I know how guys talk. And first of all you're not a guy anymore - you're married.

I laughed out loud many times at Bravo's new comedy, Significant Others, a show that follows four married couples and their relationship issues. The format is original and great - they show bits and pieces of the couple's lives and twice during the 30 minute show have a few minutes of rapid fire jumping between the characters on a couples therapy couch. This allows them to advance to certain plot points quickly, then flush them out in the more traditional sitcom parts. It's also very funny. The show moves quick, and is sometimes hard to keep up with. But that's ok since if you miss something it's not a big deal, this is more about quick humor then extended plot - so missing bits and pieces won't set you back.

There were other dialog gems as well, like the following Woody Allen-esque moment:

Her - What bugs me is the total lack of consideration.
Him - That's funny, because what bugs me is that she's pretty much crushed my will to live.

And in the process of a ridiculous moment where a guy is picking up a girl came this line:

If we were dating Tuesday would be "just look at you" day.

With The West Wing reruns, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and now Significant Others, Bravo is rapidly challenging Comedy Central as my favorite cable channel.

Update: It turns out this show is entirely improv, which makes total sense to me now. One of the reasons I liked the first two episodes was there was no coherent style or theme, it bounced around all over the place. I like this theory of edited improv: they let the actors go, film way more then they need, then piece together the good stuff. But it does make the therapy couch scenes pretty dense, since they're skipping around so much.

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