By Brianna Alleva
A new Netflix show starring Dan Levy, creator and actor of Schitt’s Creek, just landed.
The show follows siblings Morgan and Nicky, who accidentally get involved with some bad guys and are blackmailed into working in crime. All after a misunderstanding and stealing a supposedly innocent necklace.
The show is ok. Witty at times and sometimes funny, but a lot of it fell flat. With only one season, a lot was only beginning, and the plot was not fully fleshed out yet. This is to be expected but the writing is just not exciting and everything is almost boringly predictable.
The show, however, was well-acted; Laurie Metcalf is always the right choice. You also do find yourself rooting for the characters, even though they are just not good people.
As a viewer, the majority of the time I found myself thinking, sadly, “I wish I had just watched Schitt’s Creek,” a problem I will have with any show Dan Levy is in from here on out. This is solely my problem but after playing such an iconic character Dan has to do more to break free from “David Rose”. It could be because he plays a similar character here as in Schitt’s Creek, but unlike the former show, he is definitely less lovable here, even as a pastor.
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Schitt’s Creek originally aired back in 2015. It was and still is a beloved show with over six iconic seasons, Every character was notable and lovable, and the show was a massive hit: winning all kinds of awards. The problem with this, though, is that after the show ends, you only see the actors as that character.
Think of the shows Friends or Seinfeld; it takes patience and the right new show to get out of the hold of your old show. Dan Levy has done some movies and TV shows, and I am a huge fan of his, but that does not stop the fact that this show looks like David Rose’s fever dream.
With the recent passing of Catherine O’Hara, an insanely important part of Schitt’s Creek and the zero percent chance of a reunion or bringing back the show, this new show becomes almost a constant reminder of what we are missing.
Bad Mistakes does get slightly better as the episodes go on. In my opinion though it was the storyline not being super inventive and the characters just not grabbing my attention, I ultimately forgot about the show the minute it ended.
This could go into a larger issue of Netflix programming itself. Maybe we can’t fault Dan Levy and Rachel Sennot for designing the show but more the platform for making it obvious that this is the only type of show they produce anymore.
Dysfunctional families, light hearted crime, regency romance. It seems like shows only fall into certain categories and the creativity is just not profitable anymore.
