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The most remarkable thing about this show is Jon Cryer is cast as a largely unwanted house guest, who is eccentric, shameless, and who gets laughs while trying and failing to fit in.

This is in sharp contrast to his previous role as Alan Harper in "Two and a half men", where he played a largely unwanted house resident who is eccentric, shameless, and who gets laughs while trying and failing to fit in.

At this point I would like to see another "Odd Couple" remake starring Jon Cryer, where he plays both lead characters. Because this role would be the perfect career trifecta for Jon Cryer to finish with.

From the corny deliveries to the spoon-fed laugh track, this show is clearly not a winner. But hey, they cant all be winners. That's what pilot season is for. But this one most likely won't make it past its first season. Great actors for sure, but this comedy format doesn't play to their strengths very well.

Jon Cryer needs to leave silly sitcoms for a while so audiences don't immediately see Alan Harper of "Two and a Half Men". He played that role for so long, that the only way for audiences to disassociate from that character is if he came out 100% a different character. But another wimpy dad role? C'mon. They had to know that was a bad call.

I've always been an Abigail Spencer fan, and she has surprisingly good timing for sitcom-style comedy.

Donald Faison was perfect for Scrubs, so it's hard to accept him at anything less than that.

Lenny Clarke is too much. And not in a good way. Loud, frying-pan-over-the-head delivery on his jokes. It's sort of his style, but it doesn't fit here.

While I have liked Jon Cryer, Donald Faison & Abigail Spencer in other roles this show is dismally unfunny, unoriginal and unwatchable.

Jon Cryer was good in Two and a Half Men, Superman IV, Hot Shots & even longer ago, Pretty In Pink, but I can't say I've seen him in anything else memorable or good.

Donald Faison was good in Waiting to Exhale, Clueless, The Exes and the short-lived Emergence but is probably best known for his role as Turk in the long running Scrubs series. He's had other roles but is likely best recognized from his more recent T-Mobile commercials with former Scrubs co-star Zach Braff.

Abigail Spencer was good in Rectify and the too short-lived Timeless series. She was also in Oz the Great and Powerful alongside Zach Braff though not a memorable role.

I don't know who plays Jon Cryer's father but he was memorable only for the fact that his character annoyed us for some reason.

None of these actors were good or believable in this show. At all. The laugh track was awful and only served to show the deficiency of humor. It felt a little like a rehashed version of The Exes.

This show was so bad that i simply couldn't see a point where it might do something original or otherwise redeem itself and we turned it off less than halfway through the pilot.

So much didn't work that you could make this a drinking game while you watch it,take a drink during the laugh track or tired jokes & clichés.

It was under 30 minutes & this episode just dragged on,on & on!

The casting overall didn't work,the acting felt overdone & more like they were doing a play versus television.

Feel JC still feels he is Two & a half men funny,perhaps at one time but here it just was cringe-worthy.. He is playing another similar(Alan)character why not a man in a stable marriage,he's a widow or single & no kids but yet-Here we are!

This won't last beyond a season unless things improve,with many adjustments!

The unfortunate part got excited seeing a new series with JC,but like anything things can change where a person isn't acting material anymore.

Check it out yourself & decide,but don't expect a masterpiece.

It has only been one episode, so this may be unfair, but it looks very unfunny with lame, hackneyed attempts at jokes. Abigail Spencer showed she can act on "Suits". I am not sure she can be funny.

Jon Cryer is still playing Alan from "Two and a Half Men". That shtick is old.

I may tune in again, just because there already no new episodes of any other network shows, but episode one was terribly disappointing.

There really isn't much more to say. Read the other reviews that are all saying the same thing. The jokes just are unoriginal and I don't think I laughed once in the whole half hour of the show.