Just because I liked Jon's character in "Two and a Half Men," I was excited to watch this show and had been waiting for it. Although I didn't like the trailer, I still thought maybe Jon Cryer would make it watchable, but he couldn't.
Positives: Jon Cryer is trying a lot to be funny, and sometimes it works. Even the Julia character is good, and the starting dialogues, along with the reverse wedding thing, were fine.
Negatives: I didn't like Trey's character, as he is one of the leads, so they should have created a better character and done casting accordingly. Also, I don't understand why they chose both male lead characters to be bald. Not that I have a problem with bald people, but I'm confused about this type of casting choice.
In the first episode, Jon's character, Jim, said many times that "I am joking," and the laughter track was going on nonstop, yet nothing was funny. They made the entire first episode on the goldfish. Also, this talking to the audience and telling us how fun and awesome divorce is was stupid; they should have just let us watch the show rather than providing commentary and character interviews.
When I came to know about the story of this show, it felt somewhat similar to "Splitting Up Together," and I must say that show is way better than this one. If you haven't watched that show, try it; you will love Season 1, especially. Even if this show was released in the '90s, I don't think it would have worked. I am skipping it.
Positives: Jon Cryer is trying a lot to be funny, and sometimes it works. Even the Julia character is good, and the starting dialogues, along with the reverse wedding thing, were fine.
Negatives: I didn't like Trey's character, as he is one of the leads, so they should have created a better character and done casting accordingly. Also, I don't understand why they chose both male lead characters to be bald. Not that I have a problem with bald people, but I'm confused about this type of casting choice.
In the first episode, Jon's character, Jim, said many times that "I am joking," and the laughter track was going on nonstop, yet nothing was funny. They made the entire first episode on the goldfish. Also, this talking to the audience and telling us how fun and awesome divorce is was stupid; they should have just let us watch the show rather than providing commentary and character interviews.
When I came to know about the story of this show, it felt somewhat similar to "Splitting Up Together," and I must say that show is way better than this one. If you haven't watched that show, try it; you will love Season 1, especially. Even if this show was released in the '90s, I don't think it would have worked. I am skipping it.