Last Man Standing

This is a great show but Season 7 and the switch to Fox changed things. I don't mind the new Mandy although Molly Ephraim was far better. The addition of Jen is annoying as hell. She's an absolutely terrible actress cut from the typical Nickelodeon mold. The writers try too hard to make her a replacement for Eve. It just doesn't work. I hope they write her out for season 8.

Love the show and so glad its back! But, the show is just not the same without Molly Ephraim as Mandy Baxter. Do whatever you can to get her back for next season, the chemistry is just not the same!

I have watched it from the beginning and loved it. It's funny without being crude and stupid (like a lot of sit-coms these days), and all of the actors are great. Except this last season with the new Mandy. It's not just that I don't like change, because when they changed Kristen after Season 1 it was a great improvement. The first girl wasn't bad, Amanda Fuller is just 100 times better. This poor girl that replaced Molly Ephraim just isn't a good actress, and she and Kyle (Christoph Sanders) have absolutely no chemistry whatsoever; it's painful to watch.

Edit: I took off two stars, I have been re-watching this recently on Hulu, and although I still enjoy it overall, binge-watching it makes me realize how annoying Vanessa is. She's supposed to have a PhD, yet 90% of what she says and does is ridiculously stupid. She drinks like Dean Martin, is completely socially awkward, sounds brainless, pouts when she doesn't get her way, tries to control what everyone does, is painfully superficial and narcissistic, cries constantly over nothing and stalks her kids; she's a HORRIBLE mother. She's a psychopath, and it's painful and embarrassing to watch and listen to her. I find it hard to believe someone like Mike would actually be married to someone this ridiculous. She belongs in a Looney Tunes cartoon. The best characters in this show are Kyle, Ryan and Chuck.

Second Edit: Skip Season 9. The stories just get more tedious, boring and pointless with each episode. Mandy seems to have become the main focal point of the show and unfortunately her character is not and never has been all that great. Kyle was the only thing that made Mandy interesting and now she overshadows him completely. Also, I'm sure Molly McCook is a lovely person, but she just isn't a very good actress.

I didn't expect much from this, although I did enjoy "Home Improvement" when I was younger. This isn't a great leap forward from that, but works pretty well as a comedy that doesn't require too much thought and provides plenty of giggles.

Tim is a "Man's man" who decides to take more of a hand in the raising of his 3 daughters (and 1 small grandson). Needless to say, his world view is at odds with theirs and hilarity ensues.

Allen does play pretty much the same character as in "Home Improvement", but the family dynamics are well handled, with the daughters each getting their own personalities out of the handbook of family comedy clichés and running with them.

Cookie cutter comedy, sure, but sometimes that's all you need for twenty or so minutes of smiles. I'll be tuning in regularly.

I dont agree with alot of Tim Allen has to say but he does it in away that is just so funny.