You won’t spend long dwelling on the title, but you’ll want to stick with this story.

If you’re predisposed to finding humor and humanity in the depths of desperation, SMILF delivers with crass wit, sharp insight and empathy.

SMILF is not quite a great series yet. But in its initial trio of episodes ... it’s obvious it has the potential to get there.

The show improved with each one. The premiere is tonally all over the place--it’s hard to know which of Bridgette’s mistakes are meant to be funny, and which speak of tragedy. ... But then, in episode three, Shaw seems to find her footing, and I found myself thinking that SMILF could develop a “Shameless”-like charm.

"SMILF" certainly has no shortage of ideas. ... What the show doesn’t consistently have in its first three episodes, however, is a sense of how to hone those stories, and make them both structurally sound and specific.

Being gross, graphic and disagreeable has not kept Shameless from having a long run on Showtime. SMILF is in that vein, and perhaps also will find enough of an audience to sustain it. It’s hard to know what going to work anymore. But this one just doesn’t work for me.

Frustrating series that has promise but no payoff. And that series title. Seriously?

I hated this show so much I could barely watch 15 minutes of the first episode. I raised 2 children as a single mother, with no child support and a very modest salary, and this bears almost no resemblance to my life. From getting up at 5 to make lunches and breakfasts, get everyone dressed and out the door on time so as to arrive at work by 8 am, and then doing the reverse at the end of the day, every bit of energy I had went to my kids and my job. Yes, I missed having a relationship and doing fun things, but I can honestly say I never even had the energy for a sex fantasy. That early scene gives such a completely misleading picture of a single mother's life, which is all about taking care of (and loving) the kids, the job, the finances, the ancient car, the old house, the laundry, etc., while trying to keep a few precious friendships alive. I would love to see a show that REALLY portrays the life of a single parent, but it would probably be too boring to develop an audience..

This show isn't just bad, it's dysfunctional. Edgy? No, just a spherical object banging itself against a wall, whilst trying to normalize everything that's bad in society today. It did one thing right, it ticked ALL the progressive boxes in the first episode.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

I'm not going to waste my time with a comprehensive review of this show, because all that can be said is that... "it's trash". Who is this show for? I grew up in a single parent household, and nothing about this show resonates with me. The characters are vacuous, the plot is non-existent, and it's just unbelievably dumb.