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- Netflix
- Mar 30, 2023
- Netflix
- Mar 30, 2023
Summary Jackson Dragon (John Owen Lowe), the son of an unstable biotech CEO Ellis Dragon (Rob Lowe), joins the company to save it and his father from ruin in the comedy created by the Lowes and Victor Fresco.
Created By: John Owen Lowe, Victor Fresco, Rob Lowe
- Netflix
- Mar 30, 2023
- Netflix
- Mar 30, 2023
Summary Jackson Dragon (John Owen Lowe), the son of an unstable biotech CEO Ellis Dragon (Rob Lowe), joins the company to save it and his father from ruin in the comedy created by the Lowes and Victor Fresco.
Created By: John Owen Lowe, Victor Fresco, Rob Lowe
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Generally Favorable
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
68
60% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
40% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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Even without Rob and John Owen Lowe’s father-son dynamic, Unstable would be an above average workplace sitcom. But they are the main attraction, and their scenes together really make the show fun to watch.
Those who tune in just to see a TV star bounce jokes off his real-life son will end up treated to a show with a spirited, frisky sense of humor, the ability to hit a wonderfully high percentage of the many, many densely packed jokes it attempts, and a really lovely lead performance by the junior Lowe.
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43% Positive
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User Score
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Based on 7 User Ratings
5.3
43% Positive
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29% Mixed
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29% Negative
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“Unstable” proves consistently funny and involving. The father-son dynamics, while familiar, do manage to feel real (for a TV comedy) amongst the whiplash comedy.
A relatively breezy series that doesn’t try to reinvent the comedy mold and is content to deliver consistent laughs in a traditional and time-tested format.
“Unstable” plays a little too conspicuously like a father-and-son bonding opportunity for Rob Lowe and John Owen Lowe, yielding a breezy Netflix comedy series that’s so lightweight it could easily just blow away.
It's just another cliche-riddled workplace comedy featuring all the tropes that have been done far better before. It's not without some merit — the series truly comes to life whenever it has the Lowes bouncing off each other, hurdling insults, passive aggressiveness, and compassion. In the end, though, it's hard to even see who the target audience is for Unstable.
Overall the ratio of jokes to things that resemble jokes in structure and rhythm remains too low and the schmaltz factor too high.