Pilot

Do you remember Married With Children and the Bundy family? Well this is just a re-hash of that old comedy series with a fresh twist that the main character Mackenzie Murphy (Kaitlin Olson) who is a wild child 30's something who in this pilot episode decides to visit her wealthy sister and brother-in-law and their three kids. No sooner does Mackenzie arrive at the estate home when her sister and brother-in- law are arrested and charged with fraud which leads them to pay the bond and quickly leave the country to avoid serious jail time. That leaves the hard drinking, foul mouthed Aunt Mackenzie to look after the two nephews and teenage niece until her sister can make it back home, if they ever decide to return that is.

So the story is about the obnoxious Aunt Mackenzie living like one of the original Beverly Hillbillies but acting like Peg Bundy but with oodles of money to back her up. Mackenzie befriends the overweight Spanish housemaid who goes along with any crazy scheme Mackenzie wants to attempt such as knocking out the nosy neighbor and the local community security guard.

If this first episode is the quality of comedy we can continue to expect than I guess it will continue to gain some share of that type of audience that like scum humor and low class antics. Me? I give the series pilot a 3 out of 10 rating based simply on this pilot episode with about just as much of a chance as the series lasting any longer than the first 8 planned episodes.

Though I'm not really into family-friendly comedies and the only reason I started this was Kaitlin Olson, I gotta say it didn't have a bad start.

First of all, so far, I'm not seeing anything different between Mick and Dee. It's like we jumped into a weird episode of Sunny where Dee actually got an acting gig and is playing this character who is weirdly not so different from herself.

Not that that's a bad thing or anything, a-hole Kaitlin Olson is always welcomed and is pretty funny, but I kinda expected her to be different from her Dee role and to see her do more than just that with her acting skills. But I guess you need a-hole characters to have a good comedy, otherwise, it's just a lame family-friendly show.

Nonetheless, this was a pretty decent start and made me laugh a couple of times. It is not the greatest or the most creative and original premise ever, and it has that annoying teenage girl character every show has to have, but she's not that annoying that would make you not want to watch the show anymore. And she gets her fair share of Dee justice a couple of times throughout the episode.

There aren't many characters introduced so far, but only Kaitlin Olson's character and the things she does and says have been funny. Plus the maid lady should've been more in the episode, to be honest.

It was a pretty good start to the show and you get the vibe and feel of the show and its characters, but it's not the funniest or most amazing thing I've ever seen, nor is it the worst thing I've seen. It's pretty funny at times and the pacing is pretty good. Hope it gets better and funnier as the show goes on.