Lots of features, one big bugbear. The main character feels unbelievable, too glib and insufficiently nuanced and grounded.
Bottom line, a great cast, with an excellent Harrison Ford and a luminous introduction to Lukita Maxwell as the daughter (who RottonTomatoes do not even LIST on their page! Shame!) is led by an undewhelming Jason Seiegel.
The writing is certainly patchy, but it does veer towards excellence come of the time and the relationships are by and large solid and rewarding. Lots of good vignettes between with particular highlights by Ford. Tennie, Williams and Maxwell.
But when I ask myself why some parts of the meal feel undercooked, it is to the wooden leading man that I turn to. Siegel is plenty willing but I simply find him unbelievable both as a professional therapist and a father. Yes. His character SHOULD be failing at both these roles, but not in the gawkish, childish way that he does. I can think of too many actors who I would trust more in this role.
If the show does not mature through the length of the Series 1, and the other characters are not given far more authorityI could not possibly greenlight a second season.
Bottom line, a great cast, with an excellent Harrison Ford and a luminous introduction to Lukita Maxwell as the daughter (who RottonTomatoes do not even LIST on their page! Shame!) is led by an undewhelming Jason Seiegel.
The writing is certainly patchy, but it does veer towards excellence come of the time and the relationships are by and large solid and rewarding. Lots of good vignettes between with particular highlights by Ford. Tennie, Williams and Maxwell.
But when I ask myself why some parts of the meal feel undercooked, it is to the wooden leading man that I turn to. Siegel is plenty willing but I simply find him unbelievable both as a professional therapist and a father. Yes. His character SHOULD be failing at both these roles, but not in the gawkish, childish way that he does. I can think of too many actors who I would trust more in this role.
If the show does not mature through the length of the Series 1, and the other characters are not given far more authorityI could not possibly greenlight a second season.
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