10 Episodes and they kept getting better as I watched it.
Reagan is a 30 year old super genius helping to run shadow government. The year is 2021 though.
Cast includes Lizzy Caplan as Reagan, Christian Slater and John DiMaggio.
It is crazy and a lot of fun. I hope some others watch it or are watching it.
I’ve watched the first episode. It’s an interesting premise–that the conspiracy theories are actually correct. It seems to me that this sort of thing could turn out either really well or really bad, depending on how it’s done.
It really kept improving each episode. The first one just introduces the characters and the concept. By episode 4 or 5 it really takes off.
I found the first episode pretty unfunny (probably because it was so heavy on exposition), but maybe I’ll give it another try. I usually like Andy Daly and Brett Gelman, so that’s a plus.
I’m 6 or so episodes in, and really enjoying it. Although I think the obvious show to compare it to is Rick and Morty, at least for the relationship between Reagan and her dad. “Rick and Morty, except Morty is also a genius with no social skills, and also conspiracy theories.”
Something between the two might be the best description. It is a little more grounded then Rick & Morty.
I kept with it and it definitely improved after a rough first couple of episodes. I still felt that the characters of Myc, Dolphman and Dr. Andre were a little meh, however.
I can’t say those 3 improved much, but at least they were lightly used.
It struck me as kind of a grittier, more adult Gravity Falls - which makes sense, since Alex Hirsch, creator of GF, is Executive Producer and one of the writers on Inside Job.
I also thought the first couple of episodes were kind of rough, like the writers were still trying to figure out what they were trying to do with the show, but improved as the season went on. I still didn’t like it nearly as much as GF, though.
A big factor for me is that the series itself doesn’t seem to have a good handle on how evil Cognito, Inc. is (they do lampshade that a couple of times with Brett explicitly being confused on how evil they are), or a consistent or coherent handle on how their conspiratorial world works. I get that it’s a comedy, and the answer is, they’re exactly as evil as they need to be, and their world works in the specific way it needs to work, in order to land a given gag.
But, for example, I thought Gravity Falls did a much better job at creating a weird world that felt like it was internally consistent and coherent, and where the incoherence and inconsistency that did exist was a deliberate creative choice. And the characters felt consistent, from the first episode.
With all of that being said, overall, I thought it was ok. It kept me interested and watching through the last episode, and interested enough that I’ll probably watch a Season 2. But unlike GF, I wasn’t really looking forward to the next episode, and it’s not a series I’d be likely to recommend.
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Agreed, pretty much. Only I might lightly recommend it to people who would appreciate that sort of show with the caveat that I think it is decent rather than great. It’s a quick watch and an amusing enough diversion.
I didn’t like the first episode much especially at the start, but I stuck with it – agree that the episodes get much better. Not a must-see, but if I need ~22min to kill it does a decent job.
Brian
I finished watching Season 2. I thought it was OK, but not great. I was particularly uninterested in the new character voiced by Adam Scott (who I usually love); I don’t know if the character was intended to be kind of bland and expressionless or if that’s just the way it turned out.
Regarding the Air Bud dog, couldn’t Cognito just cryogenically freeze it, or injure it so it’s unable to play basketball?
Would Brett do that to a dog he obviously loved?
Probably not, given what he ultimately decided on.
I liked the Mandela effect episode the most, with all the wacky changes. Plus it served as a nice sequel to the first Mandela effect episode from before.
What?
I also liked the Mandela effect episode. It probably didn’t hurt that it mostly avoided Adam Scott’s boring character.
I’m kind of “eh” about the 2nd season so far, mainly because all the pre-QAnon conspiracy theories and urban myths have become quaint and old-fashioned. They’re trying to incorporate those memes into the Deep State, but the jokes are already dated.
Netflix has canceled season 2 after renewing it.
I know that is a little confusing.
What we watched so far was apparently parts 1 & 2 of season 1.
Damn you, Deep State.