SummaryKatherine (Katherine Ryan), a single mother with a nine-year-old daughter is thinking of having a second child with her ex (Rory Keenan) in this London-set comedy created and written by Ryan.
Created By:Katherine Ryan
The Duchess
Season 1 Premiere:
Sep 11, 2020
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Generally Unfavorable
35
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Mixed or Average
5.3
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Sep 11, 2020
60
When these situations are clearly forced for comedy reasons, we start to turn away from a show. However, Ryan has created a show for herself that fits her quite well, so as things go along her character might ease up into someone we’ll actually like.
Sep 11, 2020
60
Katherine herself too often steps across the line from bitch to simple sociopath. ... A little more light and shade would work wonders and still not take it anywhere near Motherland territory, or lead it to be mistaken for any of the other assorted other “mums-go-mad!” offerings that make you wish for Joan Crawford to be reborn and show us all how it should be done.
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40% Positive
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Sep 20, 2020
10
Katherine Ryan is hysterical, and her relationship with her daughter is heartwarming. Recommend!
Sep 20, 2020
10
Loved this show. Watched it last night - all 6 episodes. Fun, fresh and engaging. And London as a backdrop is a real plus. Not sure why critic reviews are not as good but I loved it.
Sep 18, 2020
40
The idea of a brash, bawdy lady making overly polite Brits uncomfortable has potential. And occasionally, Ryan realizes that potential. I did find her funny on occasion, and suspect I might appreciate her and this material more in a stand-up context. But in the form of a series, it’s pushy and exhausting.
Sep 11, 2020
40
One of many frustrations with The Duchess is that you feel there’s a far better sitcom inside it, fighting to get out. It has intermittent killer lines but lacks coherence and heart. There are fleeting glimpses of a War of the Roses-style divorce farce or a sweet mother-and-daughter comedy, albeit one with a less dysfunctional dynamic. Instead what we’re left is a loud, mildly amusing mess.
Sep 14, 2020
30
There's some inspired crude in here, to be sure, but you have to bust through a lot of gravelly stupidity to get to it.
Sep 10, 2020
20
At its worst, The Duchess is a disastrous Catastrophe copycat. At its best, it's a deranged mother-daughter love story. But nothing can erase the stink lines radiating off this alleyway dumpster.
Sep 2, 2020
0
Ryan represents her onscreen avatar as a badass rebel doing things her own way — vainly missing the point that an antihero is supposed to, you know, be something other than a hero. Everything about her character is carefully calibrated to scandalize. ... I hope that, even if she’s never handed a megaphone as massive as Netflix’s, she grows up to do more than create art as devoid of purpose, humanity, or worth as “The Duchess.”
Oct 15, 2023
8
A very decent **** has some of the Gilmore Girls vibe of a mother and daughter that have their own world and dont care much about the outside, although it is a bit sillier and had less side characters - could have evolved well, if it wasn't cancelled.
It is very watchable and bingeable, has some good twist and narrative arcs - more of them than I expected from 6-episode sitcom.
Apr 8, 2021
1
Was an absolutely awful story. Had brief moments that could have been funny, but quickly devolved into ditch piggedness. I honestly do not understand any good reviews of this show and wonder if they saw the same series I did. Just a really, really bad show that I am regretting sitting through. But I had already invested my time and hoped it would finally get better. It never did.
