After the end of Scrubs, many of us were hoping for the return of Zach Braff, aka JD, on the small screen. It's done with Alex Inc, the latest project of the actor/director/producer.
Let's start with the starting pitch: Alex Schuman, wonderful husband and father of two adorable children, decides to quit his job to embark on the adventure of the podcast. A podcast a little special because, instead of being made up of interviews or debates around a specific theme, this podcast will actually tell the adventure of Alex and his family. Stress after a resignation, family adventures, money problems…
From the watch of the first episode, we find the mark of Zach Braff. The main character, played by Braff himself, seems out of step with the world around him. He is a dreamer, an optimist, who believes in his lucky star while around him, we try to stay more down to earth. In fact, it's like finding our famous Dr. John Dorian of Scrubs, in the middle of a midlife crisis.
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This gives a positive whole, because we attach ourselves to Alex and his family. Special mention for the two children who, if well exploited, have a real comic potential. But the comparison with Scrubs may nip the series in the bud. The similarities between Alex Inc and Zach Baff's first series are pretty obvious. They play in the same court, but Scrubs is a series that won the hearts of fans at a time when there were not many other television shows of the same genre. The competition being tougher today, if Alex Inc continues to try to surf on the undeniable popularity of Braff, the series may be zapped quickly.
In addition, the show makes a mistake that could be called "the 2 Broke Girls case". Indeed, the basic concept of both shows is based on a fashion linked to a specific era: cupcakes for 2 Broke Girls, which we quickly toured, and podcasts for Alex Inc. For 2 Broke Girls, even if the series continued after the end of the cupcake frenzy, we still quickly thought that the two heroines were disconnected from reality with their cupcake business which, in the real world, would hardly have made the buzz after 2014. It will therefore be necessary that Alex Inc remains vigilant regarding the use of a fashion that could stop overnight, and drag in its fall the TV series.
A rather mixed record, but that does not mean that Alex Inc does not deserve to be given a chance. It is a family comedy made to relax and above all, to see the fabulous Zach Braff again.
