Going to flat out admit that I had sent a reminder to myself when this was going to drop on Netflix. Why...? Because I'm a HUGE fan of Emory Cohen's. I'm guessing he's not getting the recognition he should because of his weight issue--which I believe to be a medication/prednisone problem--but I'm not sure. He was easy to fall in love with in Brooklyn (what girl wouldn't want a guy like that?) and he was easy to terrify one in Lords of Chaos. In fact, I had no idea that was HIM in that movie, I had to look it up--I watched it mostly for Rory Culkin--because the character was 100% believable and terrifying. There's also an underlying current in LoC, comedic current. Emory really blew me away in that movie; I was stunned because I didn't even recognize him. It was a lot like seeing Sean Penn for the first time in Fast Times, then see him in Bad Boys the same year--such RANGE. This leads me to Abbey Lee. Yes, I have an intense Girl Crush on her, I will watch her in anything. There, I said it. Shallow? Yes. But hang on, she's just not another fox playing eye candy: She is a very talented actress; her role in Neon Demon was outstanding. She managed to be quite frightening in one scene and completely vulnerable--almost childlike--in another scene only for her to turn absolutely feral in less than a minute in said scene. Just WOW. She also can do subtle comedy which was witnessed in ND and Mad Max. Back to my first sentence: Emory & Abbey all at once? Yes, please. You will see both of them in this comedy (I feel this show was hilarious, despite oh so many dark themes). Sick Humor appeals to me. What doesn't appeal to me: Having the lead character have this strong accent while his father and sister have none. That's just bad casting, I'm sorry. Yes, I get that the media and television need to pander to all the demographics (yawn), but I'm not screaming because my group was under represented (aging Asians). Nobody wants to hear it. From ANY ONE. If you like dark humor, just roll with it. Murphy's Law has the biggest role of all. Kept me on the edge of my seat.

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