Avoidance (TV Series) Episode #1.2 (2022) User Reviews

Marginally better than episode one, still not great though.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 5/10 · 23 July 2022]

Jonathan hasn't been attending work, and looks like losing his job, his attentions turn to Spencer, who's been invited to Laser Quest.

It's marginally better than the first episode, but it's still about as funny as opening a pint of milk, and finding out that it's off.

At least Jonathan shows a little more backbone, a little bit of spirit, his efforts to make his life better, through little Spencer's, are quite sweet and well meaning.

None of these characters are likeable, that's got to be one of the main issues. The only person I've half warmed to is Courtney, and I assume she's meant to be the villain of the piece.

These bittersweet shows work when it's balanced, and so far we've had bitterness, and a definite lack of sweetness, they can't simply have five episodes of besting Jonathan down, and some sort of positivity in the sixth.

It's just not working out somehow, 5/10.

Episode 2

[bobcobb301 · 9 October 2023]

I feel like there is enough here to like, but it needs a stronger supporting cast. Not the family dynamic, they are all fine. But we need a neighbor, or a friend or something to play off Jonathan.

Jonathan as the stumbling and unsure father is entertaining enough for a little bit, but that cannot carry six episodes on its own. You need a deeper dynamic and right now I am not sure if the show will give us that.

It is good enough for me to keep watching, but I don't know, I think there is a really good story to tell with a single father trying to adjust and we don't seem to be getting that yet.