Rate & review season 1

Moderator: Moderators

Post Reply

Rate season 1

*
1
8%
**
0
No votes
***
0
No votes
****
1
8%
*****
1
8%
******
2
17%
*******
2
17%
********
4
33%
*********
0
No votes
**********
1
8%
 
Total votes: 12

User avatar
Shoe Dick
Asst. Admin
Posts: 2196
Joined: Sun May 06, 2007 7:54 pm
Your favorite MWC Character: Al Bundy
Location: Sweden

Rate & review season 1

Post by Shoe Dick » Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:35 pm

From 1-10 stars, how would you rate the first season of Married... With Children?

Also, if you'd like you could also give us a small review of the season.

Image
Image

R.I.P. Ron Leavitt
1947-2008


Check out my Married... With Children collection and read about my meeting with David Faustino: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3398

User avatar
Shoe Dick
Asst. Admin
Posts: 2196
Joined: Sun May 06, 2007 7:54 pm
Your favorite MWC Character: Al Bundy
Location: Sweden

Re: Rate & review season 1

Post by Shoe Dick » Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:36 am

Like most other sitcoms, the first season is not the best of the series, actually it doesn’t come close. A lot of shows suffer from this, which is understandable for several reasons. The writers may not have defined the characters yet, which makes it hard for them to write top-notch episodes, and the actors haven’t gotten settled into their roles quite yet. Both of these factors hurts the season dramatically quality wise. The fact that season 1 only had 13 episodes made it even harder for it to stand out in quality among the other seasons, this season could have needed another 10 episodes to improve the characters & writing.

One thing you’ll notice right away in this season is that Kelly is not an idiot; she’s pretty much a normal teenage girl, she’s still a bit slutty though. You’ll also notice that the love-hate relationship between Al & Peggy is not as evident in this season as it is in others, for an example, Al willingly has sex with Peg, he even suggests it! They also kiss each other on occasion, not something you regularly see after this season. These things are not necessarily a bad thing though.

Having said that, this season is (just like every other season of Married… With Children) far from bad, and has some very good episodes that are considered classics by fans of the show.

Looking at the grades I gave this season’s episodes, and divided it by the number of episodes of the season, it ended at 7.0, which I think is a fair grade for this season. I feel the need to add that the grade 7 for a Married… With Children season is a 10 compared to any other shows season since I think Married... With Children is in a league of its own.

Favorite episodes: Pilot, Have You Driven A Ford Lately, Married... Without Children & The Poker Game
Image

R.I.P. Ron Leavitt
1947-2008


Check out my Married... With Children collection and read about my meeting with David Faustino: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3398

User avatar
Shoe Dick
Asst. Admin
Posts: 2196
Joined: Sun May 06, 2007 7:54 pm
Your favorite MWC Character: Al Bundy
Location: Sweden

Re: Rate & review season 1

Post by Shoe Dick » Sun Mar 14, 2010 1:08 pm

Nice review there, Marcy. Someone actually gave this season a 1-star rating?? 8O Come on, it can't be THAT bad of a season, can it? Not for a huge fan of the show anyways, at least I don't think so.
Image

R.I.P. Ron Leavitt
1947-2008


Check out my Married... With Children collection and read about my meeting with David Faustino: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3398

User avatar
marriedaniac
No Maam Member
Posts: 2317
Joined: Sat Jan 08, 2011 1:04 pm
Location: Australia
Contact:

Re: Rate & review season 1

Post by marriedaniac » Fri Aug 19, 2011 7:09 pm

Season 1 is decent, and once you get over the inital shock of "my, how young they all look! Look at their hair!" and the sight of Peg cleaning and Al willingly initiating sex with the wife, it's pretty enjoyable. But it falls outside the golden years of MWC (seasons 2-5).

miscellaneous thoughts

Good thing about season 1: Steve!
Bad thing about season 1: Luke, and his part in the original pilot indicating that his role would have been much, much bigger.

I don't have a favourite episode, but have a couple of favourite lines:
"...and number 2, his brains are in the begonias."
"Did he have feet?"
"you're about as sharp as a bag of wet hair..."
"Are you implying that their suicides had something to do with Mother?"

User avatar
Shoe Dick
Asst. Admin
Posts: 2196
Joined: Sun May 06, 2007 7:54 pm
Your favorite MWC Character: Al Bundy
Location: Sweden

Re: Rate & review season 1

Post by Shoe Dick » Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:23 pm

Yeah, Luke always felt kind of "off" on the show, even though I didn't have a problem with the actor who played him. I like that they mentioned the character many years later in an episode.
Image

R.I.P. Ron Leavitt
1947-2008


Check out my Married... With Children collection and read about my meeting with David Faustino: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3398

User avatar
ButterWanker
Ike Foreman
Posts: 178
Joined: Fri Mar 08, 2013 12:34 am
Your favorite MWC Character: Peggy

Re: Rate & review season 1

Post by ButterWanker » Thu May 09, 2013 7:21 pm

I know I'm a little late to this party, but...I gave it an 8, I really like this season despite all the differences everyone has mentioned. I feel like this season is the turning point for how and why they all become they way they are in other seasons. It's a good foundation. And like Shoe Dick mentions, considering the year this aired, this refreshing season was SO much better than 99% (100% even?) of what was on TV at the time you can only really compare the show to itself as it was in a league of its own.
Image

User avatar
Spare Tire Dixon
Grandmaster B
Posts: 303
Joined: Thu Oct 04, 2012 4:49 pm
Your favorite MWC Character: Al Bundy

Re: Rate & review season 1

Post by Spare Tire Dixon » Fri May 10, 2013 3:42 pm

I gave it a 6. Season 1 seems like to many other sitcoms to me. Maybe because I saw most of the episodes in reruns. I only remember watching "Have You Driven a Ford Lately" and "Johnny Be Gone" when they originally aired.
I dropped you like third period French!

User avatar
doubleOshoe
Cousin Eb
Posts: 61
Joined: Sun May 26, 2013 4:26 am
Your favorite MWC Character: Al Boondy
Location: Shoe Salesman

Re: Rate & review season 1

Post by doubleOshoe » Mon May 27, 2013 12:12 am

Spare Tire Dixon wrote:I gave it a 6. Season 1 seems like to many other sitcoms to me. Maybe because I saw most of the episodes in reruns. I only remember watching "Have You Driven a Ford Lately" and "Johnny Be Gone" when they originally aired.
Looks like its just me, but this is my favorite season - Luke is of course an annoyance as a character, but the characters were more relatable in this season. There existed within the stories nostalgia in objects from a part etc - a 64 mustang, a hamburger joint closing down (which paralelled al/peg's youth) and the pool room.
Well, I suppose Pool room was really stretching :)


---------------------------------------------------------
Vive La France
---------------------------------------------------------
"Vive La France"

User avatar
Officer Dan
Al "Icky" Bundy
Posts: 425
Joined: Sun Jan 25, 2015 6:08 pm
Your favorite MWC Character: Al "4 Touchdowns" Bundy
Location: Germany

Re: Rate & review season 1

Post by Officer Dan » Mon Jan 17, 2022 3:34 pm

8 Stars from me. I really like it, even it only has 13 episodes. The show is new, the characters are new and the actors have to "get it"...and i think they really did it superb! 8)

Anyway: Does anyone know why Luke left the show?
Eine schrecklich nette Familie / Married...with Children-Fan seit / since 1992

Post Reply