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The Ranch (2016)
Starts off slow but gets better
The Ranch is based around a dysfunctional family of two 30+ year old sons, a 70+ year old extremely conservative (politically) father and a 60+ year old mother. The mother and father Maggie and Beau Bennett do not live together although they are still married and maintain somewhat of a relationship. Beau and his eldest son Jameson "Rooster" Bennett work on the family ranch while the younger son Colt Bennett (Ashton Kutcher) has spent the last 15 years trying to make it as an NFL player, after becoming a famous local hero when he won the high school state championship when he was QB. The series focuses on Colt Bennett returning to the family and working on the ranch as well as connecting with some of his friends who still live in his home town.
The best description for the type of humour that is used within The Ranch is aggressive humour, as most of the characters make fun of one another and quiet easily get annoyed and angry with one another. This type of humour was interesting to witness within the first couple of episodes but after a while it got tiring and made me like the characters less. But eventually the show reduces the amount of this aggressive humour in the latter episodes. Some of the other humour seems forced at times and the series really did not seem to get going until the 5th episode.
But the best description for this series as a whole is - some of the comedy falls flat, the show takes a while to find itself and works better as a drama than a sitcom. The drama introduced in the latter episodes is the best part of the series, and if the show continues to find a balance between drama and comedy I will look forward to the future episodes of this show being released later this year.