Family Tree -- New HBO Series From Christopher Guest -- Series Thread
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Family Tree -- New HBO Series From Christopher Guest -- Series Thread
Synopsis:
Unemployed and unattached, Tom Chadwick (Chris O'Dowd) is surprised when he's bequeathed an old chest of curios by his great-aunt Victoria, although he and his sister Bea (Nina Conti) can't remember ever meeting her. He finds an old black-and-white photo in the chest that his father, Keith (Michael McKean), believes is Tom's great-grandfather, Harry. With the help of Mr. Pfister (Jim Piddock), his avuncular neighbor, and Pete (Tom Bennett), an old school friend, Tom tracks down Neville St. Aubrey (Christopher Fairbank), a strange expert in the field of antique photos, who discovers intriguing and revealing information about Tom's ancestor. Meanwhile, Pete tries to get Tom's love life back on track by setting him up with a "model pretty" date. He's just not sure what kind of model.
8 episodes. Creator, EP, Writer and Director is Christopher Guest, who you probably know did Best in Show.
Figured 1 thread was good enough for this.
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Loved it. Pretty much just what you would expect from Christopher Guest, and O'Dowd - as he usually does - just makes things funnier than they probably should be.
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Seems interesting a little slow to start but pilots dont always do the show justice will def. be watching every week though!
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Yeah, I didn't like it at all. And I'm a big Michael McKean fan. Didn't really laugh once this episode. It might get better, but much like Veep, I might not give it another chance.
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Yes it is, and yes he was. This episode above all others really felt like a Christopher Guest project.
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I watched the farm episode last night (not my favorite). Overall I am liking the show though.
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I couldn't stop laughing when the monkey called him on skype. Then said that the sister was asleep and he refused to wake her.
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Wow, the final episode was off the hook good. Super funny, touching and sweet. One of the better half hours of comedy I have ever seen. Not all the episodes hit, but they got stronger and stronger as the season went on and hit a really big high on the final episode. Hope HBO brings this back, has to be one of the least expensive shows to produce.