Hype - Rescue
Genre: Crime / Dark Comedy
Director: Stephen Merchant
Writer: Dominic Wilkins
Cast: Seth Green, Charles Baker, Nick Swardson, Alicia Silverstone, Daniel Stern, Daveed Diggs Stephen Merchant and Sarah Polley
Plot: Julian Gardner (Daveed Diggs) is all tied up in the back of a van and next to him is Jessie (Sarah Polley). She’s starts to scream and closes her eyes, because she felt something was going to happen to her tonight involving a guy with crazy hair in the back of a van. Julian says she’s making that shit up and he isn’t going to rape her. He wonders what the hell they are doing here and Sarah is of no use, lost in her delirium. At the front, Dennis (Daniel Stern) calls Sarah (Alicia Silverstone) in jail with her illegal cellphone. He tells her he found the two culprits and she asks who they are. It’s David’s girlfriend and a weird guy he found in a bar. He asks her what he should do with them and she asks him to know why they did it. Dennis is let down, he had more fun ideas in mind, like waterboarding, nail removing and he had a lot of electric stuff ready. Sarah asks him if he kidnapped them and he says he did. She can’t believe he went to violence for this and he says she asked him to take care of it and she says that’s not what she meant, she wanted to know it or her legal defense and it’s all ruined. Daniel hangs up and opens the back of the van. He tells them they were kidnapped, and it was a mistake. They do not take the news well.
David (Seth Green) is at the hospital, in Chuck’s (Charles Baker) room, sobbing. He’s holding his hand, waiting for him to wake up. He says he’s sorry for what happened to him. He felt guilt for his overdose he took responsibility for it, because he was the one who stopped their activities even if Sarah was arrested, but it turns out he wasn’t responsible for it at all. He hopes he forgives him and he will be his friend again once he wakes up. He believes in him and he says he got money on the side to help him pay for the medical bill, because he’s pretty sure he doesn’t have health insurance and he laughs. David is interrupted by Dr. Stewart (Stephen Merchant). He congratulates him for his moving speech and he tells David that Chuck is hearing him even if it doesn’t look like it. David dries his eyes up and he looks at his phone while Stewart keeps talking about the dangers of addiction. David gets all white and leaves the room in a hurry. Stewart is offended, he thought he was making an equally moving speech. He sits on the chair and reads Dennis’ leftover newspaper. He hears movement to his right. Chuck woke up and he sees him. He’s discouraged that the first person he sees after waking up if the last person he wanted to see. Stewart is again, offended and he starts his speech on the dangers of addiction again.
David, on his way out of the hospital, calls Steve (Nick Swardson), who is sitting at home, eating ice cream out of the jar, watching a Lifetime movie with his cat by his side. David says Jessie has been kidnapped by Dennis and Steve is shocked. David says he received a text from her saying her prophecy was real and she said she saw herself getting kidnapped in a white van and it must be Dennis, because he drives a suspicious white van. They both agree his van looks suspicious and Steve says he’s watching a really good movie, so he won’t be able to make it. David chastises him, saying he can hear him eating ice cream from the phone and for everything he has done for him, he could have the decency to help him. Steve grunts and gets up. He’ll come over. They’ll meet at the bar and start their investigation.
Steve meets with David at the bar and starts to look for clues. Steve says he could be good at this, he used to watch Blues Clues religiously and Steve was his idol. David asks him if that’s why he developed a drug addiction, like Steve and he says he was his idol because he was named Steve, just like him and he felt like he could do what Blues Clues’ Steve could do. David admits it sounds confusing, but enough of that banter, he just wants to find his girlfriend and his former friend. Steve concentrates and he finds something on the ground. David looks and it looks like Steve unknowingly found Julian’s scarf, but it won’t lead them anywhere. Steve looks up and it doesn’t look like they are going to look much longer, Dennis is parked across the street and they can see him freak out in the front of his van.
Steve lifts David so he can knock on Dennis’ window and see him. Dennis freaks out even more and David says it’s over for him, police is on the way and they are going to arrest him for kidnapping Jessie and Julian. Steve keeps Dennis company before the police arrives and David unties Jessie, who was still freaking out and telling them how her psychic talent really work and how much they’re going to listen to them from now on. The police arrives and arrest Dennis. David lets Julian go and he tells him to never meddle in his business again, because he intends to give his friends another purpose.
