Strays

Feel sorry for Nicole. The writing is horrible and very bland. She is an excellent talent but she is left with nothing to deliver. The 2nd episodes cold open was the only time I chuckled (rubbing back of ears) Nikki I'm sure is an excellent talent but so far her place on the show is to irritate viewers and say predictable lines.

In fact...most of the cast seem talented, the writing, the dialogue seems rather simple minded.

Be wise to come up with a strong storyline and have it carry over for a few episodes so people get interested and come back. Right now...there's no reason to.

Sorry Nicole. You deserve better.

Strays replicates much of the humour and charm of Kim's Convience, but never quite lives up to the original. As a standalone series, it's a solid addition to pad the CBC lineup, but isn't going to be sweeping any awards shows.

The show takes a few episodes to pick up, but shows a lot of potential in its diverse cast of characters and solid premise.

Ok so to start I actually liked it and enjoyed the episode but you can't really separate the fact they cancelled an amazing show to give us this.

To me it needed to be AMAZING to justify that and it was honestly just ok.

I have only watched 2 episodes so far, but here is my 2 cents. As much as I liked Shannon in Kim's Convenience, I can't seem to like her here in Strays. She is the main character, yet her characterization here is bland at best. Surrounding characters and the not funny "supposedly funny moments" didn't help either. Compared to the characters at Handy, all new characters here are either bland or borderline annoying. I do hope this show will get better in future episode.

However as of now, no Appa, no Omma, no good...

Whereas Kim's had plots and humour- this show falls flat straight from opening. Nicole is not a lead actor and the supporting cast is simply not interesting.

Did the writers watch episode one?