The bare fact that a character is damaged doesn't make him or her interesting. The actor, for instance, needs to have more than one expression - in this case, that of having just swallowed something really sour, or having smelled something really rank.
And his character has to have something to admire, to like, to relate to. He can't simply use and abuse everyone in his life who tries to help him, who needs him, who counts on him. He can't...oh, say, father a child, and continually neglect and mistreat its mother, and blame her for conceiving.
And the surrounding characters have to be in some way credible. They can't simply endure this endless use and abuse and come back for more. They need credibility, and they too need to display something admirable and likable and three-dimensional.
And the plot. If there are eight episodes, it should compellingly fill the eight episodes. Not be thin enough to have rattled around aimlessly in just one.
This series fails on all counts. Sorry I wasted the time.
And his character has to have something to admire, to like, to relate to. He can't simply use and abuse everyone in his life who tries to help him, who needs him, who counts on him. He can't...oh, say, father a child, and continually neglect and mistreat its mother, and blame her for conceiving.
And the surrounding characters have to be in some way credible. They can't simply endure this endless use and abuse and come back for more. They need credibility, and they too need to display something admirable and likable and three-dimensional.
And the plot. If there are eight episodes, it should compellingly fill the eight episodes. Not be thin enough to have rattled around aimlessly in just one.
This series fails on all counts. Sorry I wasted the time.