Sam Fox is pathetic. She lets her daughters walk all over her and does not hold them accountable for anything, but has the nerve to take her oldest to task for not holding herself accountable for what she says or does.
Sam is a whiny, pathetic loser. She is not a sympathetic character; she's a pathetic character.
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I completely agree. How many television shows about a woman's period need to be made? It's overdone and ridiculous just like this show.
shareyeah, I didn't get that scene. Did the women/girls not know they get their period? Is it empowering to women? "We get periods! You go girl! Now, there's no reason not to go out there and succeed!"
Huh, I guess you have to be a woman to understand how appreciating the fact women get periods is empowering.
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2 episodes? You have a lot more willpower than I do.
After 1 episode, I said...
I.....am.....OUT!
Joker's Wilde
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Buddy Burger. Have us scrape one off the grill..so YOU don't have to scrape one off the road!
I really wanted to give this show a chance based on the previews. But Sam is just a pathetic mom.
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I gave it two episodes only because I like the actress but this show is just unwatchable.
shareSam Fox is pathetic. She lets her daughters walk all over her and does not hold them accountable for anything, but has the nerve to take her oldest to task for not holding herself accountable for what she says or does.
Sam is a whiny, pathetic loser. She is not a sympathetic character; she's a pathetic character.
being real? It's not real for a parent to check out. She's not a parent; she's a caretaker. She provides food, shelter, and transportation, but no guidance, rules, mentoring, or accountability.
Maybe it is some parents' dream to check out and stop being a parent and just being a provider without the stress of actual parenting, but if it is, those parents should never have had kids. Yes, being a parent is hard, but so are a lot of things that have to be done.
Watching a parent check out like Sam is not funny, nor is it real; as I said, it's pathetic.
Like I said, I wanted to like this show, but watching Sam get run over by her bratty kids is not funny or compelling.
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being real? It's not real for a parent to check out. She's not a parent; she's a caretaker. She provides food, shelter, and transportation, but no guidance, rules, mentoring, or accountability.
yes, I loved the opening scene of the series. Then I saw the scene where her oldest invited two friends over without telling her mom, one of them had her shirt off, and then A giggling Max yells to her mom "Bring us some food!" Sam shuts the door and you can see her check out. You can see the total defeat on her face. Later, Frankie barges into her mom's room, won't leave despite being told to get out, and just lays on her mom's bed and smiles while her Sam is the one who leaves her own room.
In episode two, she comes home to find her daughters have destroyed her house, and her oldest is nowhere to be seen. She gets mad, and Frankie gets mad back because her mom came home a day early. Sam cleans up everything herself, and no punishment or consequences for her daughters.
When she gets mad at Max in the car, she is a hypocrite. She gets mad at Max for not holding herself accountable for her words, but she does not hold Max accountable for anything, so why should she expect Max to hold herself accountable.
This is a mom who has check out.
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A working mother, beset from three different sides, is picking her battles (and the 'bring food' thing, she was dead on her feet with chores still to do, give her a break).
so why should she expect Max to hold herself accountable
Otter68 - you clearly have no grasp on what it's like for parents in the industry. I think the show perfectly captures the essence of balancing a professional acting career with family life and loneliness in the industry. Nobody is perfect, and no PARENT is ever perfect. If you have reservations with the character and her decisions - stick with the show to learn WHY. It's only two episodes in. There may be some plot or story point down the line where you learn of more struggle and reason why. That's what the artistic side of the show stands for - of any show. To show you something to make you THINK. You immediate decision to just turn off says more about you than it does about the show.
sharefor the love of God, I don't expect her or any parent to be perfect, but I find no humor in a story line that revolves around a parent who lets three bratty, unappreciative daughters run their home any way they want. Her daughters don't care about their mom's problems, and it rubs off on Sam, who is supposed to be the adult.
Is this supposed to be a comedy or a tragedy? I was expecting comedy; I got tragedy. The tragedy of a defeated mother. I'd prefer a comedy.
Go back and watch reruns of One Day at a Time: struggling, single mom, with two hard headed daughters. That is comedy, and the mom was not perfect.
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Go back and watch reruns of One Day at a Time: struggling, single mom, with two hard headed daughters. That is comedy, and the mom was not perfect.
Or stick with a pathetic loser of a parent who has ceded control of her household to three minors. Hilarious
"Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong." J.J. Rousseau
Or stick with a pathetic loser of a parent who has ceded control of her household to three minors. Hilarious
it's not a comedy. It's a tragedy. That's not what I was expecting. I don't want to see a mom's tragic life.
"Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong." J.J. Rousseau
Beautifully said
sharePeople like the bloke above can't discern that other people live other kinds of lives. Plus if you don't like a show just don't *beep* watch it and waste your time commenting on boards...in short man let it go. Obviously people from other walks of life disturb your little insular world. I for one love this show and I can see the reality in it very much (sometimes too much 😂).
It seems like that bloke above just wants to push his views (repeatedly!!!!!)that anyone not like him is wrong blah blah blah