Strays

Strays replicates much of the humour and charm of Kim's Convience, but never quite lives up to the original. As a standalone series, it's a solid addition to pad the CBC lineup, but isn't going to be sweeping any awards shows.

The show takes a few episodes to pick up, but shows a lot of potential in its diverse cast of characters and solid premise.

Problems with this show: People will compare it with Kim's convenience - It's not that funny , characters are not that good in comparison and theme song of Kim's convenience was way better. But Kim's convenience was not cancelled because they wanted to make this show! So please don't compare.

Show is only available in Canada - You can't watch it if you live outside canada, yeah ofcourse you can watch it with some tricks ;)

Anyway, concept is good, this show has potential, we all know shannon was funny in Kim's convenience and she is still that great, they just need to hire some funny writers if they really don't want it to get cancelled. Episode 1 was average but 2 was better. Give it a chance!

I have only watched 2 episodes so far, but here is my 2 cents. As much as I liked Shannon in Kim's Convenience, I can't seem to like her here in Strays. She is the main character, yet her characterization here is bland at best. Surrounding characters and the not funny "supposedly funny moments" didn't help either. Compared to the characters at Handy, all new characters here are either bland or borderline annoying. I do hope this show will get better in future episode.

However as of now, no Appa, no Omma, no good...

Feel sorry for Nicole. The writing is horrible and very bland. She is an excellent talent but she is left with nothing to deliver. The 2nd episodes cold open was the only time I chuckled (rubbing back of ears) Nikki I'm sure is an excellent talent but so far her place on the show is to irritate viewers and say predictable lines.

In fact...most of the cast seem talented, the writing, the dialogue seems rather simple minded.

Be wise to come up with a strong storyline and have it carry over for a few episodes so people get interested and come back. Right now...there's no reason to.

Sorry Nicole. You deserve better.

I tried, I really tried to watch this Kim's Convenience spin-off show but it's just not as funny as Kim's is.

I understand the need to take Kim's Convenience and spin it off but this...I'm fairly certain that my words would be censored by any profanity filiters.