s usually when our adults leave their shenanigans behind, whenever Maddie is involved.

Ben and Kate continues to make its audience smile and I will be greatly disappointed if it’s not renewed for a second season.

Revolution – “Kashmir”

Season One, Episode Nine

Grade:  B+

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In this deeply emotional episode, we dive deep into our characters’ inner thoughts as they travel through an underground tunnel towards Monroe. With the help of some members of the Resistance, the group has a fighting chance until Charlie steps on a mine causing the entrance of the tunnel to cave in. With oxygen becoming scarce, the characters start to hallucinate.

Revolution continues to surprise me in the slightest ways and this episode achieved this by lacking any type of flashbacks. What does happen is each character reveals what is haunting them that we’ve already seen in previous flashbacks. Miles is troubled by his former best friend, Monroe, and what he’ll do if he’s offered another chance in the Militia. On the other hand, Aaron is still thinking about how he abandoned his wife.

As the group neared the exit, a member of the Resistance reveals himself as an undercover Militia member and takes Miles hostage. Charlie saves the day by shooting him with an arrow, but not without being grazed by a bullet and being knocked out from the fall. She wakes up to the presence of her father in a very heart-felt scene between daughter and diseased father. Everything feels so real and the fact that she is so close with her father again makes it that more difficult to leave him when she hears Miles calling her, but she does wake up and Miles, Nora and Aaron are overjoyed that she did.

In the end, we see Rachel working on the amplifier that is supposed to widen the range for the pendant, but Monroe’s suspicion causes him to bring in Dr. Jaffe to inspect the device. Jaffe concludes that she’s building an elaborate time bomb and Monroe sends her off to be executed, but she quickly kills Jaffe and reminds Monroe that he still needs her.

This was one strong episode putting almost all of the main characters at the center of attention. Going into the Fall finale, Miles and company are ready to invade Monroe’s headquarters and from the looks of things, we should finally see a real Monroe/Miles showdown. I am a bit disappointed that we didn’t get any more information on Randall and Grace with their pendant tracking system, but that’s just one of the many questions that still remain.

The one problem I do have with the show is that we definitely have our core group of main characters and despite the predicaments they find themselves in (like stepping on an active mine) I’m not convinced that the show will kill off any of these main characters. It seems that Maggie’s death was supposed to keep us on our toes about this very idea, but it’s clear that everyone who is dying are just extras that are thrown in with the group every episode. Of course, an important death during the Fall finale will change all of this, though of course we know Charlie is still not going to die.

Will Charlie finally be able to rescue Danny? What’s going to happen when Charlie finds out that her mom is still alive? Will Miles be able to turn down any offer from Monroe? Can’t wait for next week!

How I Met Your Mother – “The Stamp Tramp”

Season 8, Episode 7

Grade: C

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Ted watches some old college tapes of himself, Robin helps Barney decide what strip club to become attached to next and Marshall attempts to get his old law school classmate, Brad, out of a rut and a job at his firm. But first, the title of the episode.

The gang tells Marshall that he’s too lenient when giving someone or something his stamp of approval and that he shouldn’t have vouched for Brad so easily, but he stays with his gut and even through a terrible interview, keeps on backing Brad up. Meanwhile, Ted’s trying to find something he gave his stamp of approval to before someone else did first.

Barney makes Robin his agent to find the next strip club he will frequent, but calls her out when she takes a bribe. Poking fun at Lebron James’ decision to the Miami Heat, Barney finally chooses Mouth Beach. Finally, Marshall appears at the most important trial of his life because so it turns out, Brad is working for the pharmaceutical company Marshall is up against. Marshall’s boss gives him the ultimatum, win or he’s fired.

And like typical How I Met Your Mother style, they further the story arc during the very last scene of the episode. After spending the night at the strip club, Barney kisses Robin but she puts an end to that quickly. The end.

It wasn’t a great episode. Hell, it was hardly a good episode because the whole point of a comedy is to at least laugh a little bit. There were no new developments in any character and the story-line is still at a standstill with Barney and Robin. There was a heart-warming moment when Lily found out that Ted’s only unique stamp of approval was telling Marshall that she was a great girl who he should marry when he had doubts. It’s always dependable to have Ted in the middle of putting a smile on someone else’s face other than his own, but as this eighth season keeps moving forward, unfortunately Ted’s love life is stuck at a red light.

Damn, and I was expecting another Slapsgiving episode…

Boardwalk Empire – “A Man, A Plan…”

The best episode of the season has finally arrived and sets the wheels in a continuous motion for the final two episodes until season three will come to an end. Involved are all the main characters and finally a break from Gillian. I’ll start with one of my favorite characters Van Alden, who actually begins with some good luck with bootlegging but ends up being brought straight to Capone for selling on his territory. He’s questioned about O’Banion and I assume he’ll tell everything that he knows. I feel that Van Alden is in danger of being vulnerable in the show because I don’t really see how his story relates with what’s happening anymore. The clear war is between Nucky in Atlantic City and Rosetti in Tabor Height, New Jersey and also New York City. But I hope he stays for a while because his character is arguably the most dynamic.

Anyway, we see a lot more of Gaston Means as he persuades Nucky and Harry to give him $40,000 each to kill off Jess Smith. While I don’t think Means would’ve backed out on the murder, Jess does take him off the hook quite easily despite pointing a gun at Means for a few minutes. That Means is a sly, greasy man isn’t he? As for Richard Harrow, he’s becoming closer to Julia and every episode things just get better for them. Because I love Harrow’s character, I’m not looking forward to when Gillian messes everything up for him.

