Son of a Critch

With the popularity of the Goldbergs, it's nice to see a Canadian sort of version of it. Kind of grew up in this time period so it relates. Enjoyed the first episode so far and will definitely tune in for the next one. Casting seems right and it's funny.

I actually like the show. Strong cast, funny enough. I was surprised to see Malcolm McDowell, but I guess they wanted to add some credibility to the cast.

What's clear is that they have not only a few similarities to Young Sheldon. I mean, the mother and the brother even look similar to the mother and brother on Young Sheldon. It's almost like they want to be confused with that show.

I'm on the first episode of Son of a Critch and right away I got The Wonder Years vibes. The show is being told through Mark's (the son) perspective, but he's a nerdier version of Kevin Arnold. The show feels very similar but with a Canadian spin on it.

I can see Ritchie being the Paul Pfeiffer and Fox as the Winnie Cooper (possibly even Becky Slater?) of the show. Tina might even be the Winnie Cooper of the show.

The narrator is even an older version of Mark, very similar to how Daniel Stern played the older version of Kevin Arnold doing the narration in The Wonder Years.

The one thing I like is that they added a Filipino kid to the show. Being an east Indian person, I remember dealing with similar types of BS from some of the kids in my school that didn't understand our cultural differences. Ritchie deals with similar types of BS and all he wants to do is fit in. That's something that's actually missing from The Wonder Years.

So far the how is pretty good, so I hope it develops into something like The Wonder Years or even funnier. I love that they went with the 80s for the time period, since I grew up in Canada during the 80s and 90s. I also grew up watching The Wonder Years back then, so Son of a Critch gives me that nostalgic feeling.

Upon watching, you are inevitably drawn to make comparison with The Wonder Years (original) but also notice the differences that makes this stand out on it's own.

It has all of the comical absurdity that revolves around a typical family type that most will recognise.

Great performances all round, with particular note for Benjamin Evan Ainsworth and Malcolm McDowell (in his best role for years).

It is silly and of course absurd but oh so delightfully so, partly because of the Canadian elements attached.

This series started off a tad slow for me, I wasn't sure if I was going to persevere with it. But.... as it got going it just got better and better.

I don't know anything about Newfoundland apart from other TV series I have seen which have been mainly really dramatic, so this was a wonderful change.

Great to see the sets from the 80's too. A lot of people are making comparisons with The Wonder Years and Young Sheldon, but I think this stands on its own, and indeed, it's based on the Father's real life experiences growing up. The humour is wry and self deprecating, not in your face laugh out loud although there are a few of those too.

I see it has been renewed for Season 3, so I'm definitely looking forward to that!