I have a love/hate relationship with this show. It started out strong and I didn't mind its crudeness. I found a lot of it really funny. Somewhere towards the end however, it started to take a turn for me. I know it's just a show and we shouldn't take it seriously, but the mother, Katherine, constantly enabling her daughter, Olive, started to bother me. Olive seems to think that she's in charge and Katherine allows that. Even though we're supposed to believe Katherine is grappling with the decision to have another baby, it feels like she's not doing it for herself but rather for her daughter because SHE wants a sibling. When talking about it, she always states she wants a baby for Olive, not herself. She never really says why she wants to have another child. It's just kind of weird. Much like when Olive decides if Katherine and her boyfriend, Evan, can share a room and mom just goes with it. Odd. Then there's the end where she takes the only likable and reasonable person in the show (Evan) and turns him into a villain because, and let's be honest here, he's the only person who tells Olive any ounce of truth. Granted, it may not have been his place, but let's face it, somebody had to do it. Her biological parents certainly weren't ever going to. Both are too immature and insecure to be up front with her. I did laugh quite a bit in the beginning though, and I really enjoyed her best friend, Bev, as well as the ex, Shep, and how ridiculous he is, but I'm not sure if I'd watch another season if the mother/daughter dynamic stays the same.
Review of The Duchess
