HEavy handed name-branding doesn't make up for the shortcomings of this catastrophe. Overthought, overwritten, under-considered. Twilight Zone wannabee, and ain't-gonnabee.
First, it is s-l-o-w and unbelievable. Layers of closeups for no reason. How many parents leave their kid with a sitter without introducing them to the kid? None. He hides in the bathroom and refuses to come out after dad kicks off to a date?? Yeah, right. And then, the inanity of the script: paltry references to the worn-out fable of the 'deadbeat dad' -- then she's sitting 3 feet away and says, over & over 'go to bed'?? He's IN BED! And this tripe gets repeated several more times...ad nauseum. And then quelle surprise, he goads us into some dishwater story about how mom hung herself - before the ridiculous fight scene between a grown woman and a 30 kilo child, who she could break in half without even trying. And that's what's wrong with this and so much TV: all branding, all concept, no story, no legitimacy, no meat.
This is worse than a film school project. HBO is really panicking about Netflix and the others, but should instead stay the course and go back to making really good shows.
First, it is s-l-o-w and unbelievable. Layers of closeups for no reason. How many parents leave their kid with a sitter without introducing them to the kid? None. He hides in the bathroom and refuses to come out after dad kicks off to a date?? Yeah, right. And then, the inanity of the script: paltry references to the worn-out fable of the 'deadbeat dad' -- then she's sitting 3 feet away and says, over & over 'go to bed'?? He's IN BED! And this tripe gets repeated several more times...ad nauseum. And then quelle surprise, he goads us into some dishwater story about how mom hung herself - before the ridiculous fight scene between a grown woman and a 30 kilo child, who she could break in half without even trying. And that's what's wrong with this and so much TV: all branding, all concept, no story, no legitimacy, no meat.
This is worse than a film school project. HBO is really panicking about Netflix and the others, but should instead stay the course and go back to making really good shows.