SummaryThis single-camera comedy follows the life of Josh, a writer, and how his life changes after he moves into an old Hollywood apartment building. "The Captain" is the building and it is home to a number of eccentric washed up actors and "Hollywood folk". The pilot, which is from CBS Paramount Network Television, was written by feature writer-direct... Read More
Welcome to the Captain
Season 1 Premiere:
Feb 4, 2008
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If Welcome to the Captain can sustain its tone of tender quirkiness, it may find an appreciate audience stretching from those who loved "Arrested Development" to fans of "My Name Is Earl."
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Nothing in Welcome to the Captain is particularly fresh, but there's nevertheless a genial charm to this CBS comedy, whose main drawback is that it focuses on the wrong characters.
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After watching two episodes, I was left with the thought with which I began: An iconic apartment building full of wacky characters would make a great TV show. Would, though. Not does.
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Kranz does look like a writer, for what it's worth. But if he's really as good as they say, he'd have written something better than this.
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There's nothing to relate to here, just to observe from afar, and only Tambor's as-always deft comic distraction gives us anything worth glancing at.
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Let's hope Welcome, as forced as "Christine" is relaxed, runs itself into cancellation sooner rather than later.
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Welcome to The Captain is less a TV show than a grim ransom note from the striking Hollywood writers.
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