This show is funny. I don't give a hoot what the pretentious snobs out there think, not all GOOD comedy has to be brainy, British farce. With it's head in the clouds and it's feet on the ground, this program nicely straddles outrageous insanity and good old fashioned basic humor about the 'normal' weekend round trip flights from, well, LA to Vegas.
* Capt. Dave is a howl as self absorbed Capt. Dave. (best episode, "Two and a Half Pilots" where he and equally self absorbed Capt. Steve, masterfully played Dermot Mulroney, NOT Dylan McDermott-Capt. Dave) get into a pissing contest about piloting.) * Ronnie, the disgruntled and rather mysterious female flight attendant.
* Bernard, the disgruntled, yet more accepting of his position (and why not, that's no easy job and not everyone could ever do it.) who is equally mysterious.
* Alan-Co-pilot who is a bit naïve, inexperienced and in slight awe of Capt. Dave.
And the passengers, anchored by: * Nichole-a Las Vegas stripper who commutes to work weekends and is a lot smarter than she appears * Artem-the crafty gambler who also seems to have a rather bizarre past growing up SOMEWHERE in probably Eastern Europe. (at three he dug a hole for a swimming pool. At 4 he discovered it was a mass grave!) and * Colin-a recently divorced father of one who's ex lives in Vegas. He's like some of the reviewers on this site, a bit pretentious and over the top in self absorption, but he gets to know others before he truly condemns them.
It's a terrific show so far and, as another reviewer pointed out, and many have for many shows, the absolute gold standard of TV comedy, "Seinfeld" got off to a slow start and was threatened with cancellation. I don't know if that's been kicked around, I certainly hope not, but I've seen far too many great shows knocked down in their infancy by small minded TV execs. I've read the External Reviews and all are behind it. I know if weed out the naysayers here and just watch the show, odds are probably good you'll get hooked. It's just funny, and as my 'headline' stated, that's all you need.
****A few years hav.
* Capt. Dave is a howl as self absorbed Capt. Dave. (best episode, "Two and a Half Pilots" where he and equally self absorbed Capt. Steve, masterfully played Dermot Mulroney, NOT Dylan McDermott-Capt. Dave) get into a pissing contest about piloting.) * Ronnie, the disgruntled and rather mysterious female flight attendant.
* Bernard, the disgruntled, yet more accepting of his position (and why not, that's no easy job and not everyone could ever do it.) who is equally mysterious.
* Alan-Co-pilot who is a bit naïve, inexperienced and in slight awe of Capt. Dave.
And the passengers, anchored by: * Nichole-a Las Vegas stripper who commutes to work weekends and is a lot smarter than she appears * Artem-the crafty gambler who also seems to have a rather bizarre past growing up SOMEWHERE in probably Eastern Europe. (at three he dug a hole for a swimming pool. At 4 he discovered it was a mass grave!) and * Colin-a recently divorced father of one who's ex lives in Vegas. He's like some of the reviewers on this site, a bit pretentious and over the top in self absorption, but he gets to know others before he truly condemns them.
It's a terrific show so far and, as another reviewer pointed out, and many have for many shows, the absolute gold standard of TV comedy, "Seinfeld" got off to a slow start and was threatened with cancellation. I don't know if that's been kicked around, I certainly hope not, but I've seen far too many great shows knocked down in their infancy by small minded TV execs. I've read the External Reviews and all are behind it. I know if weed out the naysayers here and just watch the show, odds are probably good you'll get hooked. It's just funny, and as my 'headline' stated, that's all you need.
****A few years hav.