With a concept that promises exploration of human psychology, this "comedy" feels more like a "Hollywood Housewife Drama". It tries to put layers in and mildly captures the guilty pleasure of the drama addict in us, but Modern Families does this better and doesn't pretend to be clever whilst doing it. The writing has no wit, and is full of cliches. Nothing is surprising, and the characters don't feel real. On the bright side, Chris O'Dowd is charming as always and does his best to make the writing and his character amusing. The cast overact, and seem like good actors so maybe the director did a bad job too. Overall, bland at best, and a disappointment at least. That being said, I've got to episode 8, so I guess it's inoffensive enough for me to at least finish the season.
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