Me, Myself and I

If this were just about a 14-year-old budding inventor who has to switch to a new school, it would be a good show about the awkward life of a teen. But by adding the scenes about two later periods in his life, raising his daughter after his divorce at 40 and reconnecting with a lost love after his retirement at 65, they have added poignancy that raises it to a level beyond mere comedy.

The only problem I have with it is that so far, the 40-year-old does not seem to have the same personality as the 14-year-old and the 65-year-old, and this seems to me to be the weakest part of the show. But we'll see.

A tangent first, if you will grant me the time...

Is anyone familiar with Trans-Syberian Orchestra's "Bethoven's Last Night?"

There is a song in there "This is Who You Are" of which some of the lyrics are:

Wandering inside this night Finding pieces of a life Never sure I'd ever know what it means

It's the strangers in your life That you'd never thought you'd meet It's the hand that picked you up When you're laying in the street

It's then hand that cut you down It's the dream that someone shared When you thought that all was lost It's the friend that wasn't there

You can run from all the memories But never get that far For in the end they'll find you For this is who you are Change one note Change one line Nothing's going to be the same Change one loss Change one cut Everything is rearranged

Every act Cruel of kind Lost inside our memory If you look There in time

You'll find it in, Find it in, Find it in, You'll find it in me

This show reminds me very much of those lyrics.

Everything that we experience - no matter how long ago it happened - is all still inside and influences how we see the world we see today.

In the case of this show, it makes for a very sweet heartwarming show. A show that I find very comforting.

I especially like that it doesn't fall into tropes - the brother is nice - not the bully from other shows, the step-father is GREAT, the blended family works together. The father and daughter get along great in the middle age segments, and I love John Larroquette's relationship with the older version of the daughter.

All in all, I really like this show and hope that it lasts a long time.

This sitcom was the best show of the 2017 Fall season. It was funny, and well written. The cast was perfect for this type of show. I was expecting it to run for at least 4 or 5 years. I hope Netflix, Amazon or Apple will buy the rights and make it the next Big Bang Theory success.

I watched a lot of TV series in this genre, but this is just exceptional. Every time i watch one of the episodes i feel different but all good feelings as if this was made to fill people with only good feelings and the way that its plot has been created shows us clearly that it is a work of masters. It is an awesome TV series and you can watch it alone or with someone or with your family. At the end of each episode you will see things differently and you will learn to never take anything for granted!

This TV is much better than I expected it to be. The 1991 time period is certainly the most interesting and well-done in my opinion, but the middle aged and aging Alex both have much to add to the story as well.The story is refreshing and true to life as there are certainly disheartening moments in Alex's life, but there is always a shred of hope in any situation. I also love the fact that they didn't fall for the stepfather trope, and that Alex and him have a beautiful relationship. The standout is certainly Jack Dylan Grazer as Alex and I hope we can see him in more in the future!