Insatiable is a show about a girl named Patty who is relentlessly teased for being fat. After an incident causes her mouth to be wired shut, she loses a lot of weight, becoming much hotter in the process. After discovering skinniness has a lot of perks, she decides to use it take revenge against those who have wronged her.
I was quite interested in the show going in. I assumed a lot of the bad press was just the critics upset by the subject matter. While I do think they were overly harsh in their scores, the first season has been the biggest let down for me for a T.V. show in a while. For a start, I was expecting a high school-based show where Patty would perhaps befriend her female bullies and seduce her male bullies, and then take them down one-by-one. While it starts out like this, the direction quickly changes. She gets talked into becoming a pageant contestant and that becomes a large part of the show. It was also one of my least favourite parts of the show.
The biggest surprise about the show going in was that it is actually based around 2 characters - Patty and Bob - instead of just Patty. Initially this was pretty good - I liked the interactions between the 2 leads - but halfway through the season their paths largely diverge. While I won't spoil the very obvious "twist", let's just say I found this direction less interesting than even the mediocre pageant stuff it was replacing.
Of course, Patty's story doesn't fare much better either. She quickly starts flip-flopping between revenge and trying to be a better person, and I would often forget her motivations for her actions. Also, her interactions with the side characters - whether her best friend, her enemies or her love interests - often felt far too brief and undercooked.
Speaking of side characters, they were often better than the actual leads. Her best friend was enjoyable, her angry Asian nemesis was funny and Bob's nemesis (also called Bob) added a little something to Bob's story. The show would have been much better to have focused mostly on Patty, with a decent helping of the side characters (including Bob), focusing on the revenge and/or bettering herself, rather than the pageant.
I'm sad to say this, but I probably wouldn't watch a season 2. The show started off strong - 7/10 for the first couple of episodes - with decent jokes and entertaining characters, but became a mess and eventually rather boring. It's disappointing because, as per usual, I've come away with the characters having grown on me, but the story they are a part of is just disappointing. I wouldn't recommend the show, unless you are desperate for some mindless entertainment and can't think of anything else you need to see.
I was quite interested in the show going in. I assumed a lot of the bad press was just the critics upset by the subject matter. While I do think they were overly harsh in their scores, the first season has been the biggest let down for me for a T.V. show in a while. For a start, I was expecting a high school-based show where Patty would perhaps befriend her female bullies and seduce her male bullies, and then take them down one-by-one. While it starts out like this, the direction quickly changes. She gets talked into becoming a pageant contestant and that becomes a large part of the show. It was also one of my least favourite parts of the show.
The biggest surprise about the show going in was that it is actually based around 2 characters - Patty and Bob - instead of just Patty. Initially this was pretty good - I liked the interactions between the 2 leads - but halfway through the season their paths largely diverge. While I won't spoil the very obvious "twist", let's just say I found this direction less interesting than even the mediocre pageant stuff it was replacing.
Of course, Patty's story doesn't fare much better either. She quickly starts flip-flopping between revenge and trying to be a better person, and I would often forget her motivations for her actions. Also, her interactions with the side characters - whether her best friend, her enemies or her love interests - often felt far too brief and undercooked.
Speaking of side characters, they were often better than the actual leads. Her best friend was enjoyable, her angry Asian nemesis was funny and Bob's nemesis (also called Bob) added a little something to Bob's story. The show would have been much better to have focused mostly on Patty, with a decent helping of the side characters (including Bob), focusing on the revenge and/or bettering herself, rather than the pageant.
I'm sad to say this, but I probably wouldn't watch a season 2. The show started off strong - 7/10 for the first couple of episodes - with decent jokes and entertaining characters, but became a mess and eventually rather boring. It's disappointing because, as per usual, I've come away with the characters having grown on me, but the story they are a part of is just disappointing. I wouldn't recommend the show, unless you are desperate for some mindless entertainment and can't think of anything else you need to see.