The real o'neals tv show

[uncageg]

I think I am all in now! Really enjoying it. The porn site thing last night Made me laugh because I know it happens. Not to me, of course.....

[John Adams]

I want to like the show, but it’s difficult. It’s on against “The Flash” and my DVR software can only record one program per time slot. …so there’s that, but I’m not really excited about how unfocused the writing is, which is causing me to choose “The Flash” over TROs.

Although the actors are making the best of some really clunky writing/plot issues, and I LOVE that Noah Galvin is adorkably cute, and funny, and gay in real life, The Real O’Neals don’t seem very “real” at all. For example:
- The oldest son is anorexic. Wait… no he’s not. That evaporated within the first 30 minute episode.
- Mom can’t accept homosexuality because of her religious beliefs.  30 minutes later, she’s “seen the light”.
- Dad’s sleeping in the basement because Mom and Dad are getting a divorce. Wait…Why is that, again? They seem to be a normal married couple who obviously care about each other.
- Kenny feels like he’s never gonna have a boyfriend, yet he’s had two cutie-pies show some major interest in him (completely out of the blue, I might add), only to have those interests evaporate for reasons of… of… Somebody help me here. What was so completely unacceptable that they went cold just as quickly as they’d warmed? I dunno.

I see some glimmers of hope, but I really need the writing to get focused and on track if I’m gonna divert my DVR from “The Flash”. For example:

I liked how older son Jimmy was written this week, and especially how Matthew Shively played him. Jimmy obviously loves his family. Played differently, all of the “no homo” lines he was given this week might have come off as offensive, and telling his Dad (to his face) that he was “an attractive bear” might have seemed a bit creepy. Instead (to my mind, and as they were delivered by Shively), they seemed awkwardly geeky and sweet, like someone trying waaaay too hard to express how they honestly feel, but finding only the wrong (and most awkward) expressions to do so.

That’s what I want to see more of. Unfortunately, these first episodes seemed too “magical”. 

>POOF!<   ...just wait 30 minutes and problem’s solved! No need for explanation.

[haterobics]

John Adams said: ">POOF!<   ...just wait 30 minutes and problem’s solved! No need for explanation."

Is this your first sitcom?!

[dramamama611]

^This.

 

I think the show is adorable.  It's cheeky, fun and puts a smile on my face.  

[phan24]

I think tonight's episode was very funny involving the dilemma of a young gay boy coming to terms with how to shape his masculinity now that he has come out.

Overall I love the show and the way it satirizes a gay boy's experience coming out (not necessarily making a parody of a gay kid, but rather his experiences). I think the cast is very strong and hope this show gets renewed!

[ChgoTheatreGuy]

I just read that ABC announced that "The Real O'Neals" was renewed for a second season.  I can't wait to see what happens next year...