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I DETEST the first two episodes of this show. They were everything wrong with network TV in so many ways. They were retelling already decent jokes in a wholly unfunny way. The original jokes were fantastically worse too. The third and fourth episodes are wildly better, but still average to slightly better. It's after this though that the show takes its own direction and uses the same framework as the brittish version but tells more original stories and alters the characteristics of the characters. The chemistry starts working, the jokes land and have depth. I still prefer the darkness and larger story of the brittish version. After the first two episodes though (A GENUINE WASTE OF TIME AND AIR USED TO MAKE THEM) this show is worth watching.

I came to this because I finished the Brittish version and wanted to see what the American one was like. I figured it would be a slow start for the first episode but wow, this was genuinely bad television. I'm 25 and every character felt like it was the mustache twirling cartoon version of the stereotypical trope an early-20s writer would imagine in their head. The entire episode was as formulaic as it comes and felt like a committee decided what jokes would be in it. I kept feeling like if I rolled my eyes any harder they might just keep going (and as bad as that joke is its better than any in the episode, sadly). Other reviews of the show have said it finds its footing and voice later so I'll continue watching. I'm not even going to compare it to the brittish one either, this was thr epitome of network televisions shortcomings.