This show is stupid in the sense of The Office, but it is outrageously hilarious. It's kind of a throwback to when comedians had a TV show based on a fictional account of their lives (Home Improvement, Roseanne, Martin, Newhart). I know that's still happening today, but this one appears to have the heart of those heyday shows rather than just looking for cheap laughs (¡Rob!, Marlon).
Nora is young woman in her late twenties, and still living at home. Like her, her father is just coasting through life, and the only person keeping both of them alive is Grandma. Nora is annoyed by her perfect cousin, Edmund, who is getting all kinds of deals and earning money. She is struggling to land a decent job, and actually hold it. She's gone from a discount Uber driver to counting cards at a blackjack table, to defrauding focus groups, to selling haunted houses. But when perfect Edmund needs her help, she steps up and creates an app that could bring them both money. But as she gets her job, in China, she gets busted for possession of cocaine. Well, her assistant was caught with it, but Nora took the blame.
In between Nora and Edmund's antics, Wally, Nora's dad, slowly starts to enter society and begins dating. He happens to meet a free-spirited woman with the same situation as him, and understands the frustration he endures.
Grandma even gets some screen time, duking it out with old Korean ladies at the casino, being the most feared woman in Elmhurst, and having a K-drama inspired backstory of how she was once heir to a rich fortune in China.
It's hard to imagine a girl with no job can have such a captivating story that you want to keep tuning in. Maybe it's because she is so relateable to many people's situation: meager jobs that seem to come and go while still forced to live with their parents. Often you feel like you fail at everything you do. But it's the people around you, who care about you, that makes it all worthwhile, and a comfort that there's always a chance to try again.
It's uncertain that this will get a second season, and I won't be surprised if it doesn't return next year. But I will be returning to Queens as long as Nora is still living there.
I hope you liked this. Be sure to subscribe and leave a comment about what you thought or if you want to recommend a movie or TV show for me to review. I will be taking a break for the summer to try and relax during this social distancing. Please stay safe, stay home, save lives. We'll get through this together. Thank you for reading. I'll see you next time.
Aired on Comedy Central: January 22 - March 25, 2020
Rating: TV-MA
Stars: Awkwafina, Lori Tan Chin, BD Wong, Bowen Yang, Jennifer Esposito
Directors: Lucia Aniello, Jamie Babbit, Natasha Lyonne, Steven Tsuchida, Anu Valia, Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 80%
IMDb Score: 7.3/10 (Average)
Nora is young woman in her late twenties, and still living at home. Like her, her father is just coasting through life, and the only person keeping both of them alive is Grandma. Nora is annoyed by her perfect cousin, Edmund, who is getting all kinds of deals and earning money. She is struggling to land a decent job, and actually hold it. She's gone from a discount Uber driver to counting cards at a blackjack table, to defrauding focus groups, to selling haunted houses. But when perfect Edmund needs her help, she steps up and creates an app that could bring them both money. But as she gets her job, in China, she gets busted for possession of cocaine. Well, her assistant was caught with it, but Nora took the blame.
In between Nora and Edmund's antics, Wally, Nora's dad, slowly starts to enter society and begins dating. He happens to meet a free-spirited woman with the same situation as him, and understands the frustration he endures.
Grandma even gets some screen time, duking it out with old Korean ladies at the casino, being the most feared woman in Elmhurst, and having a K-drama inspired backstory of how she was once heir to a rich fortune in China.
It's hard to imagine a girl with no job can have such a captivating story that you want to keep tuning in. Maybe it's because she is so relateable to many people's situation: meager jobs that seem to come and go while still forced to live with their parents. Often you feel like you fail at everything you do. But it's the people around you, who care about you, that makes it all worthwhile, and a comfort that there's always a chance to try again.
It's uncertain that this will get a second season, and I won't be surprised if it doesn't return next year. But I will be returning to Queens as long as Nora is still living there.
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I hope you liked this. Be sure to subscribe and leave a comment about what you thought or if you want to recommend a movie or TV show for me to review. I will be taking a break for the summer to try and relax during this social distancing. Please stay safe, stay home, save lives. We'll get through this together. Thank you for reading. I'll see you next time.
Aired on Comedy Central: January 22 - March 25, 2020
Rating: TV-MA
Stars: Awkwafina, Lori Tan Chin, BD Wong, Bowen Yang, Jennifer Esposito
Directors: Lucia Aniello, Jamie Babbit, Natasha Lyonne, Steven Tsuchida, Anu Valia, Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 80%
IMDb Score: 7.3/10 (Average)
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