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- 2016
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2016
- TV-MA
- Netflix
Summary The comedy co-created by Will Arnett and Mark Chappell follows Chip's (Will Arnett) life and image as a guru is upturned after he falls for a waitress named London (Ruth Kearney), who his best friend (David Sullivan) also likes.
Created By: Will Arnett, Mark Chappell
- 2016
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2016
- TV-MA
- Netflix
Flaked
Season 1 Premiere: Mar 11, 2016
43
3.5
Summary The comedy co-created by Will Arnett and Mark Chappell follows Chip's (Will Arnett) life and image as a guru is upturned after he falls for a waitress named London (Ruth Kearney), who his best friend (David Sullivan) also likes.
Created By: Will Arnett, Mark Chappell
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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19% Positive
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50% Mixed
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31% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
43
19% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
50% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
31% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Flaked is to be commended for really capturing its setting, shooting very clearly on location and focusing on the issues facing this community right now.
When the plot finally kicks in in the back half of the season, the unexpected shift in tone is intended to show how Chip’s apparently pointless life is the result of outside forces, but the series of twists (one clumsily telegraphed, the other a bit less so) don’t so much fill out the character as underscore how thin he was in the first place.
The series gets more substantive and quicker starting in Episode 6, but over all the pieces--man-boys on the prowl, bromance, occasional forays into seriousness--fit together uncomfortably.
[Netflix's Love] at least felt fresh and directed in the way it surgically examined the tropes of the romantic comedy. It was a character study that had a purpose, explaining through its run why we were watching these characters to begin with. Flaked never answers that question.
Flaked offers up weak jokes and even weaker drama, as later episodes pile on contrived, overwrought plot twists.
There are a couple of love triangles at work, but the characters have been written only in terms of metaphor and irony, so nobody has any chemistry, which is probably also an irony, though it's less likely to be intentional. Or maybe it is intentional? Flaked feels primarily like a writing exercise for Arnett and Chappell.
The premium TV world is a magnet for vanity projects, but few are as pointless--or unnecessary--as this one.... Flaked is such a flavorless affair that there’s scant suspense about the ongoing story, leaving little over which to get excited other than a series of guest-star-punctuated interludes.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 265 User Ratings
3.5
34% Positive
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7% Mixed
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58% Negative
155 Ratings
155 Ratings
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 265 User Ratings
3.5
34% Positive
91 Ratings
91 Ratings
7% Mixed
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
58% Negative
155 Ratings
155 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Electric Avenue
- Thousand Words
- The Hurwitz Company
- Electus
- Artists First
Initial Release Date: Mar 11, 2016
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
