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  • FOX
  • Oct 2, 2019
  • FOX
  • Oct 2, 2019

Summary Only child Julia Bechley (Brittany Snow) life is changed forever after it is revealed her fertility doctor father (Timothy Hutton) had used his own sperm on his patients, resulting in potential numbers of half-siblings, including Edie (Megalyn Echikunwoke) and Roxy (Emily Osment) in this drama originally titled Not Just Me and based on t...

  • FOX
  • Oct 2, 2019
  • FOX
  • Oct 2, 2019
Almost Family
Season 1
Season Premiere: Oct 2, 2019
Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
38
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 8 User Ratings
4.1
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Summary Only child Julia Bechley (Brittany Snow) life is changed forever after it is revealed her fertility doctor father (Timothy Hutton) had used his own sperm on his patients, resulting in potential numbers of half-siblings, including Edie (Megalyn Echikunwoke) and Roxy (Emily Osment) in this drama originally titled Not Just Me and based on t...

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Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Oct 2, 2019 • 45 m
Pilot
Only child Julia finds her life turned upside-down when her father makes a startling revelation.
Episode 2 • Oct 9, 2019 • 43 m
Related AF
Julia is haunted by her new reality, while Roxy embraces it by spending quality time with Leon; as Edie and Tim prepare for their trial, Tim notices interactions between Edie and the prosecutor that make him uneasy.
Episode 3 • Oct 16, 2019
Notorious AF
When a video goes viral, Julia must team up with Isaac to combat the situation; Roxy forms a bond with 11-year-old Izzy; Edie meets with Dr. Bechley about his case.
Episode 4 • Nov 13, 2019 • 43 m
Fake AF
The sisters meet a new sibling who helps them secure an exclusive reservation.
Episode 5 • Nov 20, 2019 • 43 m
Risky AF
Julia is forced to make a drastic decision when she finds out that Isaac has been working with Leon.
Episode 6 • Nov 27, 2019 • 44 m
Kosher AF
The sisters meet their new Jewish sister, who wants to know more about Dr. Leon Past.
Episode 7 • Nov 28, 2019 • 43 m
Thankful AF
Julia hosts Thanksgiving dinner for her ever-growing family; Edie finds herself at a crossroads.
Episode 8 • Dec 11, 2019 • 43 m
Fertile AF
Julia enquires about her fertility options and entrusts Dr. Isaac to help her explore possibilities.
Episode 9 • Jan 1, 2020 • 43 m
Rehabilitated AF
Roxy returns from rehab and is ready to try and make amends to the people she cares about. Edie deals with the aftermath of telling the truth finally. Julia and Donovan take the next step in their relationship.
Episode 10 • Jan 8, 2020 • 43 m
Courageous AF
Roxy comes forward about her past with her coach. Edie's girlfriend tries to test her by making fun of her being a new lesbian. Julia finds her deceased mother's cousin opening new views of her past.
Episode 11 • Jan 15, 2020 • 43 m
Generational AF
Episode 12 • Feb 22, 2020 • 42 m
Permanent AF
Episode 13 • Feb 22, 2020
Expectant AF
Roxy makes a drastic decision in an attempt to help Isaac; Edie settles in with Amanda, but things get messy when she discovers something that isn't in the plan.

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
38
18% Positive
2 Reviews
9% Mixed
1 Review
73% Negative
8 Reviews

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
38
18% Positive
2 Reviews
9% Mixed
1 Review
73% Negative
8 Reviews

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85
Sep 29, 2019
Easily the most promising series of the fall broadcast season: funny, poignant, and drenched in the chemistry between three charismatic actresses playing women who suddenly learn they're sisters.
By Glenn Garvin FULL REVIEW
40
Sep 23, 2019
The cutesy new-sisters vibe sits awkwardly next to the dad’s-accused-of-sexual-assault plot.
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
38
Oct 1, 2019
"Almost Family" is also a snooze. It sleepwalks past the issues it purports to explore, as well as the unethical, and most likely criminal, behavior involved. ... So "Almost Family" made Hutton's Bechley an almost-loveable rogue, and his offspring almost-unbothered by the almost crime he perpetrated against them and countless others. No "almost" about that. It's flat-out creepy.
By Verne Gay FULL REVIEW
33
Sep 30, 2019
Almost Family doesn’t really want to deal with female anger, or the revolting nature of its own premise. Instead, it aims to spin stories about community and family that are just so darn heartwarming, we’ll forget they’re all based on a fertility felony. Like everything else about this show, it just doesn’t work.
By Kristen Baldwin FULL REVIEW
30
Oct 1, 2019
Almost Family gets credit for taking the biggest swing at a premise, and for whiffing it with gusto: What if we did This Is Us, but with medical rape? Once you learn the plot of Almost Family, the tone it takes is patently outrageous. ... Is it possible to move beyond aghast feelings over the premise and tone, and judge the series on its other merits? A Jason Katims superfan, surely I would be seduced by the show’s sweetness and emotionality anyway, right? Well... no. I couldn’t make the leap.
By Kevin Fallon FULL REVIEW
30
Sep 30, 2019
In attempting to jump past the inhumanity to arrive at unearned lessons about how family can be frustrating but rewarding, “Almost Family” reveals itself as a show with nothing to say at all.
By Daniel D'Addario FULL REVIEW
0
Oct 3, 2019
It is tonally dissonant in the most extreme sense, a case of two wildly incompatible concepts crushed together so inelegantly that the result is a morally reprehensible, skin-crawling drama.
By Kelly Lawler FULL REVIEW

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Mixed or Average Based on 8 User Ratings
4.1
38% Positive
3 Ratings
25% Mixed
2 Ratings
38% Negative
3 Ratings

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38% Positive
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38% Negative
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