I loved this show and I really hope that they bring it back. If I had known that I would was going to like this show so much and that it was going to be stopped so quickly I would have taped it. This show was so different from most shows on TV nowadays and I think that is why I liked it so much. I liked the weird camera angles that made it seem like it was seen through Cooper's eyes and I loved the his quotes in every episode. I loved the relationships between the family members. My favorite character is Natalie.I like her spirit and the fact that she decided to keep her baby. I wish that they would continue with the show so I could find out what happens with her and the baby and between her and Trey. I really hope that they make more episodes. If they don't they should put the first 6 on DVD, because I would definitely buy them and I am sure a lot of others would too.

This show isn't particularly unique or special, but with one major exception it's made up of solid and watchable elements. The weak spot is the main character, Coop. There's nothing about the character that isn't clichéd: he's a mumbly, whiny, "talented, sensitive," disaffected phlegmatic teen. Of course he's a writer whose output frames the action (even more irritatingly than usual). The actor is okay, I guess, but the character was dull decades ago, and the intervening examples have exacerbated its dullness. Plus this guy looks like his hair is eating his face. The sensitive "folky-alternative" music that overlays several scenes each episode is a more modern cliché, but no less annoying. Everything else is fine, especially the actors playing the parents.

This show has a good premise--typically screwed up American family. They appear pretty together, until you realize they are coming completely unraveled. The show's acting is not AS horrible as some of the other shows on TV (Are you listening, OC???) but it isn't anything to write home about either. The single outstanding feature is the camera work--and its not outstanding in a good way. Watching the show made me motion sick--not an ideal quality in a television program. The camera moves constantly, pulling in for WAY too close-ups, then pulls out and readjusts three or four times a second. It's absolutely awful. The pacing is off because of the camera work; it constantly seems like everything the character is saying is Shocking or Very Grave. If they would work on that, I'd watch it again.

It's a rather quirky show, interested in trying a new approach to a dramatic/comedy type of family storyline that wants to talk about the dynamics of a family as a unit and as individuals. Think "My So Called Life" meets "Joan of Arcadia" type of vibe, with a bit of Disney type humor, ie "Even Stevens." The acting is sometimes awkward, but it works, as the family is a little awkward in its dynamic. It is almost a personality quirk of the show itself. The hour is narrated by 15 year old defunct Cooper Day, the floppy haired, indie music listening middle son who wants to be a writer. He does a good job of injecting humor and irony into the rhythm. It's worth a watch. I enjoyed it's offbeat storytelling.