Did anybody watch the first episode? I can't figure it out. I watched it because it has Adam Goldberg, aka The Hebrew Hammer.
The ABC website says it's:
I couldn't tell if this was supposed to be a cop show (a la NYPD Blue), or a SPOOF of a cop show (a la Reno 911). If it's trying to be both, it's a miserable failure. The tone of the show is all over the place, zooming back and forth between jokes, really serious bits, spoof gags, and deadpan humor I suspect most of the audience isn't picking up on. It's really disorienting.
It's not at all like MASH. MASH is the story of regular people using humor to deal with horrific situations. The Unusuals is the story of really weird people put in horrific situations, and then very silly situations. I can't figure out what kind of a show it wants to be AT ALL. For example: one scene has a cop being told over the phone that he has brain cancer and has six months to live (the show is NOT slapstick enough like 'Scary Movie' for this to be funny). The cop refuses treatment and hangs up angrily. The next scene is silly: the same cop throwing steak sauce all over a cat-hating criminal and throwing him into a police SUV full of cats to make him confess his crime.
If you can explain this show to me, I will give you a rep. And a cookie.
The ABC website says it's:
I couldn't tell if this was supposed to be a cop show (a la NYPD Blue), or a SPOOF of a cop show (a la Reno 911). If it's trying to be both, it's a miserable failure. The tone of the show is all over the place, zooming back and forth between jokes, really serious bits, spoof gags, and deadpan humor I suspect most of the audience isn't picking up on. It's really disorienting.
It's not at all like MASH. MASH is the story of regular people using humor to deal with horrific situations. The Unusuals is the story of really weird people put in horrific situations, and then very silly situations. I can't figure out what kind of a show it wants to be AT ALL. For example: one scene has a cop being told over the phone that he has brain cancer and has six months to live (the show is NOT slapstick enough like 'Scary Movie' for this to be funny). The cop refuses treatment and hangs up angrily. The next scene is silly: the same cop throwing steak sauce all over a cat-hating criminal and throwing him into a police SUV full of cats to make him confess his crime.
If you can explain this show to me, I will give you a rep. And a cookie.
