DVD Review: The Unicorn: Season One

The Unicorn: Season One (2019-2020)

(DVD Unicorn)

 

I never tried to tune this series in when it began on CBS in the Fall of 2019. Now I wish I’d been watching it all along — it’s a very funny and yet touching show.

 

Walton Goggins plays Wade Felton, a landscape architect now raising two pre-teen daughters (Grace and Natalie) following the death of his wife. His support structure includes his best friends, found in the form of two other families — Forrest and Delia (Rob Corddry and Michaela Watkins) and their young daughter, and Ben and Michelle (Omar Benson Miller and Maya Lynne Robinson) and their four kids. The friends try get Wade back into the world of dating, with pushy-but-loving advice, and Wade tolerantly accepts their well-minded interference in his life. “The Unicorn” refers to Wade’s exalted status (in the eyes of his friends), because he’s a loving father and devoted former husband, so he’s as elusive and rare in the modern dating pool as the legendary unicorn.

 

Like so many sitcoms nowadays, there’s a little too much emphasis placed on the pursuit of sex, but when the characters aren’t obsessing about Wade’s sex life, and are simply dealing with their lives and relationships, it hits a home run. Recurring plots about supporting their kids, job hunting, career-building and Wade’s “widows” support group all add to making this an enjoyable part-comedy/part-drama. If you liked Modern Family, you’ll probably love this show! The DVD features a few nice "extras", including some deleted scenes!

[If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try Modern Family.]

[ Internet Movie Database entry for this TV series ] | [ CBS’ official The Unicorn series page ]

 

Recommended by Scott C.
Bennett Martin Public Library — Public Service

 

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