So they made a spinoff of Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law. And it's based on Birdgirl! On Sundays at 12am EST, it's a half hour format (as opposed to 11 minutes like Birdman). It follows Judy Ken Sebben as she takes over Sebben & Sebben on the death of Phil (Ha HA!). S&S has now turned completely into its conglomerate form only kind of touched on in Birdman, as opposed to the law firm.
So how is it? It's ok. It's not Birdman - not even close. But it's just ok. The biggest problem is the best part of the show is Judy and the ensemble they drummed up to go with her drown her out. That's not to say the cast isn't good - Meredith the Mindtaker is the best supporting character (even though she does the Bweoop wrong... how do you fuck that up?.. and the bra on the outside... is that a Instagram thing or something) and Dog with Bucket Hat (voiced by RAWLS from The Wire... amazing but also very underused) but the show is BIRDGIRL. Can I get mostly Birdgirl?
The other side characters are take it or (mostly) leave it. Gillian is basically Pam and Cheryl from Archer combined, but not as filthy. Charlie has potential and hopefully they build upon the dark comedy they've set up so far but she's otherwise been a waste of episode time. And then there's Tony Hale's Paul. At times I feel like shows add characters just to emasculate and Paul definitely "feels" that way. He's also painfully unfunny. Brian O'Brien doesn't even feel like a main cast member and he's usually just cannon fodder.
Six episodes have aired and the plots have at least been all over the place. I just hope they realize that the side characters they have aren't as compelling or as funny as the ones from Birdman and focus more on Judy. They can easily play off the absurdity of Sebben & Sebben (and they have) so hopefully they will keep doing that.
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