The Family – Season 1 – Episode 1 Oh, the drama

The Family (2016) showed up on several “must-see new shows” lists, so against my initial instincts, I watched the first episode. And, yeah, that was 40 minutes or so of TV show, yep. I suppose I should stick with the 3 episode rule but …

See the traumatized upper-upper-class white family, trauma trauma trauma. See the standard characters assembled from stock parts. See THE MYSTERY wooo ooooo. The only thing that could make this of any interest would be unusually good writing and/or acting, and it has neither. Is it really their long-lost son? Is it a grifter? Do I care? Nup.