Short but sweet

jeff6851

It's not The Simpsons, it's not Archer but Unsupervised is a show with memorable characters and quotable moments. It's a show where you have to pay attention to the banter between the characters to understand the humor, there's not really any physical comedy. Most of what I found funny about the show was how naive the characters were (being 15, it's expected of them). The two main characters, Joel and Gary, come come from very sad homes. Joel has a 40 year old, drug addict brother and two parents in their 60s or 70s. Gary's dad left when he was very young and only has an apathetic stepmom to take care of him. Despite this, the two are optimistic about life.

Most episodes involve Gary and Joel discovering something they don't like (they're too young to give blood, no one respects local firefighters) and try to fix this in their own way (such as getting fake IDs to give blood or setting fires to buildings to make the firemen seem important).

Unfortunately, the show is very short, only 13 episodes. Because of this, however, every episode is special and will mean something to the viewer.

score 9/10

jeff6851 23 January 2014

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