But now to where the title of the episode comes from, Owen is the man of the hour. He’s still sleeping with Katey and just as she’s expressing her worry about him and Margaret, he proposes to her (or at least that’s what I think he did) in a very nonchalant way but it still brings a big smile to her face. Not so much later, he reminds Margaret of their planned departure to run away from Atlantic City together. He suggests St. Louis, but for them it doesn’t matter exactly where they end up, just as long as they leave the hell that has become Atlantic City.

The tricky thing about all of this is that we don’t really know Owen very well. We’ve been with him a decent amount of time but the show never actually penned in much development in his character. He’s always been the charming Irishman that Margaret eyed from the get-go. He’s not afraid to get his hands dirty and he’s very good at his job, but this gets him into trouble when he attempts to kill Masseria.

Luciano and Lansky propose their heroin plan to Rothstein, but he doesn’t budge telling them that even though he likes the idea, it’s just bad timing since there is a war errupting. By the way, I loved the shot of Rothstein hitting the one-ball to the other end of the table, setting up a future shot instead of attempting a difficult, bank shot.

So they take their business to Masseria who isn’t interested until they provide him with information that Nucky’s planning an attack on him. And as events unfold, Owen is returned to Nucky in a box. Honestly, you cannot say that you didn’t see this coming, but it’s still surprising nonetheless. While the idea of Owen and Margaret leaving and riding off into the sunset to live happily ever after was one to swell your heart, it was never going to happen in Boardwalk Empire. I do admit that Nucky’s reaction to how hysterical Margaret was to Owen’s death was spectacular. At first he was confused but it didn’t take long to connect the dots.

The pieces keep moving. Nucky gets weaker and Rosetti gets stronger. Who thinks that Nucky’s going to call on Mr. Dependable Richard Harrow next? While that certainly doesn’t fare well with me since Nucky’s right-hand men don’t have a very good track record to this point, it’ll be nice seeing Richard kicking someone else’s ass other than Julia’s father. Oh and one final note, Margaret’s pregnant with Owen’s baby. What is she going to do now?

Homeland – “I’ll Fly Away”

As much grief as I’ve been giving Dana and her story-line for the past few weeks, I actually enjoyed her drama this episode and it’s a good thing I did since she had a lot of screen-time during “I’ll Fly Away.” But first, let’s discuss Brody and Carrie.

Brody is the CIA’s only hope to tracking an attack on America. Carrie knows it. The CIA knows it. Brody knows it. And even after that, we’re still being beat over the head with the reminder. Anyway, Brody is snapping right before our eyes as Jessica defends Dana’s good intention to turn herself in and doesn’t accept anything going on with the CIA as a reason to avoid the police. She wants Brody to put the family before the nation and as the viewer it’s hard to side with her on this, but there were so many lies told that I doubt Jessica really believes Brody’s working for the CIA.

All of this pressure gets to Brody and he blows a meeting with Roya. He seems like he’s going off the grid, blowing up bridges with Roya and with the CIA, but Carrie does her best to drag him back in by spending the night with him at a motel. This results in the audio of Carrie and Brody having sex broadcasted for Quinn, Saul, and everyone else to hear. Is she really doing everything she can to fix Brody’s head and convince him to return back to his mission? Saul wants to believe so. Or is she just falling back in love with him again like Quinn believes? I’ll go with it’s a little bit of both.

Now onto Dana’s story. She ends up spending most of the episode at Mike’s place, which at first seemed odd to me but then Jessica clears that up reminded us that she was over his place a lot during the years Brody was captive. Mike was practically a father to Dana and Chris and was going to move in to live with the family. When Dana asks if giving them up was hard to do, Mike tries his best not to crumble at the fact. Also, Dana tells her mom that Carrie was the reason why they didn’t step foot into the police department, and the two share a moment together, sort of like the opposite of what we’re used to seeing: an adult telling their child bad news.

It’s not easy for anyone to match up to Damian Lewis and Claire Danes, but I tip my hat to Morgan Saylor this episode because she really pulled off her scenes. Her dripping emotion after apologizing to the dead woman’s daughter was authentic and made me really care about what Dana’s going through a lot more than seeing her as a dumb teenager. Maybe soon it’ll be Chris’ turn to have a story-line soon?

I can’t conclude my thoughts without mentioning the ending. While most of the episode was an unfolding drama, the final fifteen minutes was your typical Homeland thriller. Brody is brought to an open field by Roya with Carrie and Virgil tailing them. Unknown to what’s going to happen, Carrie ignores Quinn’s orders to stand down and walks closer to see what’s happening to Brody. Almost out of nowhere, a helicopter swoops down, picks up Brody, and takes off. Brody is being held up but finally reunites with a clean-shaven Abu Nazir. What an ending.

Can Brody keep his composure face-to-face with Abu Nazir? It’s a tug-of-war with the turned marine turned CIA-undercover-agent and I’m honestly not sure if he can take what’s about to come at him. While Damian Lewis is too big of a part in Homeland, is that the only reason to keep his character alive at this point. The CIA were close to just cutting him loose and locking him up for good. Clearly, Roya doesn’t trust Brody after his little temper tantrum and if Abu Nazir doesn’t either, what’s keeping them from killing Brody off?

But maybe they’ll turn Brody again to spy on the CIA’s activities and then Brody will be telling so many lies his pants will actually catch fire.