Look plain and simple just watch this show. If you are a human being that lives in a culture that knows what online dating is and doesn't live under a rock you will be able to appreciate this show. Casual is unique while also being extremely relatable to the "Casual" generations that are becoming much more prevalent in our world today. For me personally I only watched the pilot but felt inclined to write this review because of how much I liked the show because it is extremely original. Now if you've got a problem with this show you probably weren't born on this damn planet or at the least refuse to accept the fact that you were. NOBODY wants to watch a TV show of a boring ass family that sits around the house all day, like damn people need to realize what the word ENTERTAINMENT means!

What is the biggest reason why people would be disappointed in a series? Well wrongful categorization of course. When a series is labeled as comedy, people would expect laughs, and they get disappointed when they do not find them. That is one of the main reasons why 'Shameless' is one of the most underrated shows ever. My point is, just because a series has a few funny moments, it does not mean it should be labeled or categorized as comedy.'Casual' is one of the best drama series I have encountered within the past few years. It is very well written and acted. The story develops slowly but steadily, and towards the end of the season, you become hooked.It portrays the characters' struggle with life and change in a very real manner. The recently divorced mother's struggle to fit in the world as a divorcée, who had missed on life because she got married and had a kid at an early age. The successful yet unhappy man who created an algorithm for people to find their perfect matches, yet his own system fails to find him a match when he creates a profile as his real self. The sexually active teenager girl who would do anything to get the attention of the older teacher she is in love with.The lead actors Michaela Watkins and Tommy Dewey deliver raw and brilliant performances. When Eliza Coupe joined the cast, I felt she had completed the brilliance trinity. I really, really hope she comes back for the second season and becomes a regular on the show. She is one of the actresses that I really enjoy watching. I can say the same thing about Michaela and Tommy now that I have seen them in casual.To sum up, 'Casual' is my favorite kind of drama that tingles your emotions.

This is not a real review of the show because I only watched two episodes so far and it seems that a review at this point would be premature. Still, after watching the first episode, I felt compelled to comment on the comment in the show. In the first episode, when Valerie is about to dash from her office she asks her receptionist if she gets prepared when she is about to meet someone from online dating. The latter confirms that indeed she does. "I check Google, twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, OKCupid and other sites," she says. "How else would I know he is not a serial killer or... Armenian?" Now, is that supposed to be funny? I bet if "Armenian" in the comment was replaced with a Jew or Black there would have been a major outrage (and rightfully so), so why is it okay to say that about Armenians? It's bad enough that the only Armenians we see portrayed on TV are the ubiquitous Kardashians and characters that are either Uber-drivers or gang- members (see: Ray Donovan).

At first glance, the show is full of selfishness, narcissism, and psychopathy. The "selfie" generation. At a deeper level, it is a commentary on the state of parenting and socialization; actually, the lack thereof. The show focuses on three characters, all of which deeply flawed. Alex and Valerie are children of "me" generation parents, which means that they had to contend with not being the center of attention at all times of their parents. Valerie compensates to a terrible degree, much like most of her generation, in raising her kid. Her kid is a disaster; she was given no boundaries by her mom in her desire to be loved by her child and afraid to lose the attention that she did not get from her own parents. The daughter acts in all kinds of narcissistic, borderline psychopathic ways, and mom, a therapist no less, lets her get away with it because again, her desire to be loved overshadows her requirement to be a responsible parent. There is no growth in this expose of millennial dysfunction outside of Alex. Maybe because he never had kids he is able to focus on himself and the problems within. He travels from intense swinger without a care to sensitive brother to Mr. Lonely quickly and satisfactorily. Valerie is a failure as a therapist, and an odd duck to boot. She seems a little mentally unstable altogether, like someone headed for a breakdown perhaps. She is not likable at all, really, she is essentially lousy at everything. She actually can commit, actually commitment doesn't seem to be a problem for any of these characters, but it is to what they commit that is so worrying. The daughter - this girl is really in trouble mentally. She is so scathed I cannot see her coming out of this without intense therapy, if she isn't already a psychopath and beyond hope. This is through no fault of her own and she should have been actually raised, not liberated way before she matured. This is a real reflection of what these over-permissive parents are doing to their children today and why we are ending up with terribly disturbed kids doing terribly disturbed things, if they don't contract the red measles or pertussis first due to the non-vaxxers. In terms of the production - the sets are nice and full of interest and very Californian. The acting is good all around. There is a sense of claustrophobia in every scene, not sure if that is a function of the camera work or intentional. No shaky cameras though, big plus. What I am on the fence about and where I cannot score higher is the gratuitously liberal use of swear words and dirty talk (I for one cannot imagine and know no one who would talk with their brother about what Valerie talks about so casually...but maybe I am out of touch?). As an aside, now I get why I find dating today so disgusting. I don't know, it used to be so much fun getting to know someone and anticipating the "big" night! I feel bad for this whole generation that is missing out on romance and respect.