After watching the Pilot of Don't Trust the B---- In Apartment 23, I was hooked. This show is funny, sassy, and extremely entertaining. In addition, it received mostly positive reviews from critics.
Some people (critics as well as people I know) have said that it is a bad show because it "lacks in taste" and the heroine is "a bad person and a con artist". But here's the thing: this is NOT a show for little children. There's no need to make the main characters perfect do-gooders. I think that adults and young adults shouldn't have a hard time distinguishing a good person from a bad person, but I guess there are still people out there that can't seem to do so.
This show is honest, raw, and hilarious. The casting is great and there's a fun group of characters.
Chloe is the B in Apartment 23. The actress that plays her, Krysten Ritter, has excellent comedic timing and seems to know her character inside and out. Chloe is a con artist that puts advertisements asking for roommates on the web, but once they move in, she leaves them paying for the rent and makes sure they leave within a month by being the worst roommate ever.
And then there's June. June Colburn, played by Dreama Walker, is the smart, small-town girl that comes to NYC after being hired to work for a major mortgage company that comes with a huge apartment. But when the company is shut down by the government, June loses her apartment and ends up moving in with Chloe.
At first, Chloe tries to get June to move out, but June proves to be too clever to be out-smarted by the B in Apartment 23, and ends up living there as the two girls become good friends.
The cast is complete with Chloe's best friend, an actor playing a fictional version of himself (James Van Der Beek), a neighbor obsessed with Chloe (Liza Lapira as Robin), and June's boss (until she can get a new job), the manager of a coffee shop (Eric Andre as Mark Reynolds).
Another thing unique to this show is the amount of twists and turns, a plot element typically reserved for mysteries and dramas. An example of this is when Chloe sets June up on a date with a man that seems perfect for June, but little does June know that that man is Chloe's father! And if that weren't enough, when Chloe tells June her parents are separated, implying divorce, it turns out they were taking a temporary split for 3 days! And once again, if THAT wasn't enough, Chloe's mom is in a wheelchair.
Lastly, the set is great and the vibe of the city is perfectly matched with the spunky and quirky cast.
If you still don't like this show after knowing all this, well...to each his own.
Some people (critics as well as people I know) have said that it is a bad show because it "lacks in taste" and the heroine is "a bad person and a con artist". But here's the thing: this is NOT a show for little children. There's no need to make the main characters perfect do-gooders. I think that adults and young adults shouldn't have a hard time distinguishing a good person from a bad person, but I guess there are still people out there that can't seem to do so.
This show is honest, raw, and hilarious. The casting is great and there's a fun group of characters.
Chloe is the B in Apartment 23. The actress that plays her, Krysten Ritter, has excellent comedic timing and seems to know her character inside and out. Chloe is a con artist that puts advertisements asking for roommates on the web, but once they move in, she leaves them paying for the rent and makes sure they leave within a month by being the worst roommate ever.
And then there's June. June Colburn, played by Dreama Walker, is the smart, small-town girl that comes to NYC after being hired to work for a major mortgage company that comes with a huge apartment. But when the company is shut down by the government, June loses her apartment and ends up moving in with Chloe.
At first, Chloe tries to get June to move out, but June proves to be too clever to be out-smarted by the B in Apartment 23, and ends up living there as the two girls become good friends.
The cast is complete with Chloe's best friend, an actor playing a fictional version of himself (James Van Der Beek), a neighbor obsessed with Chloe (Liza Lapira as Robin), and June's boss (until she can get a new job), the manager of a coffee shop (Eric Andre as Mark Reynolds).
Another thing unique to this show is the amount of twists and turns, a plot element typically reserved for mysteries and dramas. An example of this is when Chloe sets June up on a date with a man that seems perfect for June, but little does June know that that man is Chloe's father! And if that weren't enough, when Chloe tells June her parents are separated, implying divorce, it turns out they were taking a temporary split for 3 days! And once again, if THAT wasn't enough, Chloe's mom is in a wheelchair.
Lastly, the set is great and the vibe of the city is perfectly matched with the spunky and quirky cast.
If you still don't like this show after knowing all this, well...to each his own.