Not sure where to begin with this stinker from Kenya Barris. There are a few cute lines in every episode, and I admittedly have laughed a couple of times. The supporting cast is good. Production values are good, period, and especially good for BET, which has been churning out a surfeit of ratchet, low-effort, low-budget garbage.
That's where the good news ends.
1. The actor portraying the main character is not good. The supporting cast is talented, so the contrast emphasizes her limitations. And the character is not sympathetic: she's so arrogant and entitled that she can't accept being ghosted by a Tinder date, so she literally stalks him, and that's how she stumbles on a mystery.
2. The show is trying to do too much. It's a comedy. And a drama. And a mystery. And an erotic thriller. Because the writers can't decide what it is, it's very uneven 3. The plot is absurd (the middle school teacher with no law enforcement background runs the streets of Detroit solving a cold case), the cast is too big, most of the subplots/B stories are unnecessary distractions, and several supporting characters are stock stereotypes straight out of central casting, especially the Sassy Gay Best Friend.
4. Continuity/editing is an issue. I feel like there was a rewrite and no one went through the script afterwards to make sure that all the references to elements that had been taken out were removed.
That's where the good news ends.
1. The actor portraying the main character is not good. The supporting cast is talented, so the contrast emphasizes her limitations. And the character is not sympathetic: she's so arrogant and entitled that she can't accept being ghosted by a Tinder date, so she literally stalks him, and that's how she stumbles on a mystery.
2. The show is trying to do too much. It's a comedy. And a drama. And a mystery. And an erotic thriller. Because the writers can't decide what it is, it's very uneven 3. The plot is absurd (the middle school teacher with no law enforcement background runs the streets of Detroit solving a cold case), the cast is too big, most of the subplots/B stories are unnecessary distractions, and several supporting characters are stock stereotypes straight out of central casting, especially the Sassy Gay Best Friend.
4. Continuity/editing is an issue. I feel like there was a rewrite and no one went through the script afterwards to make sure that all the references to elements that had been taken out were removed.