The Family
The Family
TV-14 | 03 March 2016 (USA)
SEASON & EPISODES
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    reneelink

    It's a shame it was cancelled, this was a great show, good acting and storyline.

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    SnoopyStyle

    10 years ago in Red Pines, Maine, Adam Warren was kidnapped while his mother Claire Warren (Joan Allen) was running for city council. 10 years later, Adam reappears claiming to have escaped his captor. Claire is now mayor with secretly-gay daughter Willa (Alison Pill) as her loyal assistant. She's set to run for governor. Her estranged husband John (Rupert Graves) has written a book about the experience. The older son Danny (Zach Gilford) is a mess. Sergeant Nina Meyer (Margot Bingham) made her career by putting sex-offender Hank Asher (Andrew McCarthy) away for Adam's murder. Hank is released from prison. Local reporter Bridey Cruz (Floriana Lima) suspects a devastating secret.I love many of the performances in this show. Allen, Pill, and McCarthy are all standouts. However, the central issue keeps annoying me. It seems like an easy test to figure out if Adam is really Adam. At the beginning, I couldn't figure out why the family wouldn't do more in-depth tests to make sure. Then I couldn't figure out why the police and the court wouldn't double and triple test everything. Finally, I couldn't figure out why the reporter couldn't just steal their trash and test her hypothesis. I also couldn't figure out why a reporter wouldn't print the story right away. There is a lot to figure out about this central premise. It's so annoying that I wish it doesn't exist. The show would be more compelling without it.

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    katiepennington-55029

    I can not believe they canceled this show. I am very upset. They should have at least wrapped everything up in the last episode in the season finale. Overall I believe the acting is great and I do not understand why this show has such low ratings. Shows such as Pretty Little Liars have been running on ABC for years and the acting is sub par. All I want is there to be a episode concluding the whole series and explaining the outcome. You can not cancel a show on a cliff hanger, it is just upsetting. I personally know multiple people who loved this show and thought it was quality content. I know there are many reviews stating the actor is bad but you have to look at the story of the show.

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    Katy_Scary

    This is one of the couple of shows I watch on ABC. Generally I am not a fan of this network but this show offers good drama, suspense and acting. I was pleasantly surprised to see one of my favorite characters from Pretty in Pink back in action. Good come back Andrew! ABC you suck for making me watch these dumb ass commercials when viewing these Episodes on Demand. Thankfully I will be able to fast forward thru these asinine ads when I record the show via DVR. Acne, Friggin Home Loans and Cetaphil is killing me. I just mute the sound when they come on. I kinda wish this show was on one of the cable stations like HBO or Showtime since they generally have better writers but overall I really like this show.

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