Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Rules of Engagement Review

Continuing my romp through shows to watch on Netflix, I decided to try out a comedy. They're generally fast to watch (with run times lasting only 21 minutes) so I tried out David Spade's last comedy Rules of Engagement.

Overall the show had its moments, preferably the lion's share of those coming from actor Patrick Warburton, who's hilarious character of Jeff, just kept giving countless moments of hilarity. But David Spade has been better. Just Shoot Me is one of my favorites from his, but his character in this show seemed a one trick pony, who never changed or had an angle in the show that made him relevant.

The engaged couple were the least funniest out of the group. I rarely laughed or cared for their scenes and even though the were central to the story in its first season, it was evident the writers of the show realized quickly that focusing on there relationship would doom the series so they quickly switch the focus to the married couple instead.

The ending was weird. Story lines were wrapped up in the last 7 minutes and it looked like the writers didn't know how to write on ending so they killed time playing a song on frozen characters at the end, only to come back with one more throw away joke scene at the end which did nothing to say "goodbye" to the show or give any sense of closure.

Is it watchable? Sure, if you got the time to kill getting ready in the mornings and love Patrick Warburton, give it a shot. If you're none of the above then you may want to pass.

2 comments:

RickCapezza said...

I *am* Jeff.

kidcardco said...

LOL I feel the same way!