I'm gonna start off with the good things about this show first. This show is a very cute, wholesome passion project. You can tell that the people who worked on the show enjoyed themselves while making it. The show is pretty harmless and is satisfying for general audiences above 10yrs old. There were several jokes that genuinely made me chuckle, and other premises and events that made me smile. All in all, it's a pretty solid show.
My criticisms for this show are relatively minor. The pacing from time to time can be inconsistent. There are also some themes (for example, an entire episode about the child protagonist asking his Mom for a phone, getting shot/bleeding out by a piece of toast, and a dead body coming out of a lake after a toaster was dropped into it, an exorcism) that may be offensive to certain parents. I also was not a fan of the third introduced protagonist named 'Echo', as her snarky behavior becomes relatively annoying, and degrades the protagonist's friend, the talking alligator, 'Max' to a weak comic relief. I enjoyed the first couple of episodes with just James and Max more than I enjoyed the episodes with Echo.
All in all, the show is solid and very wholesome overall. There are several writing decisions that weaken the dynamic between the main character and his friend, all of which can be explained by the writers and producers of this show having a lack of experience in the field. This is a great start in the field for the YouTuber behind the show, James Rallison, however.
My criticisms for this show are relatively minor. The pacing from time to time can be inconsistent. There are also some themes (for example, an entire episode about the child protagonist asking his Mom for a phone, getting shot/bleeding out by a piece of toast, and a dead body coming out of a lake after a toaster was dropped into it, an exorcism) that may be offensive to certain parents. I also was not a fan of the third introduced protagonist named 'Echo', as her snarky behavior becomes relatively annoying, and degrades the protagonist's friend, the talking alligator, 'Max' to a weak comic relief. I enjoyed the first couple of episodes with just James and Max more than I enjoyed the episodes with Echo.
All in all, the show is solid and very wholesome overall. There are several writing decisions that weaken the dynamic between the main character and his friend, all of which can be explained by the writers and producers of this show having a lack of experience in the field. This is a great start in the field for the YouTuber behind the show, James Rallison, however.