This series started out as something very different, a literally unbelievable breath of fresh air with a huge twist of realism. A totally dysfunctional family, as many American families are, living on the slummy side of town, as MANY American families do, on the brink of poverty, again, many... Frank is the luckiest man ever, managing to talk his way out of anything and convincing everybody no matter how absurd his arguments are, which just goes to show how stupid everyone is, but unlucky enough to never hit it big. And then there is Fiona, growing stupider by the episode, so stupid that there is no drama to anything that happens to her because everything is so well deserved. When one loses the emotions towards the characters and their situations, there is something very wrong with the script. If stupid makes the viewers emotional, well... The acting is fantastic, but the writing is going down hill from where it started.
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