The main thing is not money, but kinship, even if the amount is high and the family is not in the first place for you. The unexpected news was the closure of this potentially high-quality series.
I would not like this news to be true, but considering that once I have already made a mistake with the information (thinking that “Notes of a Young Doctor” was also closed), I hope that I was not deceived and it is time to sum up only seven episodes of the sitcom.
We can whine a hundred times that American comedies again promote family values. It is hard to find humor outside of everyday situations. Therefore, this project also takes the relationship of relatives as a basis.
After the death of the father, two brothers and a sister face inheritance conditions. The race for big money turns into an exciting game, the goal of which is to reach a new level of communication with your “enemies”, learn to respect and understand each other, find love in the big world. It’s very simple, but beautiful.
Possessing an acceptable, normalized, therefore no less touching the strings of the soul humor, the series remains incredibly cute, albeit with a note of purely American cynicism, but in the mix all the components form an excellent “kinococktail” for a good rest. “Goodwin’s Games” is just nice to watch, at least against the background of some released and not popular sitcoms. And let the intriguing test then turned into a typical understanding of how important it is to have a sister / brother / loved one and how it is necessary to take care of relatives and friends - for seven episodes this is enough. Yes, logically everything is completed, although it is a pity that such a project is closed. And yes, it would seem that still come up with writers, but despite the pros, some issues remained unresolved, as is usually the case when new series are not renewed. For example, who will receive the inheritance? Who is the African American Cossack in a secondary role? Unfortunately, we'll never know.
Sins remain on the conscience of the creators. For some reason, it seemed to me that Goodwin’s Games would last at least two seasons, or even three. Smell, as always, failed. It's okay. But in total we get a little more than two hours of laughter and affection.
7 out of 10