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We don't often get shows like this.

I'd say the casting department did their job well.

Kerry Washington has a good relationship and legacy with ABC, and it's nice that she gets a starring vehicle that lets her feature her comedy skills. I don't know if this will be limited to the 1 series of 8 half hour episodes, but hopefully we'll get more.

The show is Delroy Lindo's show. He's been a working actor for years who is respected in the industry. He's been in several films that are part of culture. Washington is the lead, but this is Lindo's show.

He's playing a man I see on a daily basis in the community I'm in, but not on screen. The character is complex, and you know Lindo has worked him out for us from how he is on screen. A complex character that is approachable.

This show is based on heavy topics. Daddy issues, release from prison, being black in Minnesota, revisiting relationships, the housing market in America, and how technology changes culture.

The overall tone of the show is lite, and at times cartoonish. It IS a sitcom, in 8 half hour segments that goes into those topics. How it is able to do that is the cast. The last few episodes get a bit heavier, but retain most of the positive tone about life.

We know it is based on a true story. Sometimes trauma includes laughs. It is how we live. The supporting cast, is there for the leads. In many ways they provide the drama to the show, and it is a nice mix.

By the supporting cast providing the drama, we get to enjoy watching how the two leads work through their flaws, with humor.

The shortcomings with the show are in someways related to the sitcom nature. Story lines just end. That is how life is sometimes. Problems just resolve themselves because there isn't anything else you can do with it.

I like the show. It will be nice to see more shows like this in production, and I hope the numbers support that decision for Hulu.

I have just started this one but I already have a question- I realize the chance might be slim- but did anyone else notice the house where her dad's ex lives is the same place where Kerry Washington's 'Scandal' dad lived?

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Delroy and will pretty much watch anything he is in. I was not a big fan of 'Scandal' but ended up watching every season thru repeats. Got hooked obviously. So I do like Kerry too.

As others have mentioned, the first thing I did notice was that once again Kerry is playing a character that refers Caucasian men. At this point seeing her with a Black man would seem almost weird I think. But then again- The Heart Wants What The Heart Wants. Does not matter to me one way or the other.

Also I so wish this site would allow you to post a comment without requiring it to be the length of a short story!

I stumbled across Unprisoned on Hulu, and since it's only 16 episodes, decided to binge it over a few days. And I walk away kind of frustrated, only because this show has all of the pieces of greatness. It has a terrific cast, a decent story, and some great subject matter. But for some reason, it never all seems to gel and coalesce.

Most episodes seem sort of uneven, like they're either not sure what kind of message they're trying to send or they give conflicting sides of the same message. Also, Kerry Washington's character kind of drives me insane. She's supposed to, that's the type of character that she's portraying, but sometimes she's just so tightly wound over nothing at all and needs to relax.

I do like that the show isn't afraid to veer into more serious topics, like racial profiling from police and the prison system. But as mentioned before, it often seems unsure of what exactly it's trying to say aside from "those things are bad".

I do want to see it continue though, because I think it has so much potential if they can really focus the scripts for each episode a little bit better. I really like how the cast plays off of each other, and I like the different familial dynamics at play. It's good, but I'd love to see it become great.