• Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 1, 2015
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 30
  2. Negative: 3 out of 30
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  1. Reviewed by: Jeff Korbelik
    Mar 2, 2015
    33
    The pilot's humor is juvenile, including a bunch of toilet references, although I did laugh at the baby pool turned into a large margarita. Things pick up in episode two, but not by much.
  2. Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    Mar 2, 2015
    30
    There's no getting around it: There are just big problems in the execution of this engaging premise, and I doubt I'll be able to get beyond what I've already seen, given how regularly the show turned me off in the early going.
  3. Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Mar 2, 2015
    20
    Forte himself isn't bad, it should be added. But like the human race when it seems to be down to a single person, the show doesn't feel like it has much of a future.
User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 269 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Negative: 37 out of 269
  1. Apr 22, 2015
    5
    I don't really know how to feel about this show. I thought the first episode was hysterical, and this compelled me to keep going, but it justI don't really know how to feel about this show. I thought the first episode was hysterical, and this compelled me to keep going, but it just kept getting more and more PAINFULLY awkward. I've never wanted to just reach through the screen and shake a character by the neck as much as I wanted to do with the main character. At the same time as I feel bad for him that just absolutely nothing ever works out for him, most of his failures are a result of him screwing up. So this annoying dichotomy basically leads me to nothing but frustration, and with every episode this just seems to get worse, especially now that this cringeworthy awkwardness is spreading to characters I used to enjoy.

    Bleh. I don't know why I keep watching it. It's like watching a huge trainwreck--you can't look away.
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  2. Mar 1, 2015
    10
    I loved every moment of this. Loved the writing, the actors. Loved the music, too ("I'm an Apeman.") An intelligent comedy. I laughed out loudI loved every moment of this. Loved the writing, the actors. Loved the music, too ("I'm an Apeman.") An intelligent comedy. I laughed out loud at least a dozen times, and I rarely do that. This and "Better Call Saul" are the TV shows I've got taped. Full Review »
  3. Mar 25, 2015
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. I found the first two episodes very entertaining. Starting with the third episode, the writing went down hill. The premises are good, but the dialog and shtick are horrible. The series could be much better with a different lead actor. Everyone else (the other 3 actors at the point of writing this) does a great job. Full Review »