Grosse Pointe Garden Society

GPGS is a breezy watch that joins a crop of new network TV shows that rely on nostalgia with a little bit of a twist. So despite its predictability, Grosse Pointe Garden Society has the ingredients that could very well make it bloom into the next Desperate Housewives.

Despite a handful of missteps, the NBC show is engrossing, confounding and off to a promising start.

The Pleasantville archetype of a surface-level perfect environment masking something terribly wrong underneath is always fun to see, and Grosse Pointe Garden Society feels like the kind of show that could turn into must-watch appointment TV, if allowed to fully bloom.

Though Grosse Pointe Garden Society doesn't get off to the strongest start, it's funny and dramatic enough to keep you tuned in.

It’s perfectly okay but not much more, existing in a lukewarm middle state that’s potentially intriguing enough to press play on the next episode but not so gripping that you’ll find yourself trading theories around the water cooler or frantically looking for Easter eggs on Reddit.

The show they’re on is the TV equivalent of baby’s breath: a filler flower, fluffy and inoffensive but ultimately forgettable.

Perhaps the main characters in Grosse Pointe Garden Society will become more than just cartoon characters and things like the annoying narration will calm down. But we’ve seen shows like this, done much better, for a couple of decades now.

Okay so this was a show I knew I wanted to see just by trailers alone but I never expected this so deep into the characters and so enjoyable oh my god so much fun and spicyness I highly recommend it