I am a loyal fan of FX programming since tuning into Rescue Me and NIP/TUCK several years ago. I found this channel to be one of the best for the kind of shows I liked. You might say guy shows, but I think I liked their originality and edge. I have also loved SOA and Justified. But "Lights Out" was so boring and slow it put me to sleep. From the pilot the show was cliché and full of predictable story lines. The most important story would be the lead actor's, "Lights" himself but his is the most boring and predictable. A has been athlete goes back to the ring one last time. A comeback story. The trouble is this story has been done to death. It has even been done this season with "The Fighter". I could not get into this show at all. I thought Warren Leight's writing was terrible and unnatural. He has lost his touch from "In Treatment".
The actress who portrays the wife, Catherine Mccormick, has impressed me in her film work but does a terrible job on the show. Her accent is all over the map with some kind of bastardized American accent that changes every line.
The kids are cute but also very predictable. They are stereotypes and remind me of the daughters you'd see in a sitcom. The eldest:boy crazy teenager. The middle daughter: nerdy and quick witted. The youngest: annoying and cutesy.
All in all I did not like this show at all. It is nothing like other programs FX put out. It's watered down and depressing. The show is dark. Dementia? I don't want to watch it every week when I've worked all day and put my kids to sleep.
I'm not watching this show. FX needs to do better to hold my interest. It's not a great show.
The actress who portrays the wife, Catherine Mccormick, has impressed me in her film work but does a terrible job on the show. Her accent is all over the map with some kind of bastardized American accent that changes every line.
The kids are cute but also very predictable. They are stereotypes and remind me of the daughters you'd see in a sitcom. The eldest:boy crazy teenager. The middle daughter: nerdy and quick witted. The youngest: annoying and cutesy.
All in all I did not like this show at all. It is nothing like other programs FX put out. It's watered down and depressing. The show is dark. Dementia? I don't want to watch it every week when I've worked all day and put my kids to sleep.
I'm not watching this show. FX needs to do better to hold my interest. It's not a great show.