Related

This show is just so much more then I thought it would be. I was half-expecting another drama that would get boring in a few weeks, but I found myself wanted to watch more of Related. The character Ginny played by Jennifer Esposito is a little annoying sometimes but keeps up with the others when it counts. The character Anne however has WAY to much drama in her life, as wrong as it was to see her hook up with a college guy, couldn't help myself from thinking "good for you". Marjee is by far my favorite, she's free spirited and actually really funny to watch, she has a great character and I personally believe that Lizzy Caplan is a good actress. Rose's character has begun to blossom and I think will slowly but surely be more enjoyable to watch. And to finish, who DOESN'T love a cute British man trying to live a life with a crazy wife and her three CRAZY sisters. "Related" is actually really funny and entertaining. If you haven't given it a shot yet, I strongly suggest you do.

Ginnie is my oldest sister---always right, always bossy, but always necessary to bail us out of messes. A little high-maintenance, but you gotta love her anyways! Anne is my middle sister---practical, someone you can count on, whether you need a shoulder to cry on, or need to vent, and usually stable, both mentally and emotionally! I however am a cross between Marjie---always getting into trouble, and usually knowing that it's coming, but helpless to stop myself. She's good at her job, and loves the work, if not the coworkers, and that keeps her from putting her foot down for what she wants or needs.---and Rose---The baby! She's a little spoiled because she's the youngest, and doesn't have to take responsibility for her actions. She finds school (especially science) a piece of cake, but is willing to throw that away for a life in the theater.

They were raised by their Dad, the owner of an Italian Deli, since their Mom died when Rose was three, and Ginnie and Anne were in high school. This show is REAL life, not REALITY. Breakups, first babies, first plays, first loves, and watching your father fall in love with someone new. "Related" never leaves a dry eye in the house. Even the theme song hits close to home. "I love you, I hate you, you know too much about me! I'd leave you, but who'll tell me how to live? Don't tell me how to live!" This is a must see for anyone who has ever had a sibling, or anyone who missed out on having a sibling!

I saw a preview for this show last summer, and it looked interesting so I checked it out. While it took an episode or two for me to begin to understand the characters, I began to adore them! Each sister's character is well-developed,which is definitely a highlight of the show. I appreciate the WB for creating a show that is not necessarily for young people. I think this show captures a much larger age range, and the writing is getting better as the season progresses. While it is a Drama, it does have a lot of humor as well. Give this show a chance, I love it! I think network television should be trying to develop more shows like this, rather than reverting to reality television to fill every time slot.

I am usually into shows like Friends and Smallville but I actually fell in love with Related it's a really good show. They act like real sisters who are very different, they don't always agree and they each have their own individuality which makes it easy for anyone to relate to at least one of them. Ginnie is the older one, the "Always does the right thing", at first she kind of annoyed me with the voice but as the show went on it kind of mixes in with her character somehow and it works, Anne I still have yet to understand, Marjee is crazy, she's basically the screw up and Rose is just unpredictable....I mean when I first started watching the show I thought I had her all figured out but she keeps surprising me. It's a funny show and very entertaining, sometimes you think you know where it may lead and then you don't, I never miss it, if I have to go out I record it.

I, too, thought very little of "Related" when I watched the first episode, but the 2nd and 3rd episodes were a lot better, with funnier dialogue and more interesting story lines, and since then, the show has become one of my favorites. Lizzy Caplan (who played Lindsay Lohan's Gothic best friend in "Mean Girls" - and I actually like her better in this) is hysterical, hostile and vulnerable all at once, and I think her career is going to take off. There is something very real about her, and she reminds me of Kate Winslet. She's the reason I kept watching after the first few episodes.

The other sisters have risen to the task as well. The greatest transformation has been Jennifer Esposito, who at first appeared to be whining too much. However, over the season, this capable actress has developed a convincing, dynamic character. She is now balancing her comedy with the dramatic skill that earned her well-deserved kudos in "Crash".

This show speaks to me for the same reason that Gilmore Girls garnered my viewership for the past six years. It is a show for and about intelligent, well-rounded, flawed (human!) women. Sex is dealt with honestly but not exploitatively, and the characters dress like real women rather than MTV pinup girls. The problems they encounter resonate with us, from wanting to fit in during college, to trying to figure out what to do once thrust into the "real world", to dealing with painful breakups, to learning the painful lesson that it takes more than love to make a marriage work. And perhaps we all have a bit of each of the characters within us. They have the power to remind us of ourselves as well as occasionally give us insight into some of the other women we know.

I hope that the new CW network will realize as I did that "Related" can fill a TV-void that many female viewers may not have realized that they had.

Now they just need to keep working on getting the background music right...