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Rutherford Falls feels like it’s still figuring itself out in these early episodes provided to critics. But until it gets there, Reagan’s best friend may try your patience as much as he does hers.
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It’s unclear just where “Rutherford Falls” is going to go, whether it will play things safe with a “both sides now” mentality or not. For now, enjoy it as a showcase for why Schmieding and Greyeyes should be bigger stars.
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The equally promising and frustrating result, which debuts on Peacock April 22, bears evidence of some significant growing pains, combining ambitious, intriguing ideas and slow, overly delicate storytelling. ... The show is at its best when it stops apologizing for Nathan’s ignorance and starts spending more time with other characters.
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In the first four episodes screened for critics, the show bobs and weaves between wacky shenanigans and grounded sincerity, never quite finding a way to settle on a happy medium as the increasingly complicated plot takes over.
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Rutherford Falls’ biggest pitfall is its saggy pacing — the pilot, which runs a (rather unfunny) half-hour, feels twice as long. There’s also both too much and not enough table-setting in these early installments. ... The bond between Nathan and Reagan is supposed to be the show’s heart, but the tenuous alliance between Reagan and Terry is easily its most engaging.
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In its first four episodes, "Rutherford Falls" can be underwhelming with the comedy that usually takes a saga like this over the top. The series doesn’t have much of its own comedic signature, even though it has plenty of compelling ideas.
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There’s a caustically funny show buried somewhere beneath “Rutherford Falls.” ... But by playing both sides of a very hot topic, “Rutherford Falls” fails to hum, roar or even sputter to any satisfying degree. You can feel the brakes being applied, and the consequent lurch. The one truly sympathetic character in the show is Nathan’s best friend and pariah-of-the-reservation Reagan Wells (Jana Schmieding).
User score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 8
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Mixed: 2 out of 8
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Negative: 2 out of 8
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Sep 22, 2022A rather mundane and dull affair that has a few funny moments, but for the whole most of the gags seemed rather forced and predictable.
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Jun 29, 2021Really enjoyed it. Funny characters well played without the meanness order awkwardness of some "comedies".
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May 17, 2021