B&S is a neat basic drama: well produced, nicely shot and casted with adequate charisma. It has enough angles to draw attention, but I think it lacks the true edge to make it memorable. To make it really work for me, the script and the characters should have more unexpected reactions and moments - such as the purifying dip Nora takes in the pool.
To credit B&S, I think it boldly tries to tie together personal and political. A family divided by separating political views is nothing new (All in the Family, Family Ties), but as the politics has become more alerted and polarized, it really isn't all that funny anymore. To being forced to choose whether to be on an ally (unintentional, ha ha) or the enemy, even though there are bonding elements, such as love and a shared lifetime.
What puzzles me most with the starting point of B&S is that grown up children move back home to live with their parents. Also puzzling, as commented earlier, the real-age difference between the actors playing the siblings covers a range of 15 years, yet the siblings seem to have a lot of shared memories, as if they all had been there at the same time and of the same age.
Yet another mystery: I wonder how big a goldmine the family business actually is, because the house seems huge (and the pool party for 25 people had at least 4 people working for them). Also the siblings must have high-payed jobs to keep up their spacious living-arrangements.
To credit B&S, I think it boldly tries to tie together personal and political. A family divided by separating political views is nothing new (All in the Family, Family Ties), but as the politics has become more alerted and polarized, it really isn't all that funny anymore. To being forced to choose whether to be on an ally (unintentional, ha ha) or the enemy, even though there are bonding elements, such as love and a shared lifetime.
What puzzles me most with the starting point of B&S is that grown up children move back home to live with their parents. Also puzzling, as commented earlier, the real-age difference between the actors playing the siblings covers a range of 15 years, yet the siblings seem to have a lot of shared memories, as if they all had been there at the same time and of the same age.
Yet another mystery: I wonder how big a goldmine the family business actually is, because the house seems huge (and the pool party for 25 people had at least 4 people working for them). Also the siblings must have high-payed jobs to keep up their spacious living-arrangements.