This show having an 8.1 before I left a review astonishes me. The pilot episode had promise even though the trailer just like any comedy today spoils all the jokes in the episode to the point the only people laughing will be the people you tell about this show. The show really feels like the 1990s, era correct shirts. Albums and making fun of a lot of stuff from that era like dial up internet being really awful compared to what it is now. There is even some somewhat famous actors in it from other big series such as C.S. Lee - Vince in the series Dexter, the guy who does Ari's assistant in Entourage the gay Asian guy and Stevie from eastbound and down. On one hand this show can be a breath of fresh air as there is way too many cop, castle and zombie shows on right now. What is good about this is they can get away with a lot of stuff other shows cannot because the trend is to be politically correct. The grocery store "If you get lost go with a white family, You'll be safe" or whatever else comes to mind. They picked a good time to get the series up off the air no shows are like it and story wise moving right to Orlando is a good start to it. However I'd be more interested if they were legitimately off the boat in Washington DC and just change up Eddies age. But I'm sure some show will rip it off and do it eventually.
The cast like the episodes are hit and miss. Perhaps that is what Eddies family was really like but the father I wouldn't have hired Randall Park. I cannot take him seriously. Either he's a really good actor trying to be that goofy dad role or he's just terrible. The next character I don't like is Eddie. Yeah the series revolves around him. He can have his moments absolutely but the walking into the room with a "boom box" his grandmother plays and a bunch of stuff just make you want to hate him. He's like a chubby bitchy watered down fusion of Bart Simpson or Malcolm in the middle who likes Biggie and other popular rappers at the time. The only reason a lot of people probably watch this show is to see the mom. She doesn't take crap from anyone and is definitely the comic relief of the show as Eddie makes it so you can't watch more than one episode without turning it off. The stories and all were very tame, after episode one the show went down hill and was very hit and miss. The little brothers bring nothing to the story but just add banter to stretch out episodes. All in all it's like a slightly edgier sitcom that if it was any weaker in terms of what they do it would be on the Disney network. Mrs Browns boys is 10x funnier I found and expected way more out of this show, the only reason I'm checking out season 2 is I kind of hope it got better from the nobody who made this series. All the people who are Asian offended by this show need to get their heads out of their "bums" and learn to laugh at jokes. That chicken can only cross so many roads and we laugh at certain things because they are true, I can laugh at other white people so you can laugh at other Asians as stereotypes exist for a reason. If I did the script it would never have made it to a family friendly network.
The cast like the episodes are hit and miss. Perhaps that is what Eddies family was really like but the father I wouldn't have hired Randall Park. I cannot take him seriously. Either he's a really good actor trying to be that goofy dad role or he's just terrible. The next character I don't like is Eddie. Yeah the series revolves around him. He can have his moments absolutely but the walking into the room with a "boom box" his grandmother plays and a bunch of stuff just make you want to hate him. He's like a chubby bitchy watered down fusion of Bart Simpson or Malcolm in the middle who likes Biggie and other popular rappers at the time. The only reason a lot of people probably watch this show is to see the mom. She doesn't take crap from anyone and is definitely the comic relief of the show as Eddie makes it so you can't watch more than one episode without turning it off. The stories and all were very tame, after episode one the show went down hill and was very hit and miss. The little brothers bring nothing to the story but just add banter to stretch out episodes. All in all it's like a slightly edgier sitcom that if it was any weaker in terms of what they do it would be on the Disney network. Mrs Browns boys is 10x funnier I found and expected way more out of this show, the only reason I'm checking out season 2 is I kind of hope it got better from the nobody who made this series. All the people who are Asian offended by this show need to get their heads out of their "bums" and learn to laugh at jokes. That chicken can only cross so many roads and we laugh at certain things because they are true, I can laugh at other white people so you can laugh at other Asians as stereotypes exist for a reason. If I did the script it would never have made it to a family friendly network.