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I would actually like this show if Billy


was not such a douche and or if A Brody could act...
Billie is actually likable and Lisa Joyce can act.

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Given where it ended up, I thought it would have been more interesting if each child had expressed more mannerisms in common with their respective parent. If one wants to look at something in a similar vein, check out "Stay as You Are" which came out in the late 70's.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077373/


To me, one of themes if taken to extreme is the desire of a child to marry someone like dear old mom/dad, except in this case, it could be true. I felt the story was too weak on the exact whys of their attraction.

I think my percentage of Chimp DNA is higher than others. Cleaver Greene

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Yeah I mostly agree with your assessment of the characters. Pretty spot on. Billie is certainly the character who carries this and who we root for - not Billy.

Roll on season 2 then I guess.


"But I have infinite tenderness for you. I always will. My whole life."

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I agree that Billy is a douche, but I feel like Adam Brody makes the character likeable. I'd probably be annoyed by the character a lot more if anyone else was playing him.

But while the character is a douche, I find it refreshing to have a male character that isn't constantly chasing the girl. In most romantic comedies, it's always the pretty girl being chased by the guy. It's always the guy figuratively climbing mountains, swimming across seas and showing up outside the girls house with a boombox to win the girl over. It's refreshing to have a male character that refuses to do any of that stuff, who doesn't let himself be emotionally manipulated and has self-respect.

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I agree with everything you said. I just hope that Billy doesn't cheat and doesn't do any more stupid stuff in the second season because I don't want them to turn Billie into a doormat.

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