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Series · ABC · 1969

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The Brady Bunch

39Leave it.

Fine if the kids want the song, but do not let it teach them what a house is.

Take controlThis scores 39. The Brady Bunch cannot be blocked by name on this shelf. The lock is the phone. Block it

The review

A widower with three sons marries a widow with three daughters, and a housekeeper is there so the blend never has to get heavy. That blend is the whole premise. Whatever the problem is, it is settled before the credits, and the cheer shows up on schedule. They were selling the cheer. It still plays like a song you already know the words to.

It will not teach anyone how a house like that feels. Both parents buried a spouse, and the half hour has almost nothing to say about it. The children fuss and then they are fine. Keep it if they like the song. Do not hand it over as a picture of what a marriage is for.

Journal

Keep The Brady Bunch in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 39. Yours can differ.

The glance

Industry and Piety and Courage and Republic and Truth and Stewardship are the thin ones.

Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

Consider this

Phineas and Ferb

51 instead of 39

Phineas and Ferb is still a comedy show, and it scores 51 instead of 39. What you gain is industry: They design and build.

The eight

4
Industry
A housekeeper keeps the blended house running, and nobody's job is the story.
6
Household
Six children and a new marriage are the premise, with the earlier grief wiped away.
3
Piety
Any lesson stays small, and nobody's conscience is asked to cost them the evening.
2
Courage
The trouble is sized to vanish, so no one risks anything they would miss.
2
Republic
The block is scenery, and no one owes the town a hard duty.
6
Temperance
The wants stay small, and the half hour does not feed a bigger one.
4
Truth
Squabbles get told, then the credits pretend a blended house is easy.
4
Stewardship
What remains is a cheerful floor plan, not a family you could keep.

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Series · Netflix · 2013

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Orange Is the New Black

39Leave it.

Sometimes it tells the truth about a hidden place. Often it sells the pain. Adults, sparingly.

Take controlThis scores 39. If you do not want Orange Is the New Black in the house, the steps are on Netflix. Block it

The review

A prison is a real public fact, and most living rooms had managed not to look at the women in it. The early episodes look. Backstories arrive as a moral claim: a person is not the worst day the state recorded.

The show learned, as Netflix learned, that a hidden place can be a library of twists. If you watch it, watch a woman trying to get home to a child, and turn it off when the place becomes a quip. Adults. Not a binge. A binge is how the hiding continues in another costume.

Journal

Keep Orange Is the New Black in the record.