The Drew Carey Show: Season 05 (1999)

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All prior vestiges of "real life" on The Drew Carey Show have been ravaged, murdered and buried by the time Season Five rolls around. Typically surrealistic entries this season find Drew (Drew Carey) on trial for trying to murder his longtime bete noire Mimi (Kathy Kinney), and later hosting a "webcam" show from his own home on behalf of his bosses at Winfred-Louder--a show that, in true "life imitates art" fashion, was simultaneously broadcast on the ABC network and streamed on www.abc.com. Plus, we are treated to an exercise in pure fantasy when an ailing Drew has a terse conference with his own stomach (played by Max Wright. Also featured in Season Five is the first of the series' "Drew Live" offerings, originally networkcast live by ABC, with three different versions beamed out to the three major time zones--and, of course, the third annual edition of "What's Wrong With This Episode?", permitting the home viewers to compete for huge cash prizes by spotting the 50 or so deliberate mistakes scattered throughout the episode. In the course of the year's events, Kate (Christa Miller) finally realizes that she is in love with her lifelong friend Drew--just as he is being advised to avoid dating women by the office psychologist. By the time the couple begins dating, a new crimp is put in their relationship when Drew sprains his Most Vital Organ. Elswehere, Winfred-Louder undergoes the first in a long line of corporate takeovers when Mr. Soulard (Mark Curry) assumes command of the store; Mimi is plagued by a new "number one fan", a hero-worshipping little person named Doreen (Debbie Lee Carrington), who subsequently becomes romantically involved with the geekish Lewis (Ryan Stiles); and on a (comparatively!) less creepy note, Mimi is finally married to Drew's transvestite older brother Steve (John Carroll Lynch. Fifth-season highlights include jabs at such contemporary events as the "Y2K" panic and the "second coming" of Drew's beloved Cleveland Browns. And let us not forget the season finale, in which Drew and the rest of the cast, dropping character, vow to grab a surefire Emmy Award by staging the "Very Special Episode" to end all Very Special Episodes--a shameless spectacular replete with disease, death and an Ellen DeGeneres "coming out" moment! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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