Two months later
Jessie holds on David’s hand. She closes her eyes and she says she can sense luck in him today. He thanks her and puts on his mascot helmet. Chuck and Steve are by his side, also wearing mascot costumes. They have their suitcase ready and leave in a car. David tells them to stick to the plan, they’ve done it yesterday and everything will be fine today, Jessie said it. Steve looks next to him and on the backseat is a child with a beanie hat on and an oxygen tank next to him. Steve tells his nephew to keep doing a good job, he was really believable yesterday. David and Chuck knock at a random door and Julian answers. David heart stops for a moment, but he carries on. They introduce the child as a sick child who won a contest and they are raising money for him to go to Disney World. Julian happily gives money and is all smile. They go back to the car, drive a few blocks and separate the cash before putting it all in their respective briefcases.
David (Seth Green) is at the hospital, in Chuck’s (Charles Baker) room, sobbing. He’s holding his hand, waiting for him to wake up. He says he’s sorry for what happened to him. He felt guilt for his overdose he took responsibility for it, because he was the one who stopped their activities even if Sarah was arrested, but it turns out he wasn’t responsible for it at all. He hopes he forgives him and he will be his friend again once he wakes up. He believes in him and he says he got money on the side to help him pay for the medical bill, because he’s pretty sure he doesn’t have health insurance and he laughs. David is interrupted by Dr. Stewart (Stephen Merchant). He congratulates him for his moving speech and he tells David that Chuck is hearing him even if it doesn’t look like it. David dries his eyes up and he looks at his phone while Stewart keeps talking about the dangers of addiction. David gets all white and leaves the room in a hurry. Stewart is offended, he thought he was making an equally moving speech. He sits on the chair and reads Dennis’ leftover newspaper. He hears movement to his right. Chuck woke up and he sees him. He’s discouraged that the first person he sees after waking up if the last person he wanted to see. Stewart is again, offended and he starts his speech on the dangers of addiction again.
David, on his way out of the hospital, calls Steve (Nick Swardson), who is sitting at home, eating ice cream out of the jar, watching a Lifetime movie with his cat by his side. David says Jessie has been kidnapped by Dennis and Steve is shocked. David says he received a text from her saying her prophecy was real and she said she saw herself getting kidnapped in a white van and it must be Dennis, because he drives a suspicious white van. They both agree his van looks suspicious and Steve says he’s watching a really good movie, so he won’t be able to make it. David chastises him, saying he can hear him eating ice cream from the phone and for everything he has done for him, he could have the decency to help him. Steve grunts and gets up. He’ll come over. They’ll meet at the bar and start their investigation.
Steve meets with David at the bar and starts to look for clues. Steve says he could be good at this, he used to watch Blues Clues religiously and Steve was his idol. David asks him if that’s why he developed a drug addiction, like Steve and he says he was his idol because he was named Steve, just like him and he felt like he could do what Blues Clues’ Steve could do. David admits it sounds confusing, but enough of that banter, he just wants to find his girlfriend and his former friend. Steve concentrates and he finds something on the ground. David looks and it looks like Steve unknowingly found Julian’s scarf, but it won’t lead them anywhere. Steve looks up and it doesn’t look like they are going to look much longer, Dennis is parked across the street and they can see him freak out in the front of his van.
Steve lifts David so he can knock on Dennis’ window and see him. Dennis freaks out even more and David says it’s over for him, police is on the way and they are going to arrest him for kidnapping Jessie and Julian. Steve keeps Dennis company before the police arrives and David unties Jessie, who was still freaking out and telling them how her psychic talent really work and how much they’re going to listen to them from now on. The police arrives and arrest Dennis. David lets Julian go and he tells him to never meddle in his business again, because he intends to give his friends another purpose.
Two months later
Jessie holds on David’s hand. She closes her eyes and she says she can sense luck in him today. He thanks her and puts on his mascot helmet. Chuck and Steve are by his side, also wearing mascot costumes. They have their suitcase ready and leave in a car. David tells them to stick to the plan, they’ve done it yesterday and everything will be fine today, Jessie said it. Steve looks next to him and on the backseat is a child with a beanie hat on and an oxygen tank next to him. Steve tells his nephew to keep doing a good job, he was really believable yesterday. David and Chuck knock at a random door and Julian answers. David heart stops for a moment, but he carries on. They introduce the child as a sick child who won a contest and they are raising money for him to go to Disney World. Julian happily gives money and is all smile. They go back to the car, drive a few blocks and separate the cash before putting it all in their respective briefcases.
 
At its best, Hype was darkly funny, where you saw yourself laughing at situations you aren't supposed to, but it outran its premise rather quickly and with it the quality dropped, giving us an unbalanced show that sometimes struggled to get our attention
I liked the premise of the show, but perhaps it was too ambitious for its own good as it struggled all season long to keep a steady pace, capable of both great and bad moments week after week. It ends up as a mix bag as a result.
Hype turned out to be quite the schizophrenic series. When it was working, it was a darkly comedic tale of mascots gone to seed. But when it wasn't working, it was a messy show seemingly unsure of where the characters should be up to
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