This is a really hard show to review, because it's really all over the place in many ways. It's almost as though the writers/creators of the show were schizophrenic or something, starting in one direction then going down a totally different path.
I'll start with the basics. No Good Nick starts out as a basic sitcom with the premise that an outsider is thrown into a family and it shakes the family up a bit. The outsider, Nick, it turns out, has ulterior motives. She's a teen con artist working for a con artist couple, who want to fleece the family Nick is living with.
Some people have taken issue with the acting in this show, but for me, the acting was okay and in some episodes very good. The writing, however, was uneven at best. A lot of the comedy seemed forced to me and there were too many instances where dialogue was more stupid than funny. I'll give it a little bit of a break because the nature of sitcoms is that characters start out as caricatures. One only hopes that eventually these characters become more real and worth watching as the show goes on and to some degree that's what happened.
So the show is chugging along as a basic sitcom and then, after the first 14 episodes, the show totally changed directions. A couple of episodes took the characters that you are really beginning to care about and then just trashes them...just literally trashes every good thing you liked about the characters and the show. The mood goes from light and funny, with a touch of seriousness to a dark, gloomy show about revenge. Truth be told, the show almost lost me at that point. Even the character that was supposed to be most sympathetic in those few episodes, Nick, I grew to like less and less.
Just when I about swore off the show, the show switches again. The last few episodes of the 2nd season were probably the best of the show. Not necessarily a lot of comedy, but there were a lot of very real human moments which kind of redeemed the show for me. You got to see the other sides of several of the characters and even started to like them again. You also got to see the younger actors of the show (Siena Agudong, Lauren Lindsey Donzis, and Kalama Epstein) dig deeper in some pretty emotional moments.
I know it isn't necessary for a show to categorize itself, but what exactly are the show's creators shooting for with this show. It was a sitcom, that became an almost too dark revenge show to even be considered a comedy, to being a family dramady. Sometimes, they just plain wore out viewers trying to figure it out.
It will be interesting to see if the show gets renewed for another 10 episodes. The show pretty much wraps up most of the main storyline, although there was a dangling piece of information introduced in the final episode of the 2nd season, which could provide the direction of the show for the next season.
I'll start with the basics. No Good Nick starts out as a basic sitcom with the premise that an outsider is thrown into a family and it shakes the family up a bit. The outsider, Nick, it turns out, has ulterior motives. She's a teen con artist working for a con artist couple, who want to fleece the family Nick is living with.
Some people have taken issue with the acting in this show, but for me, the acting was okay and in some episodes very good. The writing, however, was uneven at best. A lot of the comedy seemed forced to me and there were too many instances where dialogue was more stupid than funny. I'll give it a little bit of a break because the nature of sitcoms is that characters start out as caricatures. One only hopes that eventually these characters become more real and worth watching as the show goes on and to some degree that's what happened.
So the show is chugging along as a basic sitcom and then, after the first 14 episodes, the show totally changed directions. A couple of episodes took the characters that you are really beginning to care about and then just trashes them...just literally trashes every good thing you liked about the characters and the show. The mood goes from light and funny, with a touch of seriousness to a dark, gloomy show about revenge. Truth be told, the show almost lost me at that point. Even the character that was supposed to be most sympathetic in those few episodes, Nick, I grew to like less and less.
Just when I about swore off the show, the show switches again. The last few episodes of the 2nd season were probably the best of the show. Not necessarily a lot of comedy, but there were a lot of very real human moments which kind of redeemed the show for me. You got to see the other sides of several of the characters and even started to like them again. You also got to see the younger actors of the show (Siena Agudong, Lauren Lindsey Donzis, and Kalama Epstein) dig deeper in some pretty emotional moments.
I know it isn't necessary for a show to categorize itself, but what exactly are the show's creators shooting for with this show. It was a sitcom, that became an almost too dark revenge show to even be considered a comedy, to being a family dramady. Sometimes, they just plain wore out viewers trying to figure it out.
It will be interesting to see if the show gets renewed for another 10 episodes. The show pretty much wraps up most of the main storyline, although there was a dangling piece of information introduced in the final episode of the 2nd season, which could provide the direction of the show for the next season.