Does anyone else expect the wife's crime to be completely ridiculous?

redline248 said:

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Does anyone else expect the wife's crime to be completely ridiculous?

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I don't think we will ever be told what she did, but if we do it will be an obscure federal crime.

That's a good one

redline248 said:

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Does anyone else expect the wife's crime to be completely ridiculous?

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Something about a pizza joint

nickstro66 said:

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I feel like the season got better as it went on. The secondary characters were great. It's not the perfect comedy show, but it was fun and a good way to waste a few hours.

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This makes me think it'll be more enjoyable (the earlier episodes) on a rewatch because you'll care/understand the characters more.

watched the first episode. i laughed a bit. there's lots of subtle bureaucracy jokes in there. my wife hated it but i still can't figure what she thinks is funny. so, i discount her opinion.

i'll keep watching. but, it feels like a good idea that is currently wide of the mark.

Jim01 said:

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Finished it up yesterday. It wasn't great but it definitely improved as it went. If they tighten up the writing it could show some promise. The way Carrell plays the character still annoys me though with the tough guy voice and all. I think it would work better if he just used his regular voice and played it dramatically.

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I agree, I think the voice just doesn't work. It was worth trying, but someone on the production side of the show should have made that call. He could use his normal voice, but just alter his tone or cadence pretty easily.

I'm about halfway through right now, and it's not my favorite show, but I'll definitely finish it.

The one thing that's really strange to me is how everyone on the show is apparently ok with all the military folks trying to pick up a teenager (Naird's daughter).

h1ag said:

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I'm about halfway through right now, and it's not my favorite show, but I'll definitely finish it.

The one thing that's really strange to me is how everyone on the show is apparently ok with all the military folks trying to pick up a teenager (Naird's daughter).

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That's the strange thing to you? I mean they were gonna send a dog to fix a satellite after a chimp couldn't do it.....

Yelnick McWawa said:

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h1ag said:

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I'm about halfway through right now, and it's not my favorite show, but I'll definitely finish it.

The one thing that's really strange to me is how everyone on the show is apparently ok with all the military folks trying to pick up a teenager (Naird's daughter).

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That's the strange thing to you? I mean they were gonna send a dog to fix a satellite after a chimp couldn't do it.....

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Well one of those is an absurd situation for comedic effect, the other is a real world scenario.

I thought some of the military people were ROTC from her high school, since they seemed to know her.

When she was hanging out with Black on the Moon they mentioned that the Alabama guy was about her age. Maybe fresh out of high school.

Now Yuri, there was just so many things wrong with him being around, including dating a high school girl

okay, so we never found out how the wife ends up in jail?? I thought I missed it

I binged it and would keep watching - want more sec chiefs

Just finished episode 3, I've actually quite enjoyed this show so far. I'm not sure why there's so much disappointment. That said, I should qualify my statement by saying I've never seen the American version of the Office. To be fair, I watch very few sitcoms - never seen Parks & Rec, Veep, or any of the other popular ones.

Maybe I'm enjoying this show more than others because I'm going into it fresh. I'm not trying to make comparisons to other shows. But I'm enjoying it for what it is.

h1ag said:

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I'm about halfway through right now, and it's not my favorite show, but I'll definitely finish it.

The one thing that's really strange to me is how everyone on the show is apparently ok with all the military folks trying to pick up a teenager (Naird's daughter).

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Based on my experience, this isn't uncommon.

Hell, we had a group commander who brought his daughter to his change of command and later that night she was competing in a bikini contest at one of the clubs near the base.

I mean, most of the new enlisted members are 18 or 19 years old and fresh out of high school. I have had talks with young enlisted members about what statutory rape is and how it doesn't matter what a states law is because they must follow the UCMJ.

They call her anger young congresswoman, and the actual name also had the initials AYC. Lol

Yelnick McWawa said:

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redline248 said:

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They call her anger young congresswoman, and the actual name also had the initials AYC. Lol

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Why does everyone keeps acting like this was so clever?
They made it abundantly clear who they were parodying. The Congressmen were "Senator Schugler", "AYC" and "Pitosi". They couldn't just parody them and let the audience put two and two together, nope, they beat you over the head with it and made sure you got it. With the POTUS character they at least did that part right.

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Did it ever occur to you they weren't trying to be clever? I agree it's not clever, but I don't think it was meant to be. This was no attempt at subtle humor.

Of the 3, I did enjoy angry young congresswoman the most. I didn't really warm up to it until episode 3, though.

Tanya 93 said:

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I like the AOC parody

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So that and the Pelosi parody were pretty obvious...was the Oklahoma flat Earther based on a real person or just a general out of touch caricature?

laughed hard at the end of episode 1

lost interest around episode 5

Started slow, now I'm on episode 7 and hooked. I'm prior Air Force so that may be a lot of it, but I look forward to season 2.

I will say that the production value is probably the highest I've ever seen for a comedy show, which is weird and takes a while getting used to... I'd rather it was a talking head point of view, with low-as-possible expectations. That might hurt it a bit.

Also, it's got some shots at trump but honestly way lower-key that I expected. Not distracting for me

Barbarossa said:

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Started slow, now I'm on episode 7 and hooked. I'm prior Air Force so that may be a lot of it, but I look forward to season 2.

I will say that the production value is probably the highest I've ever seen for a comedy show, which is weird and takes a while getting used to... I'd rather it was a talking head point of view, with low-as-possible expectations. That might hurt it a bit.

Also, it's got some shots at trump but honestly way lower-key that I expected. Not distracting for me

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I feel like they are the parts that anyone should be able to laugh at. Tweeting hot takes and the such.

The show gained steam as the season progressed.

Definitely had a slow build up but it really got better towards the end. I just about died laughing at the Chinese waving at the Americans (twice). It's like they fully anticipated having a second season so they just dilly dallied in the first 2/3 of the first season.