The show could start in the early 90's with his kids ready to enter Middle School. Instead of football and old tv shows, they got Super Nintendo, MTV, and of course, one of them is interested in Winnie's daughter. Ok that may be pushing it.
I was listening to a podcast and they were wondering what the Mount Rushmore of tv, the top four TV shows are. Obviously they bring up the wire, The Sopranos, and Breaking Bad. And then there's talks of is it Mad Men? Is it the leftovers? Is it Better Call Saul? I have seen all of these shows, and the number four show is definitely Rectify. It is so under watched. Please do it. please watch rectify
Knowing that Chuck holds resentment for Jimmy being the favourite child of their parents, especially during the episode of the last moment of Chuck and Jimmy’s mother, it pains me to see how Jimmy will never know Chuck’s perspective.
It is exactly this type of asymmetric information, or rather a situational irony that makes a show so deep. Forcing viewers to empathise with Chuck and thus the expected felicitous behaviour and the souring of relationship between the McGills.
