Flowers good, Upstart Crow bad

Originally posted by FMF
And, while we're at it, Veep good, The Catch bad.

Female? Male? Female?

Originally posted by sonhouse
Female? Male? Female?

Bathroom paranoia.

Originally posted by sonhouse
Female? Male? Female?

I've extolled the virtues of Veep (good) before ~ it is, after all, now in its 5th 'season'. But Flowers (good) and Upstart Crow (bad) are quintessentially British comedy and both new. The former is a very unusual and perhaps brilliant depiction of a knuckle-bitingly dysfunctional family. The latter is a baffling turkey: a pointless and meekly done copy of the now 30 year old classic Blackadder II (good). "The Catch" (bad) is the odd one out ~ yes it's trashy lightweight nonsense, but it's not a comedy. I couldn't think of a new U.S. comedy I'd seen that was bad, blessed, as I am, with keen and uncanny instincts as to what American comedies to watch and not to watch.

Originally posted by FMF
Flowers good, Upstart Crow bad

A new U.K. series called "Mum" looks promising, albeit standard British comedy-of-manners/sensibilities type stuff.