Doug’s mother on finding her son has Leukemia : He’s going to be a bigger pain in the ass
Doug is estranged from his mother. So much so that they haven’t spoken for years and she didn’t tell him she moved out of his childhood home. When his kidneys begin to fail he has to find her and convince her to give him one of her kidneys.
There is a really good story here, I just wish that the series didn’t have such obnoxious and self-centered people at the center. These aren’t people but cartoons. It’s a musing but the underlying story is so strong that you wish they had played it straight and not gone for laughs. I’m guessing that the need for this to be a series instead of a feature is what makes it so silly.
I truthfully I am amused by this series, and had I had the whole thing I would have watched it all. However the problem is that what is here, from performances to writing is really strong, but the comedy just weakens it.
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