Fox's new dramedy about misapplied genetic material wants to be funny, heartwarming and occasionally provocative, but it's more frequently just a mess.
features a former Olympic gymnast rushing to defend and support a doctor accused of sexually abusing patients, it's pretty clear nobody associated with the show gave enough consideration to the ramifications of an icky central scenario being depicted as disturbing-but-wacky.
And, again, maybe you won't be distracted by how the show feels more amused by Leon and the predicament these women are in than interested in dealing with the implications of his actions, while at the same time feeling like it needs to acknowledge the wrongness of the actions. At times, especially since I've seen both the original pilot and a slightly revised version that play somewhat as reactions to early audience/critic responses, these episodes come across as overly calculated.
And amid the mismatch, it isn't at all surprising that the actors come off as if they're playing in different shows. Osment, whose performance is effectively comedic and effectively emotionally wounded, is probably doing the best work in both versions of. She's broad and silly and the way the show treats her use of social media is straight-up cartoonish, yet when she's tearing into her parents and struggling with her pain and addiction, I bought that, too.
Osment, as silly and unbelievable a character as Roxy sometimes is, is likeable. Snow and Echikunwoke are likeable, too, though I don't think the show does nearly as well with feeding their behavior into the attempted comedy. Julia and Edie are primarily defined by being in a moment of sexual risk-taking, which is inevitably paralleled and not in good ways, with Leon's actions.
Cast: Brittany Snow, Emily Osment, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Mo McRae, Mustafa Elzein, Victoria Cartagena, Timothy Hutton
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