Of interest: Brad Garrett's character comes out as gay in the first episode. The show would have been better with someone else in the lead. The incredible Carole Davis guest stars as Weber's wife, but the director or DP obviously hated her because someone is always in her light and she never gets any closeups. It's all been done better elsewhere, but it is enjoyable here. Guest star Steven Weber, from sister-show Wings, in the same NBC comedy block, plays an Italian man with a thick accent that both Garrett and Lynn want to bang, but he find's make's a date w/ McGraw, who is married to Amandes. The fifth episode hits some common sitcom tropes. The first episode is an ill conceived mess. And Steve has a mustache for one of these scenes. Each scene is a different birthday for someone so it takes place over the course of about a year. The first episode focuses on Steve Rutledge, played by Tom Amandes, and it's about the creator's thesis of the show being about the pursuit of happiness and how difficult it is to achieve. He's supposed to be playing the honest lawyer, and the straitman to both Miller and Garrett, but the less he is in the show, the better it is. Tom Amandes, fresh off The Untouchables, is very unlikable. Larry Miller is doing a very Larry Miller part, but more oblivious than usual. She's the wife of the lead and gets to do some interesting things. If you track the trajectory from Raymond to Single Parents, you can guess where his performance is in this. After this was Raymond and then several really enjoyable sitcoms. He did a ton of voice work and a few guest star roles before this.
#The pursuit of happiness movie netflix series#
This is Brad Garrett's first series regular gig. I found episodes 1 and 5, as well as some promos on YouTube.
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