Duet started out inoffensively but realistically, with rather high expectations, as the lead couple were involved in a mature adult relationship, with all that that implies. The friends and the sister were there for apparently no other reason than to provide some comedic counterpoint to what the producers apparently hoped would be a serio-comic study of a couple with all their ups and downs. However, once the show got into its first major down, it sunk so low it couldn't figure out how to get back up. In short, a bad breakup was followed by the lead actress developing a drinking problem and finally waking up with a strange man. Not exactly sympathetic behaviour for a lead character in a sitcom, and therefore not easily salvaged for the average sitcom audience. The subsequent and conveniently quick "all is forgiven" makeup storyline was then dumped, along with the show's original timeline, in favor of taking the easy way out by featuring more of the wacky friends and less of the damaged duet. The only really funny thing about the show was how it failed so quickly when it had so much potential. Duet aspired to follow a couple through real relationship issues, and then didn't know where to go once it actually had one.
