Original Review:

Show Rating:

There is a definite sitcom vibe to this show, which almost feels like a pitch for their own TV series. This is not necessarily a bad thing, as it means very slick performances and some clever writing from Weeks and Bell, who both seem destined for the small screen.

The set-up is one Weeks has employed in previous ventures, with both comedians adopting characterised versions of themselves; Bell as the sensitive victim to Weeks’s arrogant and slightly dim bully. These characters lead a narrative that’s interspersed with surreal asides and off-the-wall sketches.

The show starts with huge promise, some superb writing rewarded with huge laughs, but the standard slips when the pair become embroiled in the task f advancing their uniquely challenging storyline: that the show itself has become sentient, with a conscience of its own.

Eventually it turns evil - so the duo are left with no option to try to kill their own show. Unfortunately, killing the show is exactly what this convoluted plot almost achieves.

Unlike their more straightforward sketches, the story cannot hold up under the weight of its own surreal concept. The writing becomes unconfident and the plot so bizarre that it becomes impossible to retain an interest in it.

This is a real disappointment as the sketches and the characters are genuinely funny, but the storyline just can’t sustain its power through the hour.

Reviewed by: Corry Shaw