"Happy!" is a gloriously demented comic book adaptation from the mind of industry legend Grant Morrison. It's about disgraced New York Cop, Nick Sax (gainfully portrayed by Christopher Meloni who appears to be enjoying himself even more than when he was in "True Blood") who is pulled into the investigation of his estranged daughters kidnapping when Happy, a flying blue Unicorn and his daughters imaginary best friend, hunts him down. Whilst it's definitely not a show for everyone, the levels of profanity, sexual content and especially violence are very high, I ended up really enjoying the series. Admittedly, I was a little shaky after the first couple as to whether I'd continue with it. . . Happy is a pretty annoying character and Nick and his world takes a little getting used to. Had it been more than a limited series of 8 episodes I don't think we'd have persevered, but I'm glad we did as it does settle down after those initial ones. The plot stands start to come together and you get used to the tone, although it does still find ways to surprise and disgust you as it continues. As I mentioned above, it does look like Christopher Meloni is having a lot of fun with a showy role, but he's fearless with it. He blunders around like a drunken John McLaine, dispatching villains with his hitman skills and a large piece of Deadpool-esque lucky bravado. The only person who might be having more fun is Patrick Fischler as Smoothie, a combination of manic obsessive compulsion and vague sexual threats who is a key figure for mob boss Scaramucci, played by Ritchie Coster, who too looks like he's enjoying himself, although his character is a little more familiar than some of the others. Whilst never quite matching the levels of interaction of something like "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" the character of Happy is well animated as are the other CGI characters that appear towards the end of the series. Patton Oswald fills out the character well once the earnestness of the first couple of episodes erodes away. . Although I still think he's probably the least engaging part of the show. Funny, surprising and entertaining, "Happy!" season one was a shotgun blast. Roll on Season two.

Love the show!! The show is violent and funny!! A few cringe worthy scenes!! But still so freaking good!!

What an amazing, crazy, dark and hilarious television show, i have literally just watched the first full series in a day it was that addictive! Nick Sax is some boy and Christopher Meloni is a goddamn genius at being a hardcore, loveable rogue, if you need a new series, please, watch this masterpiece

Wow. I haven't seen a lot of Christopher Meloni outside of Law and Order or Wet Hot American Summer, so I didn't expect anything in particular out of him in this performance. I should have held my expectations higher. What a phenomenal performance, start to finish. The writing is incredible and fantastically delivered by Meloni and co. Particularly impressive was the attention paid to the villains of the series, who kept me confused, intrigued and at times sympathetic to the cause. Far more nuanced than many of the shows out there today.While the tropes may become almost predictable at times, with a constant switch between 'whatever can go wrong, will go wrong' and major occurrences of deus ex machina, there never comes a point where this isn't fun. And realistically, the point of it is to be fun. It is incredibly edgy, graphic and aggressive and runs at a crazy fast pace, but the audience never feels left behind. I absolutely can't wait to see more! Also, I feel like being animated means that Patton Oswalt doesn't get a lot of attention, but the team behind the animation, writing and delivery of that crazy unicorns lines deserve a huge amount of praise too. I highly, highly recommend you take the time to watch this dark, action-packed comedy extravaganza.