Crawford

Speaking as an ordinary objective viewer (not employed or influenced by the CBC) take my word for it, save your time and do not watch this. It is really bad. I actually watched the 2nd episode in the hope that it could only get better. Wrong. It is particularly embarrassing as a Canadian to acknowledge that our tax dollars have gone to the CBC to support crap like this. Seems like they tried to rip off Schitts Creek (Great) but have failed miserably.

Crawford tells the story of a very quirky family. The father is ex-police and suffered a brain injury so now he can not talk and his brain misfires sometimes. The mother designs breakfast cereal. The kids are made up of a daughter a bit lost, one son who is balding at a young age and another who has been kicked out of his band and found he has a skill with Raccoon whispering. Mostly it seems to be about Don (the son who has been kicked out the band). He sets himself up as a humane raccoon catcher and moves in with a vet student who lives in the storeroom of a shop. This is very quirky but very funny. Its hard not to love all the characters. Its very gentle too. There is no real examinations of big issues, politics or token characters that tick boxes for TV stations. It really is just a nice program to watch. The first two episodes I found not so good but maybe you need to get to know the characters to really enjoy the show. The show is more amusing that big laugh out loud moments. Its very well acted and written.

Really though, if you want to just be entertained without having a message forced down your throat then watch this. The family don't try and get one over on each other. They don't always get on or be the best people they love each other the way families do. I really hope this makes it to a second season but its probably be unlikely. If it does then hopefully people will take notice and give it the attention it deserves.

If you suffer from migraine, epilepsy, Do not watch this show, there should be health warnings at the start of this programme about flashing images, the credits at the end are very likely to trigger an attack in any person with any of the above illnesses, possibly give others a painful headache. The show is pleasant enough, spoiled by some fool putting on credits that are a health hazard, my wife and I had to close our eyes and turn our heads away when the credits suddenly came on. How this video was allowed to pass into general viewing without some concern given to the effect the credits may have on susceptible viewers is beyond me.

The show has a lot of aspects to it that may come off as strange at first glance, but when combined with the over all feel of the show these oddities only add to it's wonderful humor and quirkiness. The characters are all very compelling and story lines and development was a delight to watch. I really hope to see more seasons in the future.

Written by Mike Clattenburg (Trailer Park Boys), Crawford is a surreal and strange comedy that follows Don (Kyle Mac), a heavy metal musician, as he moves back home outside Toronto to live with his parents. Things start going awry as he realizes he can talk to the racoons infesting the neighbourhood. Honestly one of the most confounding shows I've seen as of late, that description doesn't even touch the tip of the iceberg of weirdness. Every character in this is a character, but not at all in a bad way, it all feels very comedic. I laughed a decent number of times and I thought the surrealness was clever at points, but it did suffer from being a bit all over the place, I can understand why audience reception was a bit lacking. Released digitally first then canceled after a single season, it's quite the shame, I enjoyed the series and really wish there was more, it seems like Clattenburg had some fun plans for its future. Would recommend for an unconventional laugh.