The Detour

7.7/ 10

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gumstarr • 1 June 2016, 15:56

I often find series to laugh a bit problematic. Series to laugh are nine times out of ten not to laugh at all. Could you even catch yourself with any curl of the corners of the mouth while watching The Ranch? Grabbed for your shaking belly at Baskets? With tears in your eyes, one episode after another of that New Girl rip off, Weird Loners, hammered through it? Oh no? Maybe tears from crying. Good comedy is difficult and the flush is therefore thinner than Kate Moss when things were a bit bad in her life. Fortunately they are there, those series that can only make your mother's soul grunt aloud on the couch like a contented free-range pig. I still regularly startle myself when some unclear primal sound escapes me during Modern Family. Catastrophe, You're The Worst, The Spoils Of Babylon, I could all laugh about it. Even the first season of Black-ish and The Last Man On Earth went pretty well. The fact that they completely lost their mojo in season two, we should just ignore for the sake of convenience. As far as I'm concerned, the list of “quite-funny-and-not-wrong-to-watch-if-you-have-some-time-free-in-between-companies is now possible. The Detour are added. But who am I. What do you do if you've already promised your family to go on vacation, but then get fired? Then you remain silent in all keys and you do not take the plane, but the worn-out mini who drives so well 1 in 25. Is yummy cheapo. At least that's how Nate Parker does it. Of course he still has to convince his wife Robin that sweating for days in a sweltering car is a much better idea than a few hours in a wonderfully cooled plane, but Nate is not concerned about that. It soon becomes apparent that the vacation isn't the only reason to drive all the way from New York to Florida. In addition to his swimming trunks and snorkel, Nate has also packed a trade secret from his ex-employer and it must end up in the right hands in Fort Lauderdale. The Detour was written by Jason Jones, who previously contributed his best material to The Daily Show. Now if you think, “Hey, but that's the same guy as in that The Detour trailer, right?”… That's right! Writer and actor. Double the royalties, baby! He does that acting, just like the rest of the cast, by the way, not without merit, but anyone who knows how to incorporate a huge nod to the Platoon helicopter scene in his comedy, I think is by definition a king. That short reference to Oliver Stone's masterpiece also immediately conveys the humor in The Detour, it is adult. It's like a Modern Family meets The Hangover. Nate Parker is what would happen if Phil Dunphy really let go of the brakes and Robin is Claire, but as stoned as a canary. Seems more than enough reason to watch this one. It is worth it. For real.

CC11 • 1 June 2016, 17:49

I'm going to try it!

gumstarr • 1 June 2016, 18:06

Hahaha. I think you're going to love it. M curious.

CC11 • 1 June 2016, 18:54

Then I will just hold you responsible ;-) No, but seriously because after all we are talking about comedy and everyone knows that this is the most difficult genre there is, just look at Netflix these days (I think it was below the belt :-) I have no explanation for it myself but in my top 10 of all time there is 1 comedy series, namely "Bottom" despite the fact that in general I can be very critical about series. Very physical humor, never or never subtle, on the contrary even but I can continue to watch how Rik Mayal as Richard 'Richie' Richard and Adrian Edmondson as Edward 'Eddie' Elizabeth Hitler smash each other with fridges and you name it. I do that on average about 2 or 3 times a year. Every year because I still think their adventures are just brilliant. But also the way in which both comedians interacted on the stage during their hall shows and how they had to improvise at times because one of the two was in a dent himself was phenomenal, but that they could produce an equivalent product without the handy use of cameras and such bringing them to a live audience made them genius for me. So yes, comedy is a strange thing ;-)

CC11 • 1 June 2016, 20:33

I already enjoyed the pilot, so I will keep looking :-)

gumstarr • 1 June 2016, 20:54

Indeed. Comedy and SF. Two of the most difficult genres to get it right. If you went well on the pilot, then you will like the series, because they continue to embroider on it. In the last episode is that Platoon moment. I had to laugh really hard because it was so unexpected and over the top. Hope you like the rest too, then you'll be off the street again for a few hours.

CC11 • 2 June 2016, 14:06

A really nice series and a relief compared to what I have seen in recent months of new so-called comedy series. There was actually not a single episode that I didn't have to laugh with one or the other. The interaction of the parents with the two children was also wonderful at times. Hopefully there will be a second season, a cliffhanger is already there :-)

anonymous • 2 June 2016, 17:01

I don't think it often happens that I agree with the 2 gentlemen above in terms of series, but The Detour is a very nice comedy idd. Something different and in my opinion a bit more aimed at an older audience (18+) not that there is much to see but more in terms of jokes. And CC11 a 2nd season has already been ordered.

CC11 • 2 June 2016, 17:48

That is very good news that there is a second season. And so you see that on almost 5500 series there is one about which we have the same opinion ;-)

anonymous • 23 February 2017, 00:13

I am glad this fun comedy has started again.

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