High expectations with little delivered. This series wants to re-write history and have us all believe that things actually might have happened the way it has been portrayed. I was too young to have gone to an actual Playboy, but I'm old enough to remember them and the mystique involved with being a member. This series would have you believe that patrons could not only dance and mingle with bunnies, but that it was simple for a patron to gain access to "employee only" areas without being thrown out. The whole concept of the Playboy club was a "Look, but don't Touch" mentality that the management took quite seriously. Bunnies were not only forbidden to date key-holders, but a perceived violation of the fraternization policies could get one fired quickly.
I don't think I'm giving anything away when I mention that there is a high profile murder in the pilot. The details surrounding this are ludicrous and contrived. To suggest that a Mob boss would put himself in a position to be possibly exposed to arrest and jail time for a sexual assault in a popular and crowded nightclub is insane. It's sloppy writing and it's lazy.
The retro musical numbers were good, and if they are representative of what we can come to expect, there might be hope for this show. Overall however, I'm just being asked to suspend a little too much disbelief to be able to give this show a thumbs up.
I don't think I'm giving anything away when I mention that there is a high profile murder in the pilot. The details surrounding this are ludicrous and contrived. To suggest that a Mob boss would put himself in a position to be possibly exposed to arrest and jail time for a sexual assault in a popular and crowded nightclub is insane. It's sloppy writing and it's lazy.
The retro musical numbers were good, and if they are representative of what we can come to expect, there might be hope for this show. Overall however, I'm just being asked to suspend a little too much disbelief to be able to give this show a thumbs up.