According to voice-over narration provided by a character named Bruce, ABC's new sitcom Mixology is "the story of ten strangers, one night, and all of the stupid, embarrassing things we do to find love." I watched the premiere episode, and if I had that narrator gig, I think I would have said something more like: "Mixology is like being condemned to purgatory if purgatory were a bar filled with unlikable people."
It's ironic (or whatever) that a show about the importance of first impressions—i.e., meeting people in a bar setting in the hopes that intercourse will be an option sooner rather than later—would make such a shitty one.…
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