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Instead of princes and beefeaters, Theroux gives us a circumscribed tale about the fleecing of a dysfunctional British family by an unscrupulous businessman from mainland China.
Mob families (not Families, but actual nuclear families) are among the most dysfunctional on the planet--they lie, they wear masks on top of masks, and they live off dirty money.
Basic premise: In the aftermath of her mother's death--which, incidentally, we witness in the first episode--Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Sydney Hansen (Melina Kanakaredes) returns home to Providence, R.I., to care for her sweetly dysfunctional family and practice real medicine in the local clinic.
In a city with a dysfunctional political culture, the role of newspapers becomes paramount.
Actor Gary Oldman's directorial debut about a dysfunctional South London family is praised for avoiding the moralizing mawkishness of the typical British working-class drama.