Gary Unmarried is
a TV show produced by ABC Studios
that airs on CBS. Yes that’s weird.
Not relevant to a review so much but
everybody has to see that this might
be slightly strange. Anyway, Jay
Mohr is Gary. A newly divorced
bachelor who balances his new life
while having to maintain the
connections to his old one. His wife
Allison mostly despises him and his
two kids love him, but aren’t
completely settled into divorced
life yet.
The series
follows Gary through a variety of
situations. Most of them are common
situations of divorce but some are a
little off the wall. In season one
you follow Gary dating his
daughter’s teacher, trying to teach
his son to play golf, trying to get
his ex-wife and her boyfriend to get
married, and more.
Jay Mohr is very
funny as Gary. This is his car to
drive and he does that very well. He
has great timing and unlike some of
his other acting roles he’s likable
as Gary and he’s the perfect man’s
man, which is what Gary is and needs
to be. Allison, Gary’s Ex-Wife, is
played by Paula Marshall and she’s
also great. I mean this as a
complete complement, but she plays
the role of the ex-wife very well.
The two kids on
the show are great too. Ryan
Malgarini is funny in the role of
Gary’s son Tommy. He’s got some
great facial expressions and that
really goes for Kathryn Newton as
Louise too. Even though she started
the show in the second episode of
the series while somebody else
played Louise in the first episode.
I hate it when TV shows do that, but
obviously they felt like they needed
to change it up based on a focus
group somewhere… who knows.
Gary Unmarried is
a great show. It’s nice to see a
good sitcom work how it’s supposed
to. It’s even better to see a good
sitcom in a sea of terrible reality
TV and awful teenage dramas.
Hopefully we see at least four more
seasons of this show. If you haven’t
started watching Gary Unmarried yet,
pick up this first season and you’ll
like what you see.
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