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I've watched every episode so far. I like D. Schwimmer and J. Sturgiss as actors. What is with the fathers assistant? Does she ever speak and/or have another outfit. How many times can Schwimmer get dumped on in this show before he shows emotion. Too many predictable scripts. Obviously Sturgiss is the "Beast". But, what else can happen in this show in order to move it forward for another season. A guy who pulls teeth? Come on, how corny. When are going to find out the manager is pregnant from Dion? I'm expecting it to happen. I'm hoping the rest of the season is better. I just want to see where it could possibly go. Will the son ever speak? I don't feel enough background depth between the two main characters. So what happens the restaurant is successful, then what do we have to worry about? Not enough I think.

Added: 29 Jul, 2016: I was pleasantly surprised by some scenes in the last episode. Maybe they rewrote the last 2 shows, after reading reviews. I still would like to see more, please smile Schwimmer. Sturgiss your overacting! You both can do better.

September 6, 2016:

It's been a while since the season ended. I was surprised by the final show. Wow, blowing up the restaurant! Was Dion's money blown up, hmmm probably because it would be predictable. Just a note; Dion was hiding his coke then money in the couch cushion. Didn't anyone notice that the filling had changed or the fact that he cut out the foam when it was empty. I think I would have noticed that sitting on the couch. Are they still hacked into the city gas supply? OK, so we are left with a blown up restaurant. Did the manager screw up and not get insurance?...Probably! We are left with the possibility of everyone being blown up, you know that won't happen, because they are the main characters! I wonder who opened the gas line. Possibly someone from the robbery that Dion and his uncle did, that's my guess. And, finally the son speaks, just at the wrong time. Will he go back to silence now? My prediction; the son will get hurt the most from the explosion. That will give Schwimmer more reason to mope around! My final prediction; eventually Schwimmer will donate a kidney to his dad and at the same time find out his son is from Sturgiss...

Really hard to find shows with a character or two you like now a days. I liked several in this ( Schwimmer) was kind of annoying with his constant whining but I liked most of. Liked Dion, Pilar, Patrick, Uncle Stavros. The thing it just felt like a long running series, something was missing. I figured there wouldn't be a peoper ending by about episode 6 or 7 because of the way it's written. A series like this needed everything to happen by mid way thru if they wanted a proper end to a 1 season serie. Other than that I enjoyed it but now with the "bang" of a finale" there's so many unanswered questions. Or SPOILER

I can just believe they all died, the end.

I really wanted to like Feed the Beast. AMC has made some outstanding TV shows that push the limits on excellent television creation such as Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and The Walking Dead. I also like David Schwimmer and was looking forward to seeing him in a drama instead of a comedy. Having watched about three episodes, I'm slowly losing more and more interest and wonder if I'll make it through this season.

There are many things wrong with this series. First off, the show is very paint by the numbers in how it's constructed. You've got the widower single father, who is in a deep depression because he lost his wife to a car accident. You have his son, who refuses to talk and expresses his pain through sketches. You have the best friend, who was let out of jail and now wants a fresh start. He's the rebel with a heart of gold. You have the mafia, who is coming after the best friend for past debts and will take out teeth if he isn't paid, aka his nickname, the tooth fairy. You have the estranged father, who is a racist bigot who thinks his son is a wimp. You have the naive Hispanic girl, who has a crush on Schwimmer and lies to help him out. You have the restaurant. Ho-hum.

The writing and everything seems very intro to creative writing level stuff. The dialogue is bland and boring. The situations predictable. The drama forced. The emotion artificial. The acting is wooden and lacks meaning. This show is similar to Vinyl in that it adds unnecessary elements that detract from the quality of the show rather than add to it. Why is the whole mafia thing needed? I think a restaurant show would be interesting if you showed the effects of gentrification, of all the struggles with opening and running a restaurant, etc. That would make it a character drama and likely add layers instead of this watered down rewrite of the Sopranos. AMC was likely going to strike out on one of their shows eventually, and it appears they have here on Feed the Beast.

I cannot believe this series was canceled after one season.

I found it captured my interested from the very first moment. It was unique.

Upon reading the description of the show I initially thought...oh no, a high-end restaurant, mob ties, a single parent, alcoholism and David Schwimmer in a serious role...this is not going anywhere. I watched 1 episode and it just grabbed me. Everything was presented in a manner far from the way I thought it would be. It did not compare to anything else I had viewed previously and that means a lot when looking for something unique. I had not seen David Schwimmer in a serious role and he did well as did all the other actors.

Surely this series did not have enough exposure...that is the only reason I can think of for AMC stating 'the show simply didn't achieve the results needed to move forward with a second season'.

I am extremely disappointed and will miss the series even if it lived for only 1 season.

In the words of the great Thelma Houston, "Don't leave me this way." If the powers that be don't anticipate a second season of Feed the Beast, then they shouldn't have made the first season so ... powerful. I did not expect this show to capture me the way that it has. There are so many story lines that a second season could follow up.

