rmmil
Joined Jul 2017
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Don't be fooled by the name, "The Fixer" is literally "The Profit" with one tiny twist.
Just like "The Profit", Marcus spends some amount of time with business owners and ultimately decides if he wants to invest in them or not. The only addition "The Fixer" adds is that at the beginning of the episode Marcus "interviews" 3 potential clients and then decides which one to pursue further. He never actually told any of the entrepreneurs that he's deciding between multiple partners, which I thought was weird and will probably make some of these people second guess their choices after the program aired.
The biggest problem with this series is definitely Marcus himself. He speaks about these people's businesses as if he doesn't realize they have an emotional connection to them, then is somehow flabbergasted when they act insulted by his words. I've watched all of the episodes for season 1 as of this review and Marcus didn't get to the point of being a partial owner with any of them with the exception of small side deals, mostly because I think a lot of these people just don't want to do business with him anymore once they get to know him.
Marcus continually talks about the importance of good business relationships with people and then just repeatedly proves he has zero people skills in this series.
My guess is this show was supposed to be another season of "The Profit", but the ongoing lawsuit between Marcus and some of the people from that show (look it up) caused him to repackage it under a different name going forward, hence the new name "The Fixer".
It's not a good sign that this series was dumped in late July / early August ( tv graveyard) and that the episodes are being aired 2 at a time. That screams "dumping" by the network because they knew this series was a stinker.
Just like "The Profit", Marcus spends some amount of time with business owners and ultimately decides if he wants to invest in them or not. The only addition "The Fixer" adds is that at the beginning of the episode Marcus "interviews" 3 potential clients and then decides which one to pursue further. He never actually told any of the entrepreneurs that he's deciding between multiple partners, which I thought was weird and will probably make some of these people second guess their choices after the program aired.
The biggest problem with this series is definitely Marcus himself. He speaks about these people's businesses as if he doesn't realize they have an emotional connection to them, then is somehow flabbergasted when they act insulted by his words. I've watched all of the episodes for season 1 as of this review and Marcus didn't get to the point of being a partial owner with any of them with the exception of small side deals, mostly because I think a lot of these people just don't want to do business with him anymore once they get to know him.
Marcus continually talks about the importance of good business relationships with people and then just repeatedly proves he has zero people skills in this series.
My guess is this show was supposed to be another season of "The Profit", but the ongoing lawsuit between Marcus and some of the people from that show (look it up) caused him to repackage it under a different name going forward, hence the new name "The Fixer".
It's not a good sign that this series was dumped in late July / early August ( tv graveyard) and that the episodes are being aired 2 at a time. That screams "dumping" by the network because they knew this series was a stinker.
