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Terribly miscast -- a waste of time -- don't watch it. SPOILERS


Apart from the fact that there's zero chemistry between Paula and Eddie, and apart from the fact that no one would believe that a woman who's a 10 would end up with a man who's a 6, nothing in the depiction of the characters -- either the words on the page, or the actors' fleshing out of the characters -- led me to believe that Paula would ever find Eddie (coarse, childish, unable to control his anger, not particularly interesting, not particularly bright) appealing.

What a waste of a decent idea and an otherwise decent cast.

Now, if they'd cast Joe Armstrong in that role rather than as the doctor ...

"All you need to start an asylum is an empty room and the right kind of people."

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