Review of Cuckoo

Cuckoo (II) (2012– )
5/10
First season is gold, but the rest is barely bronze
21 February 2019
Warning: Spoilers
It's really a matter of taste of course. If you love bizarre, wacky (and slightly romantically suited for your girlfriend) shows with uniquely crazy characters like Nine-Nine, New Girl, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and so on you'll grow to love the first season after the second episode which is about the same time that you finally realize why Cuckoo seems so familiar..

Unfortunately it all ends after the first season and after watching the first episode of the second season you'll be sinking into a dark hole, because Cuckoo is gone and Rachel has been replaced with someone else and while Ken and Lorna do a pretty good job they are sorely missing Cuckoo. The disappearance of Peralta, erm, I mean Andy Samberg is a massive blow to the show. The chemistry is all gone and as the show goes on it becomes more and more apparent that the series move in a completely different direction.

The second season is basically a spin-off starring Ken and Lorna. I wonder what the rest is, but the loss of Cuckoo was a major turn off point for my wife and I.

10 with both thumbs up for the first season. 0 for the total disappointment of the turn after first season.
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