User Reviews

This show is exactly what I've been waiting for. A perfect blend of comedy and story with a touch of lesbian. Thank you Cameron and Rhea for creating something that helps normalize LGBTQ+ lives.

I first saw Cameron Esposito on some video short on Buzzfeed and I laughed so hard I searched her out on the internet. I think it was the haircut. It might have hypnotized me.

Regardless, when I heard about this show I watched the free episode and then signed up for SEESO. I love the show. The humor is funny and fast enough paced to keep you entertained.

plus it only 6 episodes so you won't get sucked into a binging hole and never be able to climb out.

I'm not sure how this ended up on iTunes since it seems like a web series. I'd be more forgiving if I ran across this on YouTube, but since it's slotted next to TV shows I'm going to grade it the same. Following two women's real lives while may seem interesting to some...well, actually, is it interesting to anyone? This isn't Kanye and Kim, and even I don't want to follow those two. The premise is boring. Following the real lives of a comedian and a graphic artist who wants to be a comedian is not interesting, and this isn't a reality show. This is supposed to be a comedic interpretation of their real lives. Snore.

First off, they're not funny. I've been informed that Cameron is a real comedian and funny. Fine, but standup comedy and comedic acting are NOT the same thing. You can be funny at one and not the other. Cameron is watchable and does have some likable comedic timing, I'll give her that, but her show jokes do not land. But this is still a vast improvement from Rhea who is neither funny nor can she act...at all. Cameron seems like she has some potential for a future of acting, so long as someone else writes her material. Her hair is weird and interesting and she has a likability factor. Rhea...I'm sure will make a great wife. She should stick to that and stay faaar away from acting. They both seem like they would be likable in real life but that does not make for a sitcom.

Watching lesbian material just makes me sad at how little there is and how bad most of what's out there is. There's no Brokeback Mountain or Will and Grace for women. There's the L Word and a few good movies...oh, and San Junipero, which is brilliant. This is just your typical cliche lesbian material that's poorly thought out, poorly strung together, and think women are so desperate will just gobble up anything served. Nope. With all the competition vying for our eyes, this just has to be better.

This is going to be really short cuz I don't have much to say other then it's a good show and I did like it but the plot was a little weak. Don't get me wrong I definitely enjoyed watching this show but the plot could have been stronger and then it would have been 10/10 instead of 8/10

I tried, I really tried to like this series. I know these two are funny to many but for me the show was a huge disappointment. We get it, you're lesbians, now make me laugh! One episode did the second to last.

The plot is weak... kind of like a documentary since this is pretty much their lives being comedians. Their chemistry is off, they don't really compliment each other. Sure, love is love, but it doesn't make for good TV.

If they get another season I'd be surprised, and if so, I hope they go back to the drawing board.

This series is genuine and funny, as well as being the positive queer representation we need!

The first rule of a comedy show is that it has to be funny. I bailed after half of the first episode because it looked like it was going to be more self-indulgent codswallop about being gay. It all became clear when I looked at the credits and realized that it was written and acted by the 2 leads. Having.one person write/direct and star in something is always iffy. Having 2 doing this is... this mess.

Take My Wife is a six episode series, but this review is only based on the first episode. Because to see the rest, you have to join their dodgy service, and that's not happening.

The premise is that two married female comedians (Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher) play themselves in the story of their relationship. It's kind of interesting, which is why I felt compelled to write about it. I guess to bottom-line it, I'd say it's a generally well-made, single camera sitcom that's just never actually funny? But then I'm not even sure how funny it's trying to be. It's about comedians, and they're regularly kidding with each other; but there's never really anything that feels like jokes in the script. Like, for instance, there's a scene where Cameron asks Rhea to show her a dance, and she does, leaning against her. Cameron says, "oh, it's very close," to which Rhea replies, "yeah, it is. Up close and personal. Close Encounters... of the Fourth kind." I don't even feel like the show expects us to laugh at that, and that it's really there just to show how they have a cute and jovial relationship, two comedians living together. But the episode's made up entirely of those, and none of them are actually meant to make the audience laugh.

So if you go into the show prepared for that, maybe you won't be disappointed. It works better as a light-hearted romance than an actual comedy. It's also possible that episode 1 is getting all of its set-up and story out of the way, and the laughs come pouring in for episodes 2-6, but I doubt it. This show almost goes out of its way to avoid big laughs. For instance, as soon as one of the comics starts to do their act on stage, the volume dips on them and instead we hear the conversation of the other comics back stage. That's sending a surely deliberate "don't expect big jokes here" message to the audience, but there also aren't funny situations or humor developing out of character. It's just a straight-forward narrative and a lot of pontificating. By that I mean, characters regularly stop the plot to agree with each other about how bad sexism is, or homophobia, etc. And they're good messages that I readily agree with, but it definitely feels like we're in After School Special territory at those points.

But there are definitely pros. The show is shot surprisingly well, even for a single-camera sitcom. Someone really took the time to make sure the framing and images looked good. And while the "wacky neighbor" might be the sitcom's most overplayed card, comic Laura Kightlinger really shines as theirs. A part of me almost hopes this show gets a second season just so she can see this part through.

That takes us into a con, though. (Almost?) the entire cast is made up of comics. Looking at the IMDb's list, I see a ton more stand-up comedians in the upcoming episodes, too. And with this show leaning so much more on drama than comedy, they could've really used some actors. The dramatic moments, like Cameron pushing Rhea to quit her job live on stage, fall flat in the clumsy hands of wooden performers. Not that they're all bad. In fact, I'd love to see Rhea in more shows. I think she's really got what it takes to star in television like this. But unfortunately, other cast members seem to be struggling to get through all their lines. I guess it would be a tough sell to the creators' egos to say "maybe just one of you should play yourself, and we'll cast a professional as the other lead," but it really would've helped.

Ultimately, I was interested enough sitting through the pilot, but I'm fine never seeing any more of this show. I feel like somebody thought, "two lesbian comics married to each other - what a wild and hilarious premise!" But it's really a pretty ordinary relationship, and not enough to carry a show if they're literally just going to document their day-to-day lives. The pilot already took them from a perfectly in-sync couple, intimately familiar with and accepting of each other's quirks, living together but afraid to fully commit, to Cameron's proposal. We don't really need 5 more eps to see them off to their actual wedding. There's no real conflict or tension; they're perfectly amiable and comfortable together from the first frame to the last. Shouldn't there be character arcs, daunting challenges they face, or something? We're introduced to them as successful, financially well-off and perfectly in love from the start, and their Odyssean journey is just to get to the same place, but with a marriage certificate? Yeah, subscribe to SeeSo for that, folks!