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TV Show Reviews
Review of "Almost
Family"
10/5/19 by
Suzanne
airs Wednesdays at 8pm
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This is a very weird show. I'm afraid that the weirdness might turn off the
audience. Brittany Snow ("Harry's Law") stars as Julia Bechley, who works with
her father, Leon (Timothy Hutton), a famous fertility specialist. He's accused
of using his own seed to father many children of couples who came to him for
help. In the process of learning this, she meets some of her possible
half-siblings, including lawyer Edie (Megalyn Echikunwoke) whom she grew up
with; and retired Olympic athlete Roxy Doyle (Emily Osment), who is a human
train wreck (a pill-popping narcissist with anger issues). After Leon
recovers from a heart attack, he's arrested. Edie is tasked with defending him.
Julia and her new sisters bond.
The show is based on an Australian show called "Sisters." Sometimes,
when they try to make an American version of a show, it doesn't work at all
(such as when they took the awesome UK show "Broadchurch" and tried to make it a
FOX drama). I don't know if this is the case, but I don't think this show is
something viewers will identify with. The sisters seems interesting, but what Leon did is so
reprehensible, I don't know how they can redeem him (even with Timothy Hutton in
the role).
It will be interesting to see what viewers think of the show and whether it
will succeed. I predict it won't, just because it's too unusual.
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MORE INFORMATION:
Executive
producers Jason Katims (“Friday Night Lights,” “Parenthood”)
and Annie Weisman (“About A Boy,” “Desperate Housewives”)
bring you the story of a family formed through extreme
circumstances. Exploring such hot-button issues as identity
and human connection, this all-new drama, based on a popular
Australian format and directed by Leslye Headland (“Russian
Doll”), taps directly into the zeitgeist.
Only child
JULIA BECHLEY (Brittany Snow, the “Pitch Perfect” franchise,
“American Dreams”) finds her life turned upside down when
her father, LEON BECHLEY (Academy Award winner Timothy
Hutton, “American Crime,” “Leverage,” “Ordinary People”),
reveals that, over the course of his prize-winning career as
a pioneering fertility doctor, he used his own genetic
material to conceive upwards of dozens of children.
Reeling from
this explosive revelation, Julia discovers two new sisters –
former best friend EDIE PALMER (Megalyn Echikunwoke,
“Nightschool,” “Step Sisters”) and ex-Olympic athlete ROXY
DOYLE (Emily Osment, “The Kominsky Method,” “Young &
Hungry”). As these three young women begin to embrace their
new reality, Julia must figure out what life is like without
Leon by her side; Edie comes to grips with her burgeoning
sexuality, as her marriage falters; and Roxy faces adulthood
out of the spotlight.
Against all
odds, the three women will attempt to form a bond as
sisters, even as they must welcome a tidal wave of new
siblings into their rapidly expanding family.
ALMOST
FAMILY is produced by Universal Television, and FOX
Entertainment. Annie Weisman wrote the pilot. Executive
producers on the series are Jason Katims, Weisman, Jeni
Mulein, Imogen Banks, Sharon Levy and Randy Zisk. Leslye
Headland executive-produced and directed the pilot. The
series is based on the original Endemol Shine Australia
series from Jonathan Gavin and Imogen Banks.
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