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Welcome to the Family

Dan Yoder and wife, Caroline, think they finally have it made.  Their daughter Molly has managed to graduate from high school and has been accepted to college. Across town, Molly's secret boyfriend Junior Hernandez is graduating from his high school with top honors and has plans to go to Stanford.  Parents Miguel and Lisette are bursting with pride.  Everything seems like it is falling into place for them, but unbeknownst to both families, Molly and Junior are about to become parents themselves.

--Welcome to the Family Official Website

White Flag

9/27/2013

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Interest Rate: Nothing.  I nothing this show so hard.

You know what, I give up.  At this point, I'm just happy to see a show about families that doesn't feature everyone screaming at each other all the time.  I mean, there's some yelling, but like I said. This is television about family relationships.  What else can be expected?

The trailer doesn't look terrible.  The production value isn't cringingly cheap.  The actors aren't totally hamming it up or phoning it in.  There's nothing particularly good about it, but there's nothing bad about it either.

It reminds me of Ben and Kate and The New Normal--shows that are trying to embrace how people are carving out wacky family conglomerations.  You know, Modern Family rip offs.  Welcome to the Family is probably the blandest of the bunch.  It's playing fairly safe with the in-law dynamic, but that's one of the things in it's favor.  Combining families is a tricky business even when both parties are from homogeneous neighborhoods.  You throw in differing cultures and a teen pregnancy and it could get interesting.  I doubt this show is the one to do it, but who knows.  I'm up for being surprised.

At least I won't be in pain while watching this.  Saints be praised.
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