Son of a Critch

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 really like this show. I'm new to Canada, so it's nice to see a take on 1980s Canada, and New/Lab in general. Not being Canadian, I sometimes miss the inside jokes but my Canadian husband will explain.

He really likes it b/c it reminds him of growing up in the same time frame (he's the same age as Mark). The show is well written, well acted, and funny. The actor that plays Mark, Benjamin, is just delightful. Love the friendship between him and Ritchie.

We can't wait to see season 2.

I'm only 2 episodes in but as someone who relates to this pre-internet era and has spent a great deal of time in rural NFLD, I love it so far. I'm looking forward to the next episode each week. The set designers have really nailed this, and the cast is superb (Sophia Powers as Fox especially!)

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.

SON OF A CRITCH seems to be a very promising new sitcom for CBC. The plot follows along the lines of YOUNG SHELDON and the new WONDER YEARS except it's a Canuck childhood recollection. Hopefully, they treat it with respect and keep it on the air, at least until the young actor playing Mark graduates. I could easily relate to the setting, having grown up and gone to school in Canada (albeit Saskatchewan, not Newfoundland), and a decade earlier. The show is full of quirky Canadiana: the Wayne and Shuster lunch pail, the Rich Little poster, the moose headline. The creator of the show, Mark Critch, plays his father on the series. A nice surprise for me was Malcolm McDowell playing Mark's 80 year old grandfather with whom he shares a bedroom. I am looking forward to enjoying many years of this show, tickling my funny bone and reliving memories of being a nerdy kid in Canada.