As a huge fan of the first season, I was eagerly anticipating the premiere of the new season of Green Wing. Last season ended with a literal cliffhanger: three doctors in an ambulance dangling from the edge of a cliff. I was expecting the premiere to pick up where it left off, explaining exactly how Mac, Guy, and Martin were saved (or how they all died, became fatally injured, sprouted wings and flew away, etc.), so I was surprised when they offered absolutely no insight into what actually happened. Instead, we were immediately faced with a fully normal scene of all the main characters going back to work at the hospital. But then, suddenly, the entire scene changed into a futuristic setting and everyone had donned new, silver costumes. What's going on?!

As it turned out, this futuristic sequence (and many other random moments to follow) were dreams that Mac had while in his coma. Yes. Coma. Turned out that Guy and Martin were completely alright after the ambulance incident, but Mac fell into a coma for eight weeks. Mac lay in his hospital bed through most of the episode, while a bunch of the other characters came in to visit him, try and coax him out of his state, or take advantage of his inability to fight back (Alan gave Mac some facial hair with a black marker, Guy threatened to kill a kitten if Mac didn't wake up, Caroline slept next to him and whispered sweet nothings into his ear, Sue White collected a sample of Mac's man juices to put into herself -- that was a very bizarre moment, by the way). Meanwhile, Joanna and Guy attempted to live with the fact that they slept with each other as mother and son and Alan attempted to live with the fact that his one love pulled an Oedipus Rex.

The premiere was a slight disappointment, I must say. Granted, the first season was amazing and must have been a tough act to follow, but I couldn't help but feel as though this episode was trying a little too hard. I have always been a fan of the fluctuating speed of the show and the bouncy music, but it seemed excessive this time around. Usually, the slow-downs are reserved for little moments that you would not have caught otherwise or to make an awkward movement look even stranger. However, I noticed many moments where they seemed to use the slow-downs for no particular reason. It's a brilliant thing to do, they just need to be careful and not push it. Same goes for the randomness. The random little incidents are the most glorious parts of this show, but they aren't quite as funny when they're forced (Martin's random shark fin?).

The Good: Nick Frost (Spaced, Shaun of the Dead) did a little guest spot and he was great. Guy taking out that adorable kitten and then pulling out the gun. Mac smacking Caroline in the face when he bolted upright from his coma. The "invisible line" of Joanna's workers. Too much information about Sue White's acidic vagina (litmus test, please!). Mac as every member of Take That, singing "Back For Good".

The Bad: Apart from Mac's coma, there was no information about the ambulance incident (hopefully this will come into play in future episodes). Too much speeding up/slowing down screwed up the fluidity of the show, ironically enough. What was up with all the musical moments? The "pastafarian" joke was dreadful.