Zero Sum Game

I'm guessing that the subset of people who likes Owen Wilson and is also interested in golf can't be that large and I'm guessing it's a specific type of person. I can only speak for myself here, but as a white, middle-aged, man, I had high hopes for a show like this. And to then introduce a character like Zero to just dump on people like me got me wondering who the show is for.

Also, the Santi character is quite insufferable. Not sure if that's the writing or the actor. The whole writing of the character is weird. Here's a young man who gets the chance to play golf and I assume live out his dream and then he just acts negatively in every situation and is being rude when it's not even called for. Just weird.

The other three actors are good though, Owen, Mariana and Marc, so props to them for carrying this story so far. Will stop watching now though.

I was vibing with the show until this episode. The addition of Zero to the cast is the worst thing they could've ever done. They call her "Zero" because that's the amount of people watching that enjoy this character. If you find me someone who likes Zero then I'll say you're talking to the writer who added her to the show. I'll give episode 5 a chance just because I hope Zero gets hit by a bus, maybe she chokes to death on a piece of food, or perhaps Stick can hit her in the head with a golf club like every member of the audience wants to do to her. I'd also like to offer condolences to Marc Maron for having to share a screen with this character, he deserves better and his performance is being wasted.

After the first couple episodes I had high hopes for this show, I was really enjoying it and was hoping that it could be my next Ted lasso or Shrinking. Then they paraded out the character of Zero which makes me want to shut off my TV with every word she speaks. It's really a shame that one obnoxious character can ruin my likeability of a show. The mom is a bit overacted but I still like her as a character, but Zero is never going to be likable to me. I really question who writers picture the target audience is for this show. Writing every under 20 year old as angsty is just lazy. The "I'm anti-everything and do nothing for society" is so boring. I know it's very random that all these people together in an RV but how everyone just accepts that Zero is suddenly traveling with them and they know nothing about her is annoying (I see the irony that none of them barely knowing each other with my statement).

After an enjoyable and light first 3 episodes, it only took half an episode for zero to ruin the show.

I think Ted Lasso did a fantastic job of being inclusive without it taking over the entire plot of the show. The writers of Stick clearly didn't follow the same script, and because of this, it felt incredibly forced.

This has gone from a show I was excited to watch every week, to a show that I may not continue watching. I will give it one more episode to see if they were just doing this to establish Zero's character, but her taking the caddy job has made it seem like she's here to stay.

ZERO OUT OF TEN.

Show is going downhill fast. This episode was barely watchable. To think anybody ever compared this show to Ted Lasso... the show should not even be mentioned in the same sentence. I have maybe one more episode in me until I throw in the towel. Owen Wilson is Owen Wilson but I'm not sure how this is supposed to be a "feel good" sports story when the main character is awful. Took 100k from Pryce and phoned it in after one tournament. Also feels like the storyline is predictable from a mile away, and not going to be at all satisfying. Now he is going to have a random bartender as his caddy? Don't caddy's have to know about golf? We'll see but this show looks to be falling off a cliff.