See Review of Better With You.
Add Olivia Munn,
Subtract Humor, Family Dynamic, and Realism...
That's right.Perfect Couples is less realistic than Better With You. And Better With You had a laugh track.
Too harsh? No. Too hackneyed.
Basic Format: Three different couples, rather than varying stages in their relationships, they're just in varying styles of relationships. Trust me, it's as drastically similar as it sounds. They're all good buddies and spend most of their time in a closed off environment without external interference. It's like Friends only they're all coupled off, even Joey and Phoebe. I don't know everyone's names yet, so I'll just refer to them by number. Couple 1 is the happily married, relaxed and realistic couple (in my loose Friends analogy, this is Monica and Chandler). Couple 2 is the over the top, everything has to be perfect, impose their perfection on everyone else, basically exist to add random ridiculousness and chaos, couple (Joey and Phoebe... again, it's a loose analogy). Couple 3 is the angry, fights all the time, can't commit to anything, immature couple (the Ross and Rachel).
Episode Formula: Man 3 approaches Man 1 with some crazy relationship based scheme. Man 1 reluctantly agrees to contribute to Man 3's insanity, with Woman 1 either encouraging him or discouraging him, depending on which is funnier given the situation. Meanwhile, couple 2 finds out and decides, unasked, to involve themselves. "Hilarity" ensues as everything devolves into chaos, usually with Woman 3 yelling at her boyfriend. Couple 1 is frustrated because they didn't want to get involved, Couple 2 is oblivious to everything but remains happy throughout, and Couple 3 miraculously finds a balance again just in time for another fight next episode.
In other words Couple 3's "lack of chemistry and sexual tension" drives the show, Couple 1 grounds it, and Couple 2 is supposed to make it funnier than real life relationship drama ever is.
Also, consider points awarded to people who got the Community reference in that last sentence.
Sound like the show to watch this season? Personally, I'm not invested.
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