Working Noon To Five

Guilty Pleasure....
I really like this adorable little show about a pair of 18-year-olds - Tom and Jessie - who get married. After all, they've been best friends forever, and they're next-door neighbors. And, they really are in love.

Of course, they're completely at a loss as to how to actually be married. They live in the attic of his parents' house, and get into fights because they're so young and have no idea how to be married. And of course, everyone tells them they're crazy for getting hitched.

Besides Tom and Jessie, who really ARE adorable, the other characters are fun as well. Tom's parents: uptight, thinks things should be a certain way; after all, his dad is a judge. Jessie's parents: hippy free-thinkers who aren't actually married. Their best friends, Ava and Carter. Tom's older and younger siblings. And "the refugee", who lives with Jessie's parents, but we never actually learn his name or where he's fled from.

Yes, the show's a bit "Dharma & Greg", but...

Cute Show
Enjoyed watching it. First purchased it because I saw that Michael Seater was in it and remembered him from The Zack Files that was on Discovery Kids USA when I was a kid. I think that teens would enjoy this show, too bad it ended in Canada after two seasons though. Do wish that season two on Amazon Instant Video was cheaper though, especially for a show that did not even air in the US.

I wanted to love it (or even like it), but I couldn't.
I heard from several friends that this was one of those shows that should be checked out. I didn't necessarily think it would be an Emmy-worthy comedy, but maybe something of a guilty pleasure. Admittedly, I was intrigued after I found out Stacey Farber was the lead, and I'd be lying if I said Degrassi isn't a major guilty pleasure of mine (at least the first few seasons; I can't speak on what it has become). Alas, I gave this several solid efforts, and it just didn't do it for me. There was just something off tonally with the series. So many of the jokes that should have produced genuine laughs (or, at the very least, chuckles) missed, and missed badly. The camera would stay close on someone's face after their joke, as if to ask, "Are you laughing yet?" I think both Farber and Michael Seater are undeniably talented. But the writing lets them down time after time, and I'm anxious to see them in shows or films that complement their skills more appropriately.

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