# New show Kevin (Probably)Saves the World - I'm too cynical

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**Created:** [September 22, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-show-kevin-probably-saves-the-world-im-too-cynical/797008 "2017-09-22T22:10:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-show-kevin-probably-saves-the-world-im-too-cynical/797008/1 "2017-09-22T22:10:43Z")

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I read about a new show this fall, _Kevin (Probably) Saves the World_. It’s about a guy, Kevin, who moves in with his sister and her daughter after his recent suicide attempt. So far so good.

Then he meets a “celestial guide” who informs him that he is the last of 36 “righteous humans” who protect the world, and that he must commit acts of kindness.

Maybe it’s too many years of stuff like Fight Club or Mr Robot, but I don’t believe he really has a “celestial guide”, rather, she is a manifestation of his mental illness. She is his subconscious trying to make himself a better person.

You read it here first! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-show-kevin-probably-saves-the-world-im-too-cynical/797008/2 "2017-09-23T14:44:20Z")

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> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#):
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> You read it here first! 🙂

Not really. From The Hollywood Reporter with a September 5 dateline, “I’d say that the earnest parts work least, but Jason Ritter, Chloe East and JoAnna Garcia Swisher all sell the earnest family part of the story, so it’s just the religious superhero part that isn’t introduced convincingly here (and could end up being a fake-out if our hero’s quest to find fellow righteous souls is a product of mental instability or something related to aliens).”

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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-show-kevin-probably-saves-the-world-im-too-cynical/797008/3 "2017-09-23T16:55:26Z")

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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> Not really. From The Hollywood Reporter with a September 5 dateline, “I’d say that the earnest parts work least, but Jason Ritter, Chloe East and JoAnna Garcia Swisher all sell the earnest family part of the story, so it’s just the religious superhero part that isn’t introduced convincingly here (and could end up being a fake-out if our hero’s quest to find fellow righteous souls is a product of mental instability or something related to aliens).”

Oh. Never mind. 🙂