It started strong. First four episodes were outrageously hilarious with some nice laugh out loud moments. But after that it slithers down to mediocre. There are no nice things happening in anyone's life. Al is oddly weak minded, and Sophie is severely weird. If none of the episodes end up with a happy note, you can't really call it comedy, innit? This is not dark comedy or sattire like A Doctor's Notebook.
Characters do not redeem themselves ever. I do not want to feel sorry for each of them. Sophie and Al's conversations were downright boring. There are no feel good moments. My Name is Earl also had dim witted odd characters. But they were all lovable and every episode ended with a good note. There are no situation specific comedies after ep 4, rather idiocies of Stath and co.
Neither Stath nor Sophie spoke in Greek at emotional highs or lows. Giving them the Cyprus immigrant angle just does not cut it, if there are no references to it. Acting wise they were all top notch, but the plot is messy and all over the place.
Characters do not redeem themselves ever. I do not want to feel sorry for each of them. Sophie and Al's conversations were downright boring. There are no feel good moments. My Name is Earl also had dim witted odd characters. But they were all lovable and every episode ended with a good note. There are no situation specific comedies after ep 4, rather idiocies of Stath and co.
Neither Stath nor Sophie spoke in Greek at emotional highs or lows. Giving them the Cyprus immigrant angle just does not cut it, if there are no references to it. Acting wise they were all top notch, but the plot is messy and all over the place.