I'm not sure what the creators/writers were trying to achieve. Is this meant to be a drama that gets you thinking about topical issues or is it meant to be a comedy that highlights the absurdity of some old/new political positions? Or is it meant to be a blend of both?
Unfortunately, the drama is insufficiently dramatic and the comedy is exceptionally cliché. I watched the first two episodes and it didn't pull me in, it didn't make me think and it didn't make me laugh.
I'm aware of the "sunk cost" fallacy and I do wonder if this was commissioned as likely to be a "sure thing", but the producers were unwilling to pull the plug after reading the disappointing scripts?
Sarah Solemani was wonderful as an actor in Him & Her (2010), but I really don't rate her writing here. And Steve Coogan has done some wonderful work elsewhere, but his writing here is far too poor. Rather than lifting each other's writing, they seem to have weighed each other down.
Unfortunately, the drama is insufficiently dramatic and the comedy is exceptionally cliché. I watched the first two episodes and it didn't pull me in, it didn't make me think and it didn't make me laugh.
I'm aware of the "sunk cost" fallacy and I do wonder if this was commissioned as likely to be a "sure thing", but the producers were unwilling to pull the plug after reading the disappointing scripts?
Sarah Solemani was wonderful as an actor in Him & Her (2010), but I really don't rate her writing here. And Steve Coogan has done some wonderful work elsewhere, but his writing here is far too poor. Rather than lifting each other's writing, they seem to have weighed each other down.