- Network: NBC
- Series Premiere Date: Feb 23, 2025
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GPGS is a breezy watch that joins a crop of new network TV shows that rely on nostalgia with a little bit of a twist. So despite its predictability, Grosse Pointe Garden Society has the ingredients that could very well make it bloom into the next Desperate Housewives.
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If you pine for the days when Desperate Housewives ruled on Sundays, this is your show. [3 - 23 Mar 2025, p.4]
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The Pleasantville archetype of a surface-level perfect environment masking something terribly wrong underneath is always fun to see, and Grosse Pointe Garden Society feels like the kind of show that could turn into must-watch appointment TV, if allowed to fully bloom.
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There is something cheerful, even gentle about the show, even when characters, in the future timeline, are reckoning with the aftermath of the murder — it’s as if bodies started turning up in, say, “Northern Exposure.” I found myself easily invested in their stories and hoping the conventional best for them: domestic tranquility, no jail time.
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Despite a handful of missteps, the NBC show is engrossing, confounding and off to a promising start.
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While the show hasn’t quite blossomed to its full potential yet, its early episodes plant some promising seeds that could bear fruit down the road.
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Though Grosse Pointe Garden Society doesn't get off to the strongest start, it's funny and dramatic enough to keep you tuned in.
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The first four episodes of Grosse Pointe Garden Society introduce a predictable and meandering mystery while speeding through its more interesting subplots. Still, there is fun to be had with the story of a group of people scrambling to cover their mistakes.
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It’s perfectly okay but not much more, existing in a lukewarm middle state that’s potentially intriguing enough to press play on the next episode but not so gripping that you’ll find yourself trading theories around the water cooler or frantically looking for Easter eggs on Reddit.
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Feels derivative and shallow.
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The show they’re on is the TV equivalent of baby’s breath: a filler flower, fluffy and inoffensive but ultimately forgettable.
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Other than a couple of likable performances, “GPGS” misses the mark in both categories [vibrant personalities and sharp plotting], digging in for too long on dull plot arcs for forgettable characters. It’s not a disaster, but it won’t stand out enough in the TV garden.
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Perhaps the main characters in Grosse Pointe Garden Society will become more than just cartoon characters and things like the annoying narration will calm down. But we’ve seen shows like this, done much better, for a couple of decades now.