Series Run : 2010- current
114 episodes
Network: CBS
Series Premise (as far as I can tell):
The life of an overweight middle-aged couple
Episode Watched: Mike Check (Season 5)
Episode Summary: Molly wants Mike to go to the doctor for a check up and he doesn’t want to go, so she has to trick him.
My Thoughts: I can’t decide if this is a weird mashup of the Honeymooners & I love Lucy brought forth to the 21st century, or just a quick reboot of The King of Queens, where both main characters are overweight, instead of just one. That being said, I suppose it doesn’t change my feelings after watching an episode of it. The show is adequately acted and written, and it has some funny lines from time to time, but it isn’t anything I am going to rush out and tell people they have to watch. It could easily be a show that eats up time slots on a Friday or Saturday night, for the older stay-at-home folks in the audience. I am not sure how I feel about the genisys of the idea being so clearly about the main couple needing to be obese, it’s almost as if that was one of the selling points to make it unique, “it’s not just about any regular newlywed couple! This couple is obese! Think of all the directions we could take with that concept!” Melissa McCarthy continues to try to be a movie star based on the success of this show, and Swoosie Kurtz has resurfaced and plays her mother, which honestly is a rather jarring piece of casting. Watch this if you must, but if you miss it, you aren’t missing much.
Memorable Quotes:
“I always forget that the family in my head is not the one that shows up” -Molly
“There wasn’t a family emergency, that won’t happen untill he gets home”-Molly
“You logged a lot of miles on that cement truck body of yours”– Carl
Acting Notables:
Melissa McCarthy- Molly
Billy Gardell- Mike
Swoosie Kurtz- Joyce
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