Cougar Town

Currently watching this on Netflix and have now watched season 1 and half way through season 2 It has its moments, not hysterically funny, more amusing, a gentle watch you could drop into anytime A collection of mainly middle aged friends, middle class living in a quiet cul de sac in a posh part of Florida Every episode seems to consist of the same thing. Courtney Cox tries to look hot and she does. Busy ( or should that be Busty) Phillips shows plenty of cleavage. Courtney's character, Jules, drinks wine, lots of it Jules wears about 5 different outfits per show and never wears the same thing twice, ever.

Best character is the ditzy and vulnerable Laurie (Busy Phillips) who has some wonderful one liners. The love/hate relationship with Jules best friend Ellie and Laurie, is the funniest part of the show.

Every episode is the title of a Tom Petty song

Worth watching but hopefully it will progress beyond the same premise

When I first started watching this show, I did it only because of Courtney Cox. I'm a huge "Friends" fan, so it was nice seeing her again. But the show started as a disaster, there were no other topics in it but relationships and they were whining all the time. Actually after watching 13 episodes I stopped watching the show for a really long time. Then after a couple of years someone talked me into resuming the show because not far from where I stopped watching it, it transforms into kinda like Friends - no wonder the show was almost renamed to "Friends with Beverages". Not as good as "Friends" but watchable, I just really don't like Josh Hopkins and I'm not ever sure why.

Can a woman of a certain age be a mom, a successful career woman and still be on the prowl? Jules Cobb (Courteney Cox) is about to give it a try.

In a small Florida town, the center of high society is the Cougars high school football team... which is wildly appropriate since this town is the natural habitat for over-tanned, under-dressed divorcées prowling for younger men. Jules desperately doesn't want to be one of them, but with an ugly divorce behind her and 40 staring right back at her, she's longing for a little more action in her life. The available men her own age, like her silver fox of a neighbor, Grayson Ellis, only seem interested in dating barely legal hotties -- which is awkward considering he's also her teenage son Tad's therapist. Egged on by her very married and very irreverent best friend Elle and her determined assistant Laurie, Jules reluctantly dips her toe back into the dating pool. To her surprise, she hits it off with a nice young guy named Bobby -- emphasis on the young -- and discovers this gal still has the goods.

I began this show thinking there'd be lots of cougars prowling for young men, but it was actually only about one woman, the naive and exuberant Jules, well-played by Courteney Cox. And even that stopped after about half a season, when she found Grayson, not-so-well played by Josh Hopkins.

I expected the show to die off slowly then, but amazingly, it's now halfway through season 5 and I'm still watching. While there is no more 'cougaring', there are other characters that keep the show interesting: her ex-husband Bobby and his couldn't-care-less mode of living, her best friend neighbour Ellie (brilliantly played by Christa Miller) and her killer sense of deadpan humor, and Ellie's husband, the indefatigable and one-man-Bobby-fanclub Andy, also brilliantly played Ian Gomez. And each episode usually contains its own self-contained plot that is generally resolved at the end of 20 minutes. For the most part, those plots are engaging enough to keep you watching, especially when Ellie deploys her unique brand of humor.

And one more thing that seems insignificant yet adds interest to the show: those title cards. I'm always anticipating them with the start of each episode.

Since IMDb cancel the discuss board for some reason I don't know, I can't figure out what is the real feeling of most people for this show. I have to say I was not interested in this show at first. Even I know there is Monica here. Still I started to watch it because Abed from "community". And it turns an amusing experience I didn't expect.

I like it!

No, I don't appreciate most life style of the characters. I don't love it as my favorite "community" or my love "friends", "HIMYM" either. But it's a warm, touched, comedy actually.

I really wonder why people feel so different about it. Almost 50% love and 50% hate it. I guess maybe I haven't seen sitcom much. Or maybe people feel it's too girly. Anyway I like it. It may not classic, however it's definitely above the average.