Reviews

Horrible...have tried 2 episodes and won't bother again. It's simply not a premise that works. These people do not act like brother and sister (if you didn't know that's what they were supposed to be you'd be baffled -- as we were the first episode and DIDN'T know the plot). Everything is overly-contrived and um, isn't this supposed to be a comedy...where are the laughs?. Dakota Johnson looks like she's in pain all the time (probably from having to recite the boring lines in the pointless scripts). Nat Faxon acts like a clueless teenager, but he's obviously not, so this is a hard act to buy. And I'm sorry, it may seem trivial, but his snaggleteeth are beyond distracting. A smile doesn't have to be perfect, but c'mon.

We weren't sure about this show when we watched the first episode, but have watched every one since and are happily surprised at how good it really is. Simon Templeman, Jami Gerz and Toks Olagundoye are the adult standouts, and Ian Patrick is fantastic as Dick Butkus (with Max Charles a solid young actor). The (somewhat) weak spots are the 2 teenagers and Lenny Venito (tone down the Noo Joisey-ness Lenny). If the writers can keep coming up with INTELLIGENT and CLEVER plots, the show has the potential to be one of the better to have come along in recent years. I'd LOVE to see it give some of the much-lauded but now full-of-themselves shows (yes, Modern Family, I mean you)a run for their money.