Deadbeat

I stumbled upon Deadbeat on Hulu last night, and was pleasantly surprised to find a fun new show. It's a perfect break after a long day with funny plot lines and hilarious characters. If you don't love the first episode, just give it a few and you'll warm up to it. I definitely had a few moments where I laughed out loud... by myself. No, it's not going to change your life, but it has enough humor and heart to give you a solid break from the 'real world' for 23 min. It's almost like "Ghost Whisperer" meets "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" - but without the melodrama of GW and the outrageous offense on IASP. It's a great show. I recommend it.

I really enjoyed seasons 1 & 2. Funny stories and good acting from Labine, DeVito, Deeley and Jackson. The 3rd season jettisoned costars DeVito, Deeley and Jackson and added Kal Penn. Every episode of season 3 was a steady diet of very crude, gross out "humor." Maybe funny to 14 year olds but few others. I just kept shaking my head at season 3, watching in hopes of seeing the humor that made the 1st two seasons entertaining but constantly frustrated that they got lazy and always took the low road, generally expecting laughs if they showed enough vomit, feces and farting instead of creating funny story lines. If the series had ended after 2 seasons, I would give it rave reviews. But the 3rd season is pure garbage.

What an enjoyable find. Well acted and mindless fun. Does it pander to stereotypes? Yes...in a way a comedy about an oafish, hapless, stoner who communicates with ghosts and whose only friend is his drug dealer would be expected to. This is not dumb and mindless like so many sitcoms where the unattractive always-wrong male lead is married to an impossibly attractive all-knowing female lead whose kids are smarter than them both, it's dumb and mindless like It's Always Sunny without being so over the top offensive (and I love It's Always Sunny) and with a bit of a sweetness to it. It's Us Weekly compared to Harvard Business Review. And a nice way to kill 22-23 minutes.

Gosh this show is so hilarious, two seasons have passed so far, each and every episode is filled with laughter and comedy bits ,, the plot is magnificently built and the idea is fresh and well executed ,, the script is indescribably funny .. and what's the deal with all of that James McAvoy thing :D :D popping in the dialogue just like that and somehow being funny :_D The directing of the episodes over the 2 seasons is for different 3 directors which made it look diversified , and same goes for the writing with 5 writers working on the script it's like they're competing each others to make it more funny as much as possible.

As for the cast ,, well Tyler Labine is just genius ,, watched him in each and every little series he stared in from "Reaper" to "Sons of Tucson" and "Mad Love" gosh he's always hilarious with that funny chubby bearded silly guy never changes and originality of his comedy never fades... the other characters they were all hilarious , from Roofie to Chamomile spot on performance.

the cinematography and the visual effects are also thorough, perfected and synchronized plenary... good job Hulu for this successfully TV Hit project.

Overall, you guys gotta watch it like right now before you're even done reading this review.. off you go now ;)

I thoroughly enjoyed the first 2 seasons. There is not one boring moment. I got to season 3 with such high hopes-- Kal Penn???? Alas, I was so disappointed I haven't finished the final season. I will update my review should I be able to make my way through these remaining episodes.