I want to preface by saying this show had me SO hyped. All the actors and actresses are people I've seen before and always thought they had great potential. Almost all of them let me down, and I can't figure out if it's because of the writers or not. This review is based solely off of the pilot, which for me aired tonight.



The older characters (particularly the lead) are written to constantly belittle the ideas of the younger ones. The lead insults a woman with a service dog within the first thirty seconds, other older characters say things like "Go back to your cell phones" or "I want to beat them with their selfie sticks" either at or in reference to the younger characters. They're always self- righteous about not needing technology or about the fact that they do things in the 'real' world. The lead shows no respect for boundaries or basic decency in an attempt at humor that never lands. Joel McHale may play this guy, but he's no Jeff Winger, not by a long shot.



The younger characters are written to be stereotypically "Millennial". They all have journalism or tech jobs but somehow they're all less intelligent than the main 'older' lead character who, (of course) just so happens to be the only rational one. They're written to be self-obsessed, entitled, and easily offended. They always have a screen in their faces and were actually handed trophies for finishing a day of work. The writers for this series have refused to write realistic characters in favor of blowing up massive stereotypes because they assume it's hilarious (Spoiler: The only indication that a 'joke' has just been delivered is the studio laughter track, because you won't pick up on it yourself simply because the lines just aren't funny at all.)



I'm not even trying to be cynical, there are just shows (Like 'Younger') that do these type of stories and character relationships better. Watch that instead, they actually take the time to write realistic characters for each generation and THEN slate humor on top of it, not try to belittle the generations in an attempt at humor.



The only thing that prevents this review from becoming a 3 is because the interplay between the 'Millennial' and older perspectives offers a funny moment. Literally ONE funny momenT. Singular. No 's' afterwards.



Hopefully the writers just went overboard with the stereotypes for the pilot and begin tone it down now that the show was greenlit to the network.I'll give it one more episode before closing the casket and encourage you to at least try to do the same. There's potential here if the writers/producers pull their heads out of each other's..