SummaryPaul (Martin Freeman) and Ally (Daisy Haggard) are raising their two children when Ally’s father (Michael McKean) shows up in this comedy co-created by Freeman, Chris Addison, and Simon Blackwell.
SummaryPaul (Martin Freeman) and Ally (Daisy Haggard) are raising their two children when Ally’s father (Michael McKean) shows up in this comedy co-created by Freeman, Chris Addison, and Simon Blackwell.
The screaming and cursing from season one, however grating, are still present in season two, but the show has found a way to deftly balance it with more heartfelt storytelling and some interesting curveballs for this family. Breeders finally anchors Paul and Ally, who seem more comfortable in their shoes, just as Freeman and Haggard do while playing them.
Both funny and searingly truthful, Breeders’s continued success – season two has already been a hit on America’s FX network – looks set to give an eternally grouchy straight man the last laugh.
It’s intriguing, without being compelling. The writing is sharp and witty, sardonic and ironic, but amid the perfectly formed wisecracks and zingers, the dialogue falls short of being believable.