I wanted to be fair so I watched all episodes in the three seasons of this show and I only laughed once, while chuckling perhaps twice that in the 25 odd episode run. It's just not funny. The characters are completely one dimensional, and worse, extremely annoying. A few shows in, you know exactly what they are going to say, destroying whatever punchlines this poor excuse for writing had in store. Pretty much every episode is copy/pasted from the last one. You got Father Ted, who's the "normal" guy, and the other three. If your idea of hilarity is some dirty old man yelling "DRINK! FECK! ARSE! GIRLS!" all the time, then I guess this bland show is for you. In case you are wondering which episode I thought was actually funny, it was "A song for Europe," when Dougal and Ted are writing their song. None of the characters develop at all during the course of the show. The closest is when they give up their vices for lent, and you see a different side of Father Jack. It would have been nice if Dougal wasn't a complete "fecking" moron all the time. It's frustrating really, along with Mrs. Doyle. I've watched other Britcoms and I liked most of them (yes I know it's from Ireland). I started watching it to have a talking point with my European friends, since most of them love this show. I was hoping I would like it, but it turns out I didn't. A lot of people seem to love it, and good for them, but I feel it just isn't entertaining at all.
Review of Father Ted
