Everyone Else Burns

I grew up in an evangelical christian cult-like religious organisation and much of this is so close to my experience it is uncanny. I appreciate that not many other people will have experienced this sort of thing but believe me it exists.

I am actually finding it surprisingly affirming and liberating to see the situations this family find themselves in and to finally be able to see a funny side to it.

I particularly like the characters who are David's wife (Fiona) and daughter (Rachel) - super acting from Kate O'Flynn and Amy James-Kelly.

Well done to everyone involved, I really hope there will be more seasons in the future.

This is an excellent sitcom. It is very layered, so takes a few episodes for things to settle in and become familiar and therefore comfortable to laugh at. It its both heart warming and laugh out loud funny. The acting is great, and the direction and setting is perfect. It is an excellent parody of organised religion,family life and modern Britain. But there is also a clear positive message and a feel good factor that makes it a great watch. Simon Bird plays his familiar uptight self, as a over pious dad.. But the rest of the cast play around this with real skill, making him seem even more uptight than in the inbetweeners. Really well done..

This spankingly new comedy from Dillon Mapletoft and Oliver Taylor (themselves quite new) is a functional little slice of familial and theological ribbing. It's not reinventing many comedy wheels and some of the side plots and characters are a little sketched-out, shallow or unfinished but there's some solid 'twists' (if you can call them that in a sitcom), quite a few surreal asides, and a genuinely effective character arc or two in here. The focus is mostly on the family so it doesn't feel too punch-downy on the little fish of the evangelical world, but it's lack of specificity makes it feel oddly toothless. I'd be interested to see what another series could add to it.

When watching new US series, if its a slow burner sometimes it can take a few episode to "get it". If that happens with a UK series, with only 6 episodes, the series is almost finished by the time it clicks.

That is the case here. I forced myself to watch the first three episodes. Until mid ep 3 I didn't get it. Didn't like the characters and couldn't spot anything funny.

I think lots of the bad reviews have come from people watch ep 1, expecting something riotous like the Inbetweeners and switching off feeling disappointed.

Then it clicked. The characters started to gel and I started to understand the whole point of it. For me there are not that many laugh out loud moments, though there are some. Its packed full of interesting references and observations. I was hooked wondering where it would go.

For me, the ending was not satisfying and it did not go where I wanted it to. All the more reason to watch S2...

I couldn't stop watching. I really enjoyed this show. It doesn't paint the believers of this fictional faith as moronic/evil , instead it paints a realistic picture of how some faiths and preachers can harm the people they're trying to enlighten.

The show has a great heart and it made me cackle with laughter. The characters are very likable and well written. The cast gave a great performance , they all have such a great range.

A lot of the reviews are vocal people with religious backgrounds who may not like the challenging nature of the subject matter. I definitely would say it's worth giving a watch. Looking forward to season 2.