Nate Solomon (Josh Cooke) and Marni Fliss (Jennifer Finnigan) are two quirky New Yorkers on separate blind dates. They get mixed up and mistakenly go on the date together. They hit off as their quirkiness match up. He comes from a family of geniuses who all crash after their epic achievements. In order to avoid the inevitable tragic end, he has been working a mindless dead-end job at a record shop with his friend Bowie James (Darius McCrary). She lives in an apartment with a nameless dying clown (Tom Poston) subletting her closet. Her neighbor Tess (Tammy Lynn Michaels) is her best friend who babysit kids.
This NBC show is a midseason replacement and only lasted 13 episodes. Initially, the show starts trying very hard to be quirky. It doesn't get quirkier than a nameless clown living in the closet. It's like the creators used Mad Libs to come up with the craziest character idea. The good part is that I like most of these actors starting with the clown himself, Tom Poston. He gets a big early laugh when he pies himself. It allowed the comedy to come through when the initial quirkiness is so chaotic. There is a recalibration at episode seven when she loses her job and she's allowed to expand into anger. It turns more conventional with the friend group. I'm surprised that they didn't finally give the clown a name. I like this show somewhat. It's mildly amusing with some intermittent laughs. It's no great lost.
This NBC show is a midseason replacement and only lasted 13 episodes. Initially, the show starts trying very hard to be quirky. It doesn't get quirkier than a nameless clown living in the closet. It's like the creators used Mad Libs to come up with the craziest character idea. The good part is that I like most of these actors starting with the clown himself, Tom Poston. He gets a big early laugh when he pies himself. It allowed the comedy to come through when the initial quirkiness is so chaotic. There is a recalibration at episode seven when she loses her job and she's allowed to expand into anger. It turns more conventional with the friend group. I'm surprised that they didn't finally give the clown a name. I like this show somewhat. It's mildly amusing with some intermittent laughs. It's no great lost.