The Lake

The theme is simple and straightforward. To some people it may be a bit boring and lack of freshness. But that's fine. What really ruins the show is the main character Justin. I don't know what's wrong with the writer and the director, but it seems that they intentionally make the character extremely unfit the social setting. They make the character so unnatural and weird for the environment as if Justin is very incapable of interaction and relationship. Who would introduce himself as a 'birth father' to a total stranger? An openly gay becomes a stammer before a cute boy? So unrealistic. Jordan Gavaris overplays the character in many ways, making almost every joke/funny scene unbearable to see. Half of the time I wonder why he portrays the role in such a dramatic way. Justin talks like a nonstop nagging 48 year old person who has a screw loose or something and talks in high pitch.

This show so wants to be the next Schitts Creek, and it so isn't. I guess SC's first season was a bit rough, but the characters grew on you. These characters, I genuinely disliked more and more as the show went on. About the only lovable one was the handyman/storekeeper whose name I've already forgotten.

The plot was a bit of a stretch from the start, and, again, grew more rediculous as the episodes unfolded, with an awful ending and no sense of closure.

The show had a lot of potential, and squandered it all. I hope Amazon save their money and don't bother making the second season.

Not G Rated show. The rating is more like tv-14 or MA. The language content is quite mature, small kids won't understand. The rating should be changed.

I thought they stopped writing bad sitcoms like this in the 1980s, but here we are. It's a sitcom, so you expect the over-the-top plots and ridiculous behavior, but what you don't want it tired repetitive jokes. That is just lazy, low bar writing, which this has plenty of. For example they play the 'I'm her father - I mean birth father!' joke at least half a dozen times in the first episode alone. Then the lead, Justin, has a crush and makes a sexual innuendo joke 'by mistake' at every meeting, greeting, goodbye, etc. It's just such lazy writing you could make a drinking game out of it.

The location is lovely. I've never had a summer house to go to, but in the movies it is always like this, so it is a nice fantasy to live. The characters are kind of entertaining, the premise of the adopted daughter having to get to know her birth father is a great one to have fun with - but 2 episodes in - and they haven't begun to mine it for all the humor it could have.

Again, it just comes down to poor writing. Had promise, but fails.

Not sure why there are so many negative reviews but I guess haters gonna hate. This series is a witty, light hearted summer tale of a gay dad and the daughter he gave up for adoption They find conflict with the dad's stepsister when he discovers she inherited the family cottage from his father. The schemes to get back his inheritance are silly but fun. The acting is good, the interaction between cast works. It's not Emmy winning material, fellow reviewers, but it's still good. The lead actor holds his own, and Julia Stiles delivers as always. Highly recommend for ....... lite summer viewing.