applesarahgate

This is a great show that gives nods to the movie but expands the story to share the lives of the many women playing baseball at the time. I also really appreciate how developed the women are. They have flaws and talents and are allowed to have really arcs. Also love that the writers said their will be no male redemption store in this show!

The cast is pretty good and it is funny, but it lacks the depth of the British version. Nbc took a rather dark comedy focused on two broken people trying to put there life together and turned it in to a cheer work place comedy focused more on an ensemble of wacky characters than the hardships of the two original characters. The original puts a greater emphasis on Helen dealing with the lose of her fiancé and Alex is in a lot more turmoil over his divorce. The restrictions on swearing and other crudeness may have contributed to its lack of substance but it seams to me the lack of character development is more to blame. If they had focused more on the relationship between Helen and Alex and less on the other characters it might have gone a lot further.