Gideon58
04-13-16, 06:58 PM
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Just finished watching the first two episodes of this new NBC sitcom that I was only attracted to because Patrick Warburton was involved. What I discovered is the potential for a really funny sitcom that has a clever premise but the writing is moving a little too far away from the premise established to make the show something original and amusing. Warburton and Emmy winner Carrie Preston play the parents of grown daughters who are happily adjusting to their empty nest when, four years later, both daughters have issues that force them to move back in with mom and dad. This is actually the germ of a really good idea for a sitcom that really hasn't been addressed before as the central issue, but the series is trying to get into a lot of other stuff as well, including Warburton's issues with his neglectful father (Stacy Keach), a bar owner, whose bar is actually the set of Cheers as well as the daughter's issues with each other, which we've seen in a million other sitcoms. The writers also can't seem to decide whether or not these parents are happy about their daughters returning home. They need to have the parents either hate having their daughters back or doing whatever they can to make them feel home again, but the wishy washiness of how they feel about the situation is not working. If the parents feelings could be clarified as well as a return to the original premise as the central theme, this could be something really special. Either way, Warburton is always worth watching, but unless the writing gets a little more specific, this one isn't going to last too long.
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Just finished watching the first two episodes of this new NBC sitcom that I was only attracted to because Patrick Warburton was involved. What I discovered is the potential for a really funny sitcom that has a clever premise but the writing is moving a little too far away from the premise established to make the show something original and amusing. Warburton and Emmy winner Carrie Preston play the parents of grown daughters who are happily adjusting to their empty nest when, four years later, both daughters have issues that force them to move back in with mom and dad. This is actually the germ of a really good idea for a sitcom that really hasn't been addressed before as the central issue, but the series is trying to get into a lot of other stuff as well, including Warburton's issues with his neglectful father (Stacy Keach), a bar owner, whose bar is actually the set of Cheers as well as the daughter's issues with each other, which we've seen in a million other sitcoms. The writers also can't seem to decide whether or not these parents are happy about their daughters returning home. They need to have the parents either hate having their daughters back or doing whatever they can to make them feel home again, but the wishy washiness of how they feel about the situation is not working. If the parents feelings could be clarified as well as a return to the original premise as the central theme, this could be something really special. Either way, Warburton is always worth watching, but unless the writing gets a little more specific, this one isn't going to last too long.
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