Michael: Every Day

The only reason I would recommend trying to watch this show is to see how long you can put up with it before slamming your head against the wall. This show is incredibly boring.

This show was pretty good at first. Felt like it maybe got canceled too soon before it could really find the right groove. When it came back it just was not good at all. I'm not sure if it is still on the air or not. The psychologist character is the best part of the show. Decent writing and story.

Really well done. A show full of reality without the unnecessary entertainment gimmicks. In Michael one gets to see the suffering and how he tries to overcome his fears with the help of his doctor. The doctor-patient relationship is wonderful and so real. I found the cast brought on that reality. From Michael, to Dr. Storper and Claire and all the way to Mr. Renn acting with so much ease on his scooter-that couldn't have been easy! This cast must have been chosen with everything in mind. The perfect chemistry between Michael and Clair, the trick played by Dr. Storper were the highlights. Direction by Don Mckellar, our Canadian hero, is second to none. Honestly, he has done an amazing job to bring the cast together. An excellent, excellent production which I hope will continue like the US soaps. This is what we need to watch not the reality dance shows!

Michael is a depressed, anxious patient with more fears than he can count. Dr David Storper has been his twice a week psychiatrist going on 15 years. This series tells the stories of Michael's treatment and recovery, and David's struggles to write a book detailing the whole thing. Created by and starring both Bob Martin (Slings & Arrows) and Matt Watts (The Newsroom), I can definitely feel the influence of both those previous shows on this, it has a lot of the same tone and comedy. No laugh tracks, mostly deadpan, self-deprecating humour and sarcasm, I never really laughed throughout the series, but did breathe out of my nose heavily once or twice. I quite related to Michael's anxiety issues, while he's an extreme case it was good representation, however David is an absolutely terrible psychiatrist, the series really doesn't do well for advocating proper mental health (imo). Neither Michael or Davids character's really get any depth over the series split two season run, and while some phobias are conquered I wouldn't say either character really changes or grows. The series also fails the Bechdel test miserably, its quite bad considering its from 2011. The second season was only a short 6 episode run in 2017, 6 years after the original series ran, and CBC changed its name to Michael: Every Day, I guess to better fit the plot of that season. Either way, only the second season (labeled as the first) is available on Gem, although I have to say I think the original 2011 first season is better, but not by much. You can probably pass on this one.

This is a great situation and it's cleverly written! Matt Watts stumbles around as the key patient apparently needing therapy yet actually living quite a good life. Matt has his struggles, but he somehow pulls off the important things and finds success all around him. The therapist, however, is comically inept at everyday life! Fortunately, he can bounce things off his supervisor, Ed Asner (in shorts). The other characters are either competent in their personal lives or in their professional lives, but few master both. ~~~ The writing for this series is tight and not overly predictable. The acting is understated and credible. I absolutely RAVE about this series! I introduced my neighbours to this series and now we arrange to get together each week so we can watch it together (on demand).