I recently watched the first episode of this sitcom, but that is all I have seen of it. Has anyone seen more of it, and what did you think?
Based on only the first episode I would say it was good and somewhat promising.
To begin with I thought the writing was weak. But then there were times when the writing was very funny. At the end I considered that some of the weaker writing might be a deliberate style that might be justifiable - but I'd have to see more episodes to decide. The kind of thing I'm meaning is the receptionist asking for his address and he replies saying he doesn't know the doctors address. Then straight afterwards they do a very similar joke. A reasonably intelligent man doesn't make these kinds of mistakes. You get some David Jason slapstick too - something that reminded my of his Get Smart style sitcom. It was okay.
The scene in the doctor's surgery with Richard Wilson was very funny. And the epsode ended with chaos and slapstick continuing in a rather pantomime and forced manner as was characteristic of a number of 70s sitcoms.
The first episode seemed rather similar to Reginald Perin. The situation with the doctor was much the same with some similar lines.
Another odd characteristic of the show was how Jason turned to the camera and spoke to the viewers occasionally. I found this worked okay.
Overall I'd give the first episode 7.5 out of 10.
