The Unicorn

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Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 26, 2019
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
5.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 15
  3. Negative: 5 out of 15
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  1. JB711
    Sep 30, 2019
    8
    I'm a hard sell on comedy shows. If I don't laugh within the first 5 minutes of a new show then I delete it and move on forever. I laughed twice in the first 5 minutes of this show. The actors are all good including the kids.
  2. DAL1960
    Sep 30, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I think it’s a lightweight comedy. The first episode was fairly predictable. I’ve seen Walton Goggins in other shows like Vice Principals and Justified and I loved his crazy as hell energy. On this show, he’s asked to dial it back a lot. To me it seems like he had a lobotomy. Like most CBS shows, the pace needs to pick up. Things happen way too slow. I had to wast his it in segments, because I was bored at times. The only reason for me to give the show a second chance is to see if Goggins character, gets out of his funk because of his wife’s death and finds love. Then the show will turn into another predictable CBS comedy.… Expand
  3. Ededed
    Jan 6, 2020
    1
    Another stupid sitcom where the kids are smarter than the adults.

    Turn around twice and you get a new character played by an actress who was part of a failed show from last season. Aren’t there other actresses out there who deserve a shot? This show suffers from inadequate character development. With friends like these, the main character doesn’t need enemies. His supposed friends    Another stupid sitcom where the kids are smarter than the adults.

    Turn around twice and you get a new character played by an actress who was part of a failed show from last season. Aren’t there other actresses out there who deserve a shot?

    This show suffers from inadequate character development. With friends like these, the main character doesn’t need enemies. His supposed friends are trouble enough!    … Expand
  4. Mattsale
    Sep 15, 2020
    10
    Walton Goggins is fantastic, the way he moves from a serious character in justified to a fun family man in the unicorn is wonderful. He is so believable and Rob Corddry as the best friend is hilarious.

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Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Oct 14, 2019
    80
    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]
  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Matt Zoller Seitz
    Oct 8, 2019
    40
    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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  3. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    Oct 1, 2019
    70
    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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