Pretty Smart

I binged not becauze of the story but hugely because of Gregg's abs and Emily's presence. The other characters are also such pleasant-looking people to look at. But the story and the jokes are NOWHERE. I'm not sure if it's the acting?? Or the script itself but yah. If it's going to get a second season - which i'm not sure.... - then it really needs to focus on the laughs.

There aren't too many good netflix sitcoms so i wasn't expecting much. I'm a fan of emily osment, but she is the only reason I watch. Chelsea's sister is likeable but her friends are annoying and over the top, especially jayden. Right now its a good time pacfier but nothing special.

Okay, so shoot me, but I liked it. It's clearly meant as non-pretentious fun, the setting is fairly original (an intelligent person who becomes part of a more trivial-minded group of friends), and in the end there are some nice morals to go, like doing away with prejudices about less smart people (see for instance how jock Grant in fact was a source of practical wisdom).

I agree with several reviewers that the laugh track is extremely annoying, if they would get rid of it, it would immediately lift the show to a better level. And the Jayden character is a bit too hysterically gay (being gay myself, I dare to say so). But it is a nice touch to make this little group so extremely diverse, yet so strongly connected. The writers created some clever cliff-hangers at the end of every episode, and although the quality of acting maybe didn't have the highest priority, I gradually developed a soft spot for the characters played by beautiful and sweet Olivia Macklin and stunningly built yet cute as a puppy Gregg Sulkin, in my opinion they did a great job.

Pass this one up. It is stupid. The acting was just so so, the writing could have been so much better. You can't expect Emily Osment to carry this show. She deserves better than this. Pretty Smart was actually pretty dumb.

Season 1: futile but it was funny, a very light show. Although it had very unrealistic characters, they worked well together. I hope it gets renewed because that cliffhanger let me very eager about what is to come.

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