- Network: FOX
- Series Premiere Date: Jan 10, 2014
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All in all, the terrific Enlisted is one of the most pleasing network comedies to come along in quite some time.
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Enlisted hasn’t realized all of its potential, but that it already has its characters in such good shape suggests much to anticipate for its future.
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Good newcomer that gets even better in the weeks ahead.
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It gets a lot of laughs out of life in the military while still demonstrating respect for the military and its soldiers, and genuine affection for its characters.
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For the most part, this is a light, bouncy service comedy in the spirit of The Phil Silvers Show, Gomer Pyle, USMC, and Stripes, It's a high jinks–heavy but psychology-driven show that wants to please a general audience while also seeming halfway credible to viewers who've served in the armed forces or know somebody who has.
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Enlisted is both very funny and very sweet.
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Earnestness is often the enemy of sitcom writers. Snark and innuendo, which can indeed be loads of fun, reign in many half-hour shows, with NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” being a notable exception. So Fox is taking a gamble, a worthy one, with its new comedy Enlisted.
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Created by Kevin Biegel, Enlisted comes out of the gates almost fully formed.
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Enlisted is not groundbreaking comedy, but it's dependable and heartfelt--and sometimes that's all you need in your foxhole.
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With its rugged leads displaying a light comic touch, the series has a fresh appeal. [3 Feb 2014, p.44]
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It works surprisingly well as sort of a Community in camouflage fronted by a teacher figure and his hapless platoon.
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The Geoff Stults-led comedy has a heart that could beat stronger if the stereotypes get dialed down.
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Enlisted feels like a charming military-inspired update of an Office-style workplace comedy. [10 Jan 2013, p.67]
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If it's time for a new military comedy, this is a good one. It marches to the beat of its own dumb drum.
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While the show is uniformly silly and slight, it becomes rather endearing the more we get to know this band of knucklehead brothers within a Bad News Platoon.
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Enlisted is often still funny and the bond among the brothers is sweet without getting too cloying.
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This is a cartoonish Army, under orders to take pratfalls whenever possible. You'll laugh. Or you won't.
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It has to discharge a few clichés and run the brotherhood thing through a few more paces. But the pilot shows there’s worth and, yes, maybe even a pat on the head.
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Enlisted is an oddly quaint show, a stateside service comedy, if not quite a peacetime one.
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Enlisted may feel curiously dated and dangerously slight, but it's not offensive (a low bar many Fox comedies fail to reach) and it's not cynical. If nothing else, this is clearly a show with heart. Now if only it would show some sign of brains.
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It’s harmless enough given how broadly most of it’s played (think the Three Stooges in basic training) but nothing here is particularly distinctive.
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After the pilot, the next three episodes become a little desperate, to the point of straining character credibility in several cases. The best thing Enlisted has going for it is the chemistry between the actors playing the three brothers.
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What saves Enlisted, just barely, is the effort put in by Stults, Lowell and Young, who all seem to be having a good time.
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The show ends up feeling a lot like the short-lived “Go On,” the Matthew Perry sitcom about a therapy group from the fall 2012 season: lots of quirky characters thrown together in the vain hope that something will jell.
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Lacking both comedy and tragedy, Enlisted earns no such commendations.
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The whole show just feels cartoonish and, well, silly.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 33 out of 45
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Mixed: 7 out of 45
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Negative: 5 out of 45
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Mar 24, 2014