DTF St. Louis

“DTF St. Louis” breaks down its crude acronym until it isn’t disagreeable anymore. At times, it’s downright aspirational. Perhaps best of all, it’s also very, very funny.

As much as “DTF St. Louis” suggests that loneliness and the absence of healthy, rewarding male friendships are a pox on American men, the show likewise critiques paths that lead them to damnation: social media apps that crater one’s confidence with arguably greater efficacy than fulfilling the “social” part of the label.

Those who want to scratch their “White Lotus” itch without the mouth-watering scenery should be “DTW” (that is, Down to Watch).

It won’t be for everyone, but if you enjoy shows like FX’s Fargo and HBO’s own The Chair Company, it’s worth getting down with DTF.

DTF St. Louis is definitely a little weird at the start, but viewers’ patience will be rewarded with a quirky but interesting mystery starting in Episode 2.

“DTF St. Louis” has a bit of the feel of a character piece about midlife mores smushed into the currently more commercial format of the crime-based limited series. It might not satisfy fans of that genre, while if anything, I found myself wanting it weirder and less bound by its format.

Conrad writes most acutely when he’s sitting in the malaise of midlife, probing the gallows-humor resignation to the reality that few people’s lives turn out the way they wanted. .... A more confident show, or a more honest one, might have stuck with that feeling, rather than ginning up a plot better suited for a true-crime podcast. But maybe it’s the final proof of the characters’ banality that not even a murder mystery can make them interesting.

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It’s a bizarre storyline. I do wonder if David Harbour taking on this role was some sort of redemption for what transpired between him and Lily Allen. Nevertheless, by the 5th episode and the obligatory introduction of another person of color, I’m convinced this show doesn’t know what it wants to be or how to get there.

This is one of those shows where I'm just angry I watched the whole thing. Was looking for a payoff but it never came. The mystery is nothing but a poorly constructed shaggy dog story. It was easy to figure it out only because the writers were working SO hard to convince us something else. What a mess. The writing in this movie - the plot, the dialogue is just a mess. I can't imagine the creators had any real idea what they were trying to say when they started, and then someone told them to stretch it out to 7 episodes :( Possibly, maybe... if it was a 1.5 hour movie the murder mystery would have been worth watching, but still probably not. I really don't know what more to say - I'd go into the story but I still can't really comprehend what it was? I can't even tell you if the acting was any good because we have no idea who these characters were supposed to be.