For goodness' sake, please don't let that explosion be TJ's final scene, not when he spoke his first words in the here and now. That would be inexplicably cruel to him, and to the viewers. And what will happen to Dion and his "uncle" after robbing the Tooth Fairy's card game? Who blew up the restaurant. Knowing Dion, there are other characters that we haven't met who could easily fill that bill. Come back ... come back ... come back.

***SPOILER***

This was a great idea. I looked forward to seeing David S in a good dramatic role.

The first few episodes were tough because it was pretty formula stuff with nothing new to offer aside from the premise. The organized crime and drugs is unnecessary and leaves little room for an interesting new drama around the struggle to open a restaurant in an unlikely neighborhood.

It's so unrelentingly tragic and sad that it is very hard to watch. But I hoped that once the restaurant opened we'd be given a break and some lighter, happier moments. Except I can't get that far. Here's where you lost me completely - the sex between Dion and Pilar. He has been a complete ass to her, treated her with no respect. She calls him on his FRAUD and he tries to kiss her? When she slapped him hard I was glad to show that a woman can handle sexual harassment in the workplace in her own, albeit violent, way. Then she has sex with him? Forget it.

I'd love for you to find a way to fix this. It will start with a new writing staff. Sorry, but it's just too unbearably dreary and unoriginal to love.

After enduring three episodes of Feed The Beast, I think I would like to be served a hefty potion of hemlock.

I enjoy DS as an actor. He is talented and when presented with the right vehicle, he really does shine. This is a really unsuitable script for him.

The remainder of the cast is stereotypical and a mixture of a half dozen usual offerings with mafia, drug addicts, loan sharks and unsavory characters.

I would like to see the Chef served up on a platter. He is so outrageous and unbelievable I have to mute the sound when he is speaking his lines after a few minutes.

The bullied "mute" child; the threatening school social worker; all uninteresting plot lines can give me indigestion.

Maybe Feed The Beast should have been titled Pass The Alka Seltzer.

Dion running around all the time in a crazed state of drugged out over-hyped stimulation. The ridiculous "Toothfairy" character running around breaking fingers and pulling out teeth in the very first episode in a display of mafia power is completely ridiculous. I mean he's breaking the fingers of the one guy who owes him $600,000 who uses said hands as his only means to pay him back, Dion.

Now then, Dion the chef. Always in a state of manic over stimulation. The nutty mafia boss, who looks like an infant Pillsbury Doughboy, is completely unbelievable as a character. And four weeks to transform a wreck of a space into a nearly unpronounceably named high-end restaurant, Thirio, Greek for beast. It must have taken the actors weeks of practice to properly trill the "r" which sounds dopey every time someone says it. And whole mafia boss nonsense just doesn't work. Doughboy keeps menacing Dion in his mafia van demanding a wildly insane amount of vig every month from a guy who has no visible means of income.

The only bright spot for me is David Schwimmer. Totally believable as a master sommelier. But his forever mute son very quickly wears thin and becomes a major annoyance.

This is an example of a new show tying way too hard out of the gate. It's showing all its cards right away, some of which are preposterous. I don't care at all about any of the characters because there is no development of any of them. There is another new show, Queen of the South, that is good right out of the gate. Good character development and you care about them right away. FTB should take a look at that show for help. I guess it's all about the writing.

I was looking forward to this show. I kind of like Schwimmer. I nearly always use a DVR. So I watched the episode of their 'soft' opening a day or so after it aired. In that episode Pilar busts Dion on his not providing receipts then finding out the receipts are all fake. Dion has mostly abused Pilar since she showed up. Pilar is hot for Schwimmer. Pilar confronts Dion about the fake receipts. Dion acts like his usual criminal self. He ends up stealing kiss, she gives him a pretty respectable right handed punch to the face. And then of all things they end up screwing each other's brains out. I don't buy it. Schwimmers character may have been flaking on Pilar but that just doesn't add up to her having angry sex with Dion. While they were doing their business I called BS and erased the episode and dropped the series recording. What ever happened to reasonable plots???

I had a lot of expectation from this show but with every new episode it just continue to deteriorate. After seeing the explosion in the last episode, I am giving up. I wasted 8 hours

The background and set-up in the first episode seem promising. But unfortunately, the story and the script has no leg. Dialogs are pretty badly written, many characters have not been developed properly, and on top of that bad acting. Writers had tried hard to make the show interesting by introducing sudden surprise twist and turns - but these twist & turns are in-coherent and seemed forced rather than part of the story. The sudden death of the detective and then the reaction of her daughter is ludicrous. The constant flash back of the death of the kid's mother is annoying at best. Also the soft light affect in the flashback to evoke emotion makes me want to puke.

Overall the weakest part of this series is its story - I am not sure what it is trying to tell, where it is going, and what it is building up to.