Season 2 of FUBAR may have lost a little for me in terms of hilarity. But, can you beat lines like “Puppy’s in the pound?” *You can only tie it, with other special quips like, “Baby’s in the bathwater.” Side note: Watch the subtitles with this show. FUBAR dialogue is beyond comedic with its own special set of misspellings and tense issues.*
How can you not love a show that features a male named Chips? You just know they did this for the line, “Goodbye Mr Chips.” Although it is more alluded to?
The story of FUBAR Season 2
Father and daughter CIA team continue to save the world. Luke’s ex flame Greta turns up working for a “Blofeld” type of money gin. Luke is fighting off his old evil girlfriend. He is also still trying to win back Tally.
Emma is fighting off her feelings for Chips and all the guys in FUBAR are in love with her.
Oh, and love interests aside, the team are trying to stop Cress (Blofeld) from darkening the USA.
The Cast
Arnold Schwarzenegger is Luke Brunner.
Monica Barbaro is Emma Brunner.
Milan Carter is Barry Pruitt, AKA; Uncle Barry.
Fortune Feimster is Roo.
Travis Van Winkle is Aldon Reese.
Fabiana Udenio is Tally Brunner.
Jay Baruchel is Carter.
Aparna Brielle is Tina Mukeri.
Scott Thompson is Dr Pfeffer.
Andy Buckley is Donnie.
Guy Burnet is Theodore Chips.
Carrie-Anne Moss is Greta Nelso.
Enrico Colantoni is Reed.
Mark Robert Edwards is Farkas.
Special Guest Star
Tom Arnold is Norm Carlson.
FUBAR BTS
Show creator Nick Santora continues to gives us a spy show that relies on tropes and clichés. It all works though. All the agents cross and double-cross one another. Santora manages to borrow from everyone. Commercials, food joints (based on Chuck E Cheese and a sly nod to Five Nights in Freddie’s.)
This should not work as a TV show. The plots, dialogue and humour of FUBAR is pretty juvenile. The comedy does work though. Although at the start of the season, when Greta shows up to reclaim Luke, she plays the part for laughs.
Thankfully, she stops this rather quickly. The thing that makes this work is every actor playing their roles straight as a string.
Check out the “Hammy” montage with Aldon. Van Winkle is deadly serious about “hamming it up” with the baby pig. His cute is serious cute and it plays brilliantly.
Netflix Wins
Netflix wins with FUBAR. The streaming platform does have a lot of dross on offer. However, this Arnold Schwarzenegger/Monica Barbaro vehicle is funny, full of action and something you can lose yourself in almost effortlessly. All 8 episodes are available to watch, another win.
The Verdict
FUBAR season 2 is a clear win. There is no “f**ked up beyond all recognition” here. I can safely give this one a 4.5 star rating. FUBAR loses a half star for those annoying CGI squibs. (Replacement squibs actually.) These safety nets for actors are necessary but they look fake and really take one out of the moment.
This spy show may well be the modern version of, say, Ozzie and Harriet, but it amuses and entertains. And after all, is that not what television was invented for? It is streaming on Netflix right now.
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