S1E2
The War Within
⚠ Spoiler alert This recap gives away what happens in this episode.
Episode Summary & Review
Summary
Eric Jonrosh (Will Ferrell) returns with his epic mini series. War breaks out & Devon (Tobey Maguire) joins the struggle, leaving Cynthia (Kristen Wiig) behind. Another woman threatens to come between the star crossed lovers.
Our Take
Episode two leans harder into the war parody, and the deadpan commitment from Maguire and Wiig keeps the absurdity funny even when a few sketches run long. The battlefield sequences are deliberately terrible in a way that mostly lands, though the joke about the production’s cheapness starts to wear thin. Worth a watch if the premiere hooked you, but it’s more of the same.