I don't think this show is the next Wire, Sopranos, Dexter, or any other hit show you want to add to the list. With that being said, I do not feel that anyone can deny the realism that surrounds all of the characters. And no, I am not a 50 something that can really relate to the situations and circumstances that the characters in the show encounter.
I am only 27; however, throughout my years I have learned one truth in life: No one ever knows what life has in store for them, even if they think they do. That is what this show is about. It's about the life that real people live when curveballs are thrown their way. Nothing ever turns out how you expect it, and that is the reality these characters (and most people in the world) are trying to deal with.
The actors in this show accurately convey that sentimentality. Ray Ramano is surprisingly convincing in his portrayal of the newly divorced, quasi-gambleholic, newly turned single man. Scott Bakula creates a persona I have never seen from him in his role as the actor who never "made it." In his quest for that stardom that never came his way, Bakula's character was obviously insistent on maintaining his single ways, which he has come to regret (at least a little). Andre Braugher is also incredible playing a fifty year old car salesman working for his father's business. Braugher's character has done everything according to his plan (graduating and working for his father's business), yet nothing has turned out the way he thought it would.
I know this review may seem vague; however, my added verbiage would not add to the show. The essence of this show is that people everywhere have to deal with problems in their lives. Whether a person is twenty or sixty, he or she has to deal with certain life issues. If you have never had to deal with these issues, you haven't really lived. That is why I can relate to this show.
This is just my opinion, nothing more, nothing less.
I am only 27; however, throughout my years I have learned one truth in life: No one ever knows what life has in store for them, even if they think they do. That is what this show is about. It's about the life that real people live when curveballs are thrown their way. Nothing ever turns out how you expect it, and that is the reality these characters (and most people in the world) are trying to deal with.
The actors in this show accurately convey that sentimentality. Ray Ramano is surprisingly convincing in his portrayal of the newly divorced, quasi-gambleholic, newly turned single man. Scott Bakula creates a persona I have never seen from him in his role as the actor who never "made it." In his quest for that stardom that never came his way, Bakula's character was obviously insistent on maintaining his single ways, which he has come to regret (at least a little). Andre Braugher is also incredible playing a fifty year old car salesman working for his father's business. Braugher's character has done everything according to his plan (graduating and working for his father's business), yet nothing has turned out the way he thought it would.
I know this review may seem vague; however, my added verbiage would not add to the show. The essence of this show is that people everywhere have to deal with problems in their lives. Whether a person is twenty or sixty, he or she has to deal with certain life issues. If you have never had to deal with these issues, you haven't really lived. That is why I can relate to this show.
This is just my opinion, nothing more, nothing less.