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Old 08-24-17 | 06:43 AM
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Disjointed (Netflix) -- created by Chuck Lorre, S: Kathy Bates



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August just got a lot doper on Netflix. Disjointed, a new Netflix original comedy series starring Academy Award winner Kathy Bates, announced its August 25th premiere today. Disjointed is a 30 minute sitcom from creators Chuck Lorre and former Daily Show head writer David Javerbaum. Ruth, a lifelong advocate for legalization, is finally living her dream as the owner of an Los Angeles cannabis dispensary, Ruth's Alternative Caring. Joining her are three charismatic "budtenders", her entrepreneurial twenty-something year old son and a very troubled security guard. In addition to Bates, the series stars Tone Bell, Aaron Moten, Elizabeth Alderfer, Dougie Baldwin and Elizabeth Ho.

PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Aaron Moten as Travis
· Chris Redd as Dank
· Dougie Baldwin as Pete
· Elizabeth Alderfer as Olivia
· Elizabeth Ho as TBA
· Kathy Bates as Ruth
· Michael Trucco as Tae Kwon Doug
· Tone Bell as Carter

CREW INFORMATION:
· Chuck Lorre as CRTR/EP
· David Javerbaum as CRTR/EP
Old 08-25-17 | 08:42 PM
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Could not make it through an entire episode. Completely awful. Cringeworthy jokes and an obnoxious laugh track.
Old 08-26-17 | 12:51 PM
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The trailer makes it look really bad.
Most of the punchlines weren't actually jokes, but someone keeps pushing the laugh track button.

Based on that and the mostly bad reviews, it's a hard pass.
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The trailer makes it look really bad.
Most of the punchlines weren't actually jokes, but someone keeps pushing the laugh track button.

Based on that and the mostly bad reviews, it's a hard pass.
So it's 2.5 Men on marijuana?
Old 08-27-17 | 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by chrisih8u
Could not make it through an entire episode. Completely awful. Cringeworthy jokes and an obnoxious laugh track.
Same thing here. Made it about halfway through the first episode and even that was excruciating. Instant pass.
Old 09-24-17 | 01:11 PM
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I'm 3 episodes in and actually like it. No, I don't smoke. You get used to the laugh track -- reminds me of that Adam Green/Joe Lynch show Holliston.

The dispensary security guard with PTSD is hilarious and the girls that work there are hot.
Old 09-24-17 | 01:20 PM
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Seems like Weeds with a much less attractive lead and a laugh track.
Old 09-24-17 | 02:40 PM
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Of course it's my luck that the white girl working the dispensary looks like an ex...with the same name!

I'm on episode 6.
Old 09-24-17 | 10:04 PM
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Weird. I thought I had posted some time ago that I had finished it. It gets a little heavy with Carter and his PTSD. Overall I kinda liked it. The characters grow on you. I didn't mind the laughtrack on The Ranch either. I can see how some wouldn't like it. The finale has a nice cameo.

If it gets renewed, it'll be interesting to see what happens. Shit goes down.
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I thought it had a full season split into to two? It says "Pt. 1" throughout.

Yeah, it does get heavy in spots and that finale was tough considering the previous 9 episodes were fun and fluffy.
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Part 2 has dropped...for the few interested.
Old 01-23-18 | 01:55 AM
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Yup. I'll probably watch it in the next couple of days. Had other stuff to get to otherwise I would have binged it already.
Old 01-23-18 | 08:16 AM
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I couldn't finish the first episode. A laugh track? So cringe worth begin with and the show just wasn't funny at all.
Old 01-24-18 | 04:42 PM
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Re: Disjointed (Netflix) -- created by Chuck Lorre, S: Kathy Bates

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I couldn't finish the first episode. A laugh track? So cringe worth begin with and the show just wasn't funny at all.
The Ranch also has a laugh track. I found I got used to it.

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