Critics and fans alike have been mystifyingly kind to this blatant and utterly banal rip-off of the clearly superior "Six Feet Under." The cast of "Out of Order"(see, even the title is a derivative) is the only thing that makes this show even marginally watchable. Eric Stoltz and Felicity Huffman do what they can with what feels like underwritten characters. The rest of the cast shines too, but the problem is the creative team aims higher than they can deliver. They can't really do anything except put their characters through motions we've seen done better before. They aim for a "How we live now" immediacy that just doesn't hold my interest, unlike "Six Feet Under" which doesn't have any problem being original and provocative.
Review of Out of Order
