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In this episode they forget their daughter is 3 years old. They forget that all 3 of their sons have lied and betrayed them. They forget that Nurse Perfect also did the same.

They also contradict the part where Shaq and Cochise have their own mission. We find out they don't in this one... So where have they been for 4 episodes?

So weird. More examples of writers being rubbish at their job.

So the premise is pretty well done by wrestlers: macho big manly man does a woman's feminine girly job... Which might have been fine or worked in the 80s and 90s but today the whole juxtaposition just comes across as patronising to parents and overtly sexist.

Where do you start with this... It isn't that the script, direction, location, etc are bad... It's just that this movie is like plain rice on it's own. Sure you can eat it and it doesn't taste horrible but it's kinda boring and bland. This is very much in that ilk. That being said the girl is absolutely abysmal... I thought we had stopped with the Emma Watson-esq hammy acting? It comes to something when soap opera actors outshine you and they have more scenes to film, more lines and less time to learn them in.

So why is it boring? Well it does nothing really that well. The dialogue lacks any real wit. The story itself is somewhat tepid and the characters feel like they have none of their own agency. There is no real exploration and no resolves. Even down to the music... Idris is meant to play a DJ and yet the music is so poor. When you watch something like People Just Do Nothing the music is right on point. Same with Brassic and other shows.

Should you watch it? NO! Just go watch Mr Nanny. Or The Pacifier with The Rock. At least they admit they are cliched ideas and lean into fun and stupid... Turn Up Charlie just feel like a comedy drama without much of a story and no laughs. I mean even Danny Trejo did one of these! Babysitters Beware or something. Look it up. Was like a good decade before this. Actual I had given it 4 but remembering just how many times this has been done it has to be bumped down to 3.

Not many pilots get made into TV shows 3 years after their inception but here we are...

I might ask why shows with much better writing and acting would be cast aside... Stuff like How Not To Live Your Life, Cuckoo, Uncle, Some Girls... Meanwhile this trash gets made in an effort to be woke and garner support of lefties and feminists... Did nobody tell the Beeb that those are the people more likely to pirate your media and thus they are trying to sell peanuts to the elephant when it's the owner that buys the sodding things not the pachyderm stood in front.

The show starts off with what I am sure is meant to be funny but genuinely is just cringe. Then there is some straight up class bashing... Because it's funny to take aim at the lowest class in the UK and act superior... This is all before you are whisked away to see what is essentially ... Well I don't know how to put it... It's a woman that being forceful and I am sure that back in 2019 when the pilot was first shown this edgy humor would have been genius... Ooooh switching the roles aren't you both smart... I see, the woman is acting like a man... I mean I would accept that had Goodness Gracious Me and other not done the same bit infinitely better 20 odd years ago (could be more I am too young to really remember it, on way past my bedtime!)

Save yourself the effort and go watch Smack The Pony or The Other Girl if you want female fronted comedy. It is out there! This just isn't it.

Poor show and an obvious desperate attempt to fill a channel now the license fee is to be abolished. They cant sell subscription service as is, as it's way too thin, so now bulking up to charge probably double what the license fee already is. The English are so smart saving themselves by having the BBC cost more and possibly have less links to education making getting into the industry even harder given how many start their careers at BBC studios be they presenter, gaffer or even foley artist.

I cannot stress enough - watch Smack The Pony. There is a reason Sally Philips is a national icon and treasure! (and yes it's more than just her but I love her and wish she were my mother cause she is so amazing!)