Married

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Season 1
  • Network: FX
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 17, 2014
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 50 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 50
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 50
  3. Negative: 15 out of 50
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  1. EludiumQ36
    Jul 18, 2014
    2
    "Married": This is what happens when Outrageous and Awkward go hang out at Bad Pacing's and play a game of Ewww. .
  2. booezoo6
    Jul 21, 2015
    1
    This show is implausibly ridiculous. Who knows married people like this...and if so, I bet they aren't married any longer. These people are rude and disrespectful and certainly don't like each other. Hollywood thinks it's funny, but it is not indicative of average married people.
  3. NikolayG
    Aug 9, 2015
    3
    This show is shot realistically, not like a sitcom. The sets appear to be authentic. There is no laughing audience. The stars are so-so looking or at least made up that way, not like your average TV stars, which adds to the realism. I say this because the realism, coupled with the relentless cynicism, makes the show very unappealing to me. I could laugh along with Seinfeld, because halfThis show is shot realistically, not like a sitcom. The sets appear to be authentic. There is no laughing audience. The stars are so-so looking or at least made up that way, not like your average TV stars, which adds to the realism. I say this because the realism, coupled with the relentless cynicism, makes the show very unappealing to me. I could laugh along with Seinfeld, because half the time Jerry was breaking character revealing that it was just a show, the sets were clearly fake, and the actors were broad archetypes. Everything was exaggerated, as in a comedic play on stage. But when you insert a Seinfeldian cynicism into a show that is in all other ways so realistic, it comes off to me as unfunny and just kind of sick. I ask myself, "Who can relate to this?" My wife after we watched the pilot together said, "Don't ask me to watch this show with you again." But I gave it a couple more tries. After episode 3 I gave up. I'm a decade older than the guy in the show, married with child, and I just don't have anything close to the jaded negative attitude he and his wife have; and the bad job they do as parents. One episode started with the three kids bickering on the way to school with their mother, and for some reason this was supposed to be funny. I didn't understand why. Another moment had the husband suggesting they put the dog to sleep rather than pay for its expensive treatment at the vet, and use the savings to take a vacation. The whole thing to me is just kind of sick.… Expand
  4. matthewdeacon
    Oct 29, 2015
    1
    Disappointing, acting and situations too bizarre and unbelievable. Annoying to watch, characters seem to do nothing but roll their eyes, smirk and complain. Leads are OK, but the side-kick characters are obnoxious and try too hard, especially John Hodgman, who seems to think that he's going to break through on TV with this show.

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Metascore
52

Mixed or average reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 24
  3. Negative: 7 out of 24
  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    Jul 17, 2014
    30
    The Married pilot is forced, mostly unfunny and tragic in that you immediately want to root for Faxon and Greer, two very funny and very likable comic actors, to have better material.
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  2. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Jul 17, 2014
    10
    A grisly wallow in domestic dysfunction that reaches for indie-film cred but collapses under a toxic barrage of bleak vignettes of gamy misery.
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  3. Slate
    Reviewed by: Willa Paskin
    Jul 17, 2014
    70
    Sitcoms, far more than dramas, are about chemistry rather than premise. Faxon and Greer have chemistry, with each other and with the very strong supporting cast.... [The characters] may not like their circumstances, but at least they like each other, and that makes them good sitcom company.
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