'The Mick' - Way better than expected and gone too soon.

After seeing the first trailer for it way back when, I have to say I was not interested. However, after watching a few episodes on a flight and recently catching up on the entire show, The Mick must be one of the funniest show's I've seen in recent memory and I'm gutted it was axed so soon.

Unfortunately, it was cancelled along with The Last Man on Earth; a show I found very hit or miss and constantly trying to find its footing. As well, though quickly picked up by NBC, Brooklyn 99 ; a show that, controversially, I find to be a pretty mass appealing, middle of the road comedy (and I say that as a massive fan of The Lonely Islands film and TV efforts). The Mick finds its footing almost immediately and only gets better as it progresses, offering two seasons of shock humour and jokes funnier than any of the more recent seasons of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia; and I bet that's a controversial opinion too.

Kaitlin Olson smashes her leading role of “Mickey”, offering some truly outstanding displays of physical comedy and a lot more comedic nuance than anything she's been given in It's Always Sunny (It may not seem it, but I'm a massive “Sunny” fan).

Thomas Barbusca’s portrayal of the pretentious and annoyingly fragile 13-year-old, “Chip”, is deviously funny. His delivery and comedic timing is shockingly hilarious, especially while playing a character that is meant to get on your nerves.

The less said seen about the incredibly young and impressionable, “Ben”, the better. With some of the show's funniest and most disturbing gags, 8-year-old child actor Jack Stanton keeps up comedically with the cast like no child actor I’ve ever seen before.

But by far the stand out has to be Mickey’s screw up pseudo-boyfriend "Jimmy". When introduced, I thought I would hate Scott MacArthur’s character - but he very quickly becomes easily the funniest character on the show. His line delivery and charisma is undeniably perfect and his (not so) romantic relationship between Olsen’s lead offers a pretty interesting, modern take on long term dating that, surprisingly, offers the best dramatic moments of the show.

The show deserved better, especially when you see the final episode and find out where they were wanting to go with season three. To put it simply, this show had a surprising amount of balls.

Submitted May 28, 2019 at 11:06AM by TheHypnosloth http://bit.ly/2XaAaf3