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Welcome to the Family - Pilot
A couple of months ago, I watched a trailer for this series and I was immediately enthusiastic. After watching the trailer it's obviously still questionable whether or not the series really turns out to be good or if all the nice moments from the series have been stuffed into the trailer. That is not the case with 'Welcome to the Family'. Enough well dosed jokes remain for the remainder of this first episode.
Perhaps you don't want to watch the series because you think it's just another series involving teen pregnancy, but if you like family and comedies this is definitely something for you. The series contains nice humour, two cultures, rivalry, love and it was able to captivate me the entire episode. The first episode absolutely didn't let me down and I'm looking forward to the rest of this season. Now, you generally know what the aspects of the series are, but what is it really all about?
Dan (Mike O'Malley, 'Glee') and Caroline (Mary McCormack, 'In Plain Sight') Yoder have a daughter, Molly (Ella Rae Peck, 'Deception'). In short, Molly is not the cleverest person, so her parents are very pleased when she manages to graduate high school and is even admitted to college. Dan and Caroline are looking forward to the time without their clumsy daughter, because this means more time together and an empty room which can be renovated into a fitness room. The way in which they express their happiness about being freed from their daughter has been displayed enormously comical, especially by Mike O'Malley, of whom I've been a fan ever since he played Kurt's dad on 'Glee'. In addition, I think Ella Rae is also doing a very good job too in this comedy series.
Latino Miguel (Ricardo A. Chavira, 'Desperate Housewives') and Latina Lisette (Justina Machado, 'Six Feet Under') Hernandez and their two sons Junior (Joseph Haro, 'Awkward') and Demetrio (Fabrizio Guido) live across town. Junior is also graduating high school but he is a clever boy and is even allowed to do the farewell speech. His parents are enormously proud of having raised such a clever son. He has even been admitted to Stanford. Since I saw Joseph Haro in a series for the first time, in which he played a homosexual character, I was afraid I might still see him that way. Luckily, he was able to convince me that he's a completely different character.
The series only takes twenty minutes and yet so much is happening in this first episode. I hope they have enough nice things left for the remainder of this series, but I am very confident. In the beginning of the episode, we have already met the families and when we see Dan Yoder walk into Miguel's boxing gym and a conflict arises, we immediately know that this is going to be of effect as soon as they will hear about the relationship between Molly and Junior and the pregnancy.
Because of the former conflict between Dan and Miguel, it can already be expected that the fathers definitely don't want to become family, and they complain and accuse each other of bad parenting. That is indeed predictable, but not disturbing. I was anxiously waiting for it. After the first meeting some kind of rivalry arises between both dads, in a nice way for us viewers. The mums are able to more or less deal with it sooner and that too ensures comical moments.
I like the contradictions between the two families and especially between Molly and Junior. Molly is irresponsible, in favour of emancipation and practically doesn't tell her parents anything; her parents don't even know she has a boyfriend. Junior is exactly the opposite; he is responsible, traditional and tells his parents nearly everything, Molly is even well-known in his family. We see this, for example, when Junior asks Dan's permission to marry his daughter. Molly doesn't agree with this and subsequently aks permission to Miguel to marry his son.
I had to laugh during these twenty minutes a lot and I am looking forward to add this series to my weekly viewing schedule. In the end, everybody needs to take time to have a good laugh. The characters are portrayed excellently by all the actors and the events in the series are interesting. Jokes haven't been incorporated in the series just because they liked it, all jokes have a cause. In addition, they even managed to put a nice twist at the end of the episode. The series absolutely didn't bore me, it confirmed my expectations and I hope they are able to keep it that way for the remainder of the season.
Welcome to the Family will premiere on October 3.
Follow Welcome to the FamilyPerhaps you don't want to watch the series because you think it's just another series involving teen pregnancy, but if you like family and comedies this is definitely something for you. The series contains nice humour, two cultures, rivalry, love and it was able to captivate me the entire episode. The first episode absolutely didn't let me down and I'm looking forward to the rest of this season. Now, you generally know what the aspects of the series are, but what is it really all about?
Dan (Mike O'Malley, 'Glee') and Caroline (Mary McCormack, 'In Plain Sight') Yoder have a daughter, Molly (Ella Rae Peck, 'Deception'). In short, Molly is not the cleverest person, so her parents are very pleased when she manages to graduate high school and is even admitted to college. Dan and Caroline are looking forward to the time without their clumsy daughter, because this means more time together and an empty room which can be renovated into a fitness room. The way in which they express their happiness about being freed from their daughter has been displayed enormously comical, especially by Mike O'Malley, of whom I've been a fan ever since he played Kurt's dad on 'Glee'. In addition, I think Ella Rae is also doing a very good job too in this comedy series.
Latino Miguel (Ricardo A. Chavira, 'Desperate Housewives') and Latina Lisette (Justina Machado, 'Six Feet Under') Hernandez and their two sons Junior (Joseph Haro, 'Awkward') and Demetrio (Fabrizio Guido) live across town. Junior is also graduating high school but he is a clever boy and is even allowed to do the farewell speech. His parents are enormously proud of having raised such a clever son. He has even been admitted to Stanford. Since I saw Joseph Haro in a series for the first time, in which he played a homosexual character, I was afraid I might still see him that way. Luckily, he was able to convince me that he's a completely different character.
The series only takes twenty minutes and yet so much is happening in this first episode. I hope they have enough nice things left for the remainder of this series, but I am very confident. In the beginning of the episode, we have already met the families and when we see Dan Yoder walk into Miguel's boxing gym and a conflict arises, we immediately know that this is going to be of effect as soon as they will hear about the relationship between Molly and Junior and the pregnancy.
Because of the former conflict between Dan and Miguel, it can already be expected that the fathers definitely don't want to become family, and they complain and accuse each other of bad parenting. That is indeed predictable, but not disturbing. I was anxiously waiting for it. After the first meeting some kind of rivalry arises between both dads, in a nice way for us viewers. The mums are able to more or less deal with it sooner and that too ensures comical moments.
I like the contradictions between the two families and especially between Molly and Junior. Molly is irresponsible, in favour of emancipation and practically doesn't tell her parents anything; her parents don't even know she has a boyfriend. Junior is exactly the opposite; he is responsible, traditional and tells his parents nearly everything, Molly is even well-known in his family. We see this, for example, when Junior asks Dan's permission to marry his daughter. Molly doesn't agree with this and subsequently aks permission to Miguel to marry his son.
I had to laugh during these twenty minutes a lot and I am looking forward to add this series to my weekly viewing schedule. In the end, everybody needs to take time to have a good laugh. The characters are portrayed excellently by all the actors and the events in the series are interesting. Jokes haven't been incorporated in the series just because they liked it, all jokes have a cause. In addition, they even managed to put a nice twist at the end of the episode. The series absolutely didn't bore me, it confirmed my expectations and I hope they are able to keep it that way for the remainder of the season.
Welcome to the Family will premiere on October 3.
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