Believe the Lie

Despite a early marketing promo campaign that was under-whelming to say the least as it didn't pique the interest of anyone I know and once you're able to get past the stereotypical 'Gypsies as low-life thieving scum', you'll find that this show shows a lot of promise. The pilot introduces us to the Malloy's, a traveling Gypsy family (all acted quite well): Newly released ex-con mother, Dahlia(Minnie Driver) and patriarchal father Wayne (Eddie Izzard, who is especially superb). I won't get into the 3 kids as the pilot doesn't flesh them out much (the tidbit that the youngest boy is a cross-dresser being just an aside to be dealt with in future episodes). After inavertedly killing a couple, they choose to assume their identities and take the house that the couple had bought sight unseen. Perhaps I haven't explained it as well as I could. But suffice it to say, the show's a black comedy/drama akin to "Six Feet Under" and I'll definitely tune in for the next few episodes, as the pilot episode alone is better than all the episodes of the awful "Dirt" shown thus far combined and showed more promise than "Thief" did in it's entire series. It's about time FX got another new show that was watchable.

My Grade: B+