Composer:
Paul BuckleyCast:
Jay Mohr, Ed Begley Jr., Paula Marshall, Jaime King, Ryan Malgarini, Laura Marano, Brooke D'Orsay, Aimee Garcia, Jane Curtin, François Chau, Rob Riggle (more)Seasons(2) / Episodes(37)
Plots(1)
Newly single dad Gary Brooks (Mohr) is an uncomplicated guy trying to find his way in an increasingly complicated world. Gary's doing the best he can to raise his two kids with ex-wife Allison (Marshall), while just beginning to stick his toe back into the dating pool after fifteen years of marriage...just in time for Allison to drop a major bombshell on him. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Reviews of this series by the user NinadeL (1)
Season 1 (2008) (S01)
I've already enjoyed Gary's ex, played by the sexy Paula Marshall, in Nip/Tuck, so all I had to do was find a good time, and voila, the humor is there. Because Gary Brooks is good. Unfortunately, the second half of Season 1 takes on a whole new style of a basic story, and the less opportunity there is to confront Jaime King, who is gorgeous also outside of Sin City, the less everything else works. Of the guest appearances, I appreciated Jessica Collins (N/T again) and Ian Gomez from Cougar Town. It's worse with child actors Ryan Malgarini and Kathryn Newton, I'm downright sick of Matthew Lillard's performance, and I regularly hate Al Madrigal. Fortunately, a small crisis was averted before the end of Season 1, Kevin Sorbo (super sexy under any circumstances) showed up, and Gary and Allison found new (and unexpected) associations to the one-liners.
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