atlasmb I just watched the first episode of the fourth season. I had never heard of the show before now. I guess I don't live in the Comedy Central world much.Reviewers have called the main characters, Abbi and Ilana, slackers and hipsters. Based upon the Urban Dictionary definition of those terms, those descriptions fit.While I admire the creativity of the writers, this is a show that I might stop to watch if I were passing it while channel surfing, but it will not be a regular destination. Trying to decide why I feel that way produced interesting observations.I like "Seinfeld" a lot. And that show does include some slackerism (not to be confused with slackism, which denotes the wearing of slacks). George never worked a job he didn't want to shirk. Kramer never had an acknowledged job. So, slackers are not anathema to me. Still, we never saw George and Kramer sitting around stoned as if it were a way of life. And Cheech & Chong (the prototypical slackers) definitely take the lifestyle too far, for me. (I note that the two women like to use the word "dude" a lot.)And the fact that neither character can be considered admirable does not bother me. Again, I enter "Seinfeld" into evidence.It is the hipsterism that annoys me enough to downgrade this show. The self-conscious peppering of every sentence with the catchphrases du jour and the me-tooism of their liberal "convictions" are what distract from the comedy. A tattoo of Oprah? The pop culture worship of the Obamas? I note, for the record, that neither Jerry nor Elaine ever voiced a political sentiment in their lives. But I can see them lampooning those with PC perspectives or knee-jerk (i.e. not deeply considered) political stances.In short, this show is one step above "New Girl"--which is filled with nearly random attempts at random zaniness--but I would rather watch a tightly written comedy like "Modern Family" or even the lower brow "King of Queens".

divnaosoba The only reason I accidentally view this show was because it came on right before the new Southpark episodes on Comedy Central. I always check out new shows and give them a try, but nothing could prepare me for something like this. It was like something from another dimension, is it not bad or worse, it is much much beyond that. If a sitcom is not funny, that is perfectly fine, i will simply not laugh, and no harm done, but i never ever got hurt or sick watching TV show. I literally felt embarrassed and was blushing for the main actors, like i just walked nude in the streets or something. Also i felt sick to my stomach like if someone just punched me. Also how ironic it was, same night South park aired episode in which Cartman is claiming(sarcastic) that women are Smart and Funny. THen i almost died from laughing.

Leftbanker Is it considered a spoiler if I say that this show is dreadful and not worth the time of any remotely serious adult? I could almost understand a score in the low 6s but 8.5? That's like a score for The Wire or Breaking Bad and not some completely tedious comedy about two idiot girls in NY. Oh, I almost forgot to say that they are also not funny nor do they have a bit of comedic timing--not that they would know what that is. I guess that the bar is pretty low these days to get a comedy series.Steve Buscemi has a TV series so I won't comment on the looks of the two female leads because looks really don't matter but if you don't have any writing, and the two leads aren't good actors, why not get people a little bit easier to look at?

Carlitos Way This show has potential to be a really good show. I love the characters, the feel of living and being in NYC. The problem is the show is just not funny. I have to admit I got hooked on the show, but not because it was funny. The first episode, season 1 got a laugh out of me. This had me thinking this will end up being a good show. I kept waiting and watching. So many crazy things happen on the show that I found myself not being able to wait to see what happens next. Still not funny though. I finally got bored after watching season 2 episode 7. Just didn't care enough about what was going to happen next anymore. I'm guess this show is funny to some, but to not to me. The timing on the comedic situations are all wrong. Kind of like SNL.