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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 3924850" data-attributes="member: 8158">Actually, I covered the inane character interactions, but I'll elaborate. I mentioned the boss already--he's a poorly-written cartoon of a manager. Again, it makes no sense that he puts up with Sock, who is not just a bad employee, but is actively abusive towards him. Then there's Sock, who is also a stupid cartoon of what people who aren't slackers consider a slacker to be (just as the nerds on Chuck are just someone's misconception of how nerds behave). It's the mark of poor writing that characters have to behave like the most extreme version of their archetype. Needless to say though, Sock doesn't do any of the raunchy or illegal stuff that slackers actually do, because Reaper has no cajones and never delivers any shocks or surprises. Ray Wise is just wasted in his role. He's not there to actually move the story along. He just shows up, baits Same a bit, and then leaves.But I will grant that Reaper is not quite as moronic as Chuck or even close to as worthless as the Big Bang Theory.</blockquote>