Take My Wife quickly builds and fleshes out its detailed, zippy world in just six tight episodes. The show puts its characters first.

Seeso is the perfect platform for Take My Wife, which plays less like a laugh-out-loud network comedy and more like a quirky show about comedians that earns its laughs organically.

While always winning, Take My Wife is zestier when Rhea and Cameron are just living, not making points. [12 Aug 2016, p.55]n

Some comics are natural actors, but Ms. Butcher and Ms. Esposito aren’t, which makes for awkward moments, especially when the show tries to hit a somber or intimate note. But the clunkiness also gives Take My Wife a weird sort of honesty.