count me as one who gave up after last weeks show.

I don't regret it one bit. too many good shows on my list. I don't see this having staying power.

cool concept for a 90 minute movie, not a multiyear 25 episode season show

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Posted by Dignan

Member since Sep 2005

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Posted on 3/30/15 at 1:37 pm to dallastiger55

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too many good shows on my list.

Like what? I'll continue to watch until it's cancelled, which will probably happen soon enough.

Still, it's funnier than most of the predictable comedies currently on tv.

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Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82

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Member since Nov 2012

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Posted on 3/30/15 at 3:50 pm to dallastiger55

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count me as one who gave up after last weeks show.

This show seems doomed to me. The show was going in the right direction when Phil was hot for Melissa, Melissa confided that she was horny, and Carol finally agreed/admitted that in order to repopulate the Earth, Phil and Melissa had to do it. Now of course they couldn't have the payoff—sexual tension helps to carry shows and the payoff usually occurs when a show is on its last legs.

So they introduced Todd. But the problem with the Todd cockblock is not just that it turned Phil into a desperate, unlikable guy. But also Melissa is getting her rocks off with Todd now, so that plus Phil being a unsympathetic jerk means that there's no way they can legitimately bring back any sexual tension between them.

So they have three sympathetic characters, and the desperate loser. Phil is George Costanza and Alan Harper, except they were secondary (or maybe it's more accurate to say they had equal importance to more successful counterparts) while Phil is the main focus of the show. They seriously need to find some humor and sympathy in his desperate state, because right now it just looks grim.

BTW, the scene where Phil drove Todd out to the middle of nowhere reminded me of that scene in House of Cards where Doug Stamper kept changing his mind.