This thing got a golden globe and some other awards? What the hell is wrong with you America? you are a perverted country and you spread it all over the world with netflix etc. A 2 year old baby speaking for the first time says the word 'BJ' ? and the very word BJ mentioned 1000000 times? is that all you got ? are you idiots still animals and not evolved into humans ? shows like these don't show humans. Even dogs are better than this. These shows should be banned outside the USA.

I binged watched all 7 season when I had a week with very little to do. I got to know a couple of characters that seemed to have something to say, and then I lost them. I don't know where they went. By the end of the show, all of the characters were caricatures and cartoons.The show initially developed some very real characters that we could simultaneously root for and be angry with, only to devolve, by the 7th season, into unfunny farce and sexual slapstick. I am not the first person to notice the vast difference in quality from the early seasons to the later seasons.First, the milieu: Yes, there are brilliant, self absorbed writers leaving a path of destruction tempered with moments of clarity. I have known some of them. Devolving from serious novelist to alcoholic Hollywood hack is not an unrealistic arc.However, the whole "debauched rocker living in a baronial mansion but still making vital music that attracts young people" is a lost world. The 80s are over. When I visit my aging rock star friends, there is a possibility of a slight wine buzz, but conversation is more likely to center around children and schools. The dinner parties are virtually indistinguishable from any other middle aged gathering. Kids don't go to rock shows. The Stu subplot went on way to long. The "pretend to be gay" and "unknown son from the past" plot-lines were unfunny and lazy writing. They were tropes, as opposed to plot lines. Like many people, as Karen was merely reduced to looks of exasperation, the last few season, death or Faith seemed like much more realistic fates for Hank. But, in a world where the dweebiest guy attracts desirable young women, mating occurs within 5 minutes of meeting, and no action has any long-term consequences, then we just chuckle at the occasional gag, and stop caring about the characters.

I gave up on this series during series 6 - the episode on the plane. This was the point at which the characters became mere caricatures and the show descended into farce as the writers ran out of ideas. It started out OK - series one and two were quite good, though probably too explicit for some (sex, after all, is what the show is about). Series three went off the boil a bit - Duchovny's attractions just aren't sufficient to believe he would attract ALL of these women, especially given his age (when I was a student, I wouldn't have touched any man over 23 with a bargepole, frankly). Charlie's relationship with his boss was just stupid, but the series had some strong plot arcs that made up for it. Series four was when I started to get annoyed, as I just didn't believe Hank's lawyer would behave like this, though the trial denouement was interesting, but series five was much better, with the characters' bad behaviours and poor life choices coming home to roost. However, series six totally lost the plot - there are only so many ways that writers can find to keep principal characters apart so such issues tend to become contrived when a show outlives its natural lifespan; Natascha McElhone was given virtually nothing to do except roll her eyes; the rock stars and their wives were just caricatures. Meanwhile, Charlie by now had become a character that existed only for bad things to happen to, including his small penis/bent penis/premature ejaculation/baldness/general sliminess. So, I gave up. Shame. If they'd stopped at series 3, perhaps, my memories of this show would be better, but overall I wasted a bit too much time on it.

I get the premise of this show and was hooked for the first two seasons. After that I realized the over-arching story never changed. Frank Moody is a selfish human being who can't ever say no to any of his indulgences, even when he knows it's going to hurt his daughter or friends. While each season had some unique themes and story development the primary recipe remained the same: A woman or drug (or both) tempts him, he can't say no, close friend or family gets hurt, and then they forgive him. Rinse and repeat. It got to the point that I started loathing the protagonist for his repeated and wanton transgressions. I also stopped feeling any sympathy for his friends and family after they let him burn them or the 29th time. At some point you're the one to blame for allowing him to walk all over you. By the final season I was hoping all the characters' karma would dump back them in a fitting ending. I hoped Frank Moody was killed in a fiery car accident (SPOILER ALERT: he doesn't), his agent would get HIV, and his family would all live meaningless, empty lives, befitting their meaningless, empty characters. Also the sheer volume of sex he and his agent has is ludicrous. Every woman they meet, regardless of circumstance, throws themselves at them (SPOILER ALERT: Even underage girls). It's like a 14 year boy's fever dream.