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TV Guide MagazineOct 14, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Whether Goggins is squirming at the frank sex talk during a widows' support group, haplessly parenting two adorable (and also struggling) daughters or merely trying to figure out signals on a date after being out of practice for so long, this unicorn is comedy magic. [14-27 Oct 2019, p.11]
RogerEbert.comSep 26, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Goggins is, as stated above, great as Wade; though a few early scenes don’t gel perfectly, he’s mostly very good in the pilot and note perfect after that. ... His daughters are equally well-cast, and while Goggins is the main attraction, the quartet of actors who play his hyper-involved friends are no less essential to the show’s success. ... For a story in which death is, frankly, an inescapable presence, “The Unicorn” is surprisingly light viewing.
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IndieWireSep 27, 2019
Season 1 Review:
The cast flexes its chemistry early and often; the follow-up episode is another smarter-than-your-average-CBS-show dive into Wade’s emotional state; the story can flourish as the supporting characters get further developed, and they forget the weird, unfortunately eponymous unicorn-designation.
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Oct 1, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Some of the dating tropes are musty, and so are the sad moments when Wade and his kids realize they’re still grieving. Thankfully, this is a single-camera sitcom and there is no laugh track, so there are no “awwws” when the show turns sincere. But the cast makes it all work pretty well, and I’m going to keep checking it out.
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Sep 26, 2019
Season 1 Review:
“The Unicorn” is at times muted by its effort to underscore the warmth of its ambitions. There’s a kind of waiting-room airlessness to the production. ... It’s not fatal, in any case, and perhaps only something a person whose job it is to look too hard at television will notice. The cast all do lovely work.
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Sep 26, 2019
Season 1 Review:
I wish the things Wade was freaking out about were more interesting, but they fit into familiar CBS sitcom modes of male bafflement and we should probably all be relieved that Wade's friends are peers. ... Through three episodes, my appreciation for the cast remains intact. I'm still waiting on mirth. In three episodes, I had only one real laugh and it involved a phone dictation error, which is the lowest of low-hanging fruit.
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Oct 8, 2019
Season 1 Review:
It’s the most neutered possible version of a story that’s otherwise ripe with potential to challenge, move, and confound the audience. The fault doesn’t lie with Goggins. ... Only Breaking Bad co-star Betsy Brandt, as a truth-telling, cage-rattling member of the widows group who catches Wade’s attention, finds authenticity in this pile of network notes masquerading as something fresh and honest.
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