netflix kept recommending the big show show to me so i thought fine i'll give it a go
kind of glad that i did because i really enjoyed it i've only watched the first episode
but i can confirm that i do plan on watching more now the fact that i've only seen the first
episode kind of says that it's not something that i'm ready to binge watch i'm not hooked in from
the first episode but i enjoyed it enough that i'm curious to see what happens next
so this was released the first season and the only season i believe in 2020 um it's written
by jason berger or berger and joss baissell and stars paul white as our protagonist big show now
paul white is a genuine successful professional wrestler it's not the first time a wrestler has
crossed over into acting i hadn't heard of her i'm not into wrestling i don't care i
think that's one of the things that was initially putting me off about this show because i thought
to be honest the trailer kind of made it seem like it was going to be quite heavily about wrestling
but when i looked into it it's actually not um but he was or is a successful wrestler
stage name big show hence the name the big show show and actually in this show
he obviously plays a heightened version of himself and he's no longer wrestling he's now a family man
he currently has a wife and two daughters um and his daughter from a previous marriage
comes to live with him and as far as i can tell at least from this first episode it's all about
the family unit and what life is life living with this larger than like life character big show and
the initial problems we have with this first episode in terms of the narrative
um his teenage daughter is moving in because her mother has got a job in belgium
yes she could have gone to live with her mother but it made sense that she stays in america and
moves and moves in with her father and her half sisters and stepmother and what i found
really refreshing here there are two things that i thought were really great about this and the first
is that nobody died that's not a spoiler quite often you'll have sitcoms in the art comedies
where somebody will move in with another parent because one of their other parents has passed away
and it gives it a little bit of meaning and it makes it quite heartfelt as well
as funny but that's not they haven't done that here they haven't tried to make it
something more than it isn't the other thing i like is that there's no sibling rivalry yet
we do have as i said two half sisters um well two full sisters who are half sister to the teenager
and although one of them has a little bit of a moment about having to give up her bedroom
which is kind of a crux of the narrative here there's no whinging or whining about
having to share there's nobody feeling left out nobody's saying that they hate the other sister
there's none of that which again similar shows would have done that and they haven't done that
it looks like it's going to be a strong family unit who will no doubt have their problems and you
know things that they have to overcome but it's a really positive episode and i felt like everybody
got on with everybody sure people annoyed each other as is life when you live in a sizable
family but everybody seemed to be realistic with their attitudes nobody seemed to overreact
or be bratty or demand too much and i kind of really liked that because it was really refreshing
yes on the one hand big show is center of attention because it's his show and it's all
about his family and the things that they get up to as a family unit but at the same time with this
first episode at least each of the three daughters got a really decent amount of screen time
his wife not so much i'd like to think we get more of her as the show progresses
maybe she'll have some main narratives but certainly we got to know the three girls
and their different kind of personalities and what they could bring to the table
and i'm really looking forward to finding out more about them as individuals and picking a favorite
because everybody has a favorite character at the moment my favorite is big show because i just
think his attitude is incredible he his comedic timing paul white's comedic timing is brilliant
he is a born entertainer and i thoroughly enjoyed watching him in this episode it's quite funny
did i laugh out loud i don't think i laughed out loud once um which sometimes i do at comedies and
sitcoms like this this one i didn't but it has the potential for me to because it was pretty good fun
i found it comforting i found it easy to watch i'm intrigued to see what happens next as i said
i haven't watched the next episode i haven't been you know champing at the bit to do that but maybe
once i get a couple of episodes into it that's going to change with regards to how many episodes
there are it's not the largest um there are 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 episodes has it been cancelled
well so far i hope not but let's see what's in store if you've been considering watching it
definitely give it a go at least with the first episode i think you're probably going to enjoy it