Simultaneously painful, awful, and amazing.
Dramedy filled with loads of between-the-lines social commentary.. international perceptions, estranged fathers, show business, parenting, greed, values, peer pressure, mental health, communication skills, ...
Would have loved to see this without the vulgarity. It gets in the way and creates an unappealing atmosphere for a huge swath of the public, reducing the number of people willing to watch.
The characters, which are almost all horrid, become more sympathetic as the show progresses, but there's still a constant urge to slap most of them upside the head. Loved how the downcast assistant kept saving the day. And the actor who played Jason was amazing.
A few truly hilarious bits, as well as tragic, annoying, tense, suspenseful, funny,... Yes, there were a lot of inconsistencies, but they didn't bug us as much as the vocabulary and the leave-nothing-to-the-imagination sex scenes.
Class up the cringe-worthy bits and you've got a 10. We'd watch Gad and Brian through more adventures. As it is though, there's no one to whom we can recommend it. The smart bits are just covered with too much 'ew'.
Dramedy filled with loads of between-the-lines social commentary.. international perceptions, estranged fathers, show business, parenting, greed, values, peer pressure, mental health, communication skills, ...
Would have loved to see this without the vulgarity. It gets in the way and creates an unappealing atmosphere for a huge swath of the public, reducing the number of people willing to watch.
The characters, which are almost all horrid, become more sympathetic as the show progresses, but there's still a constant urge to slap most of them upside the head. Loved how the downcast assistant kept saving the day. And the actor who played Jason was amazing.
A few truly hilarious bits, as well as tragic, annoying, tense, suspenseful, funny,... Yes, there were a lot of inconsistencies, but they didn't bug us as much as the vocabulary and the leave-nothing-to-the-imagination sex scenes.
Class up the cringe-worthy bits and you've got a 10. We'd watch Gad and Brian through more adventures. As it is though, there's no one to whom we can recommend it. The smart bits are just covered with too much 'ew'.