Alone Together: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Pilot” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
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Alone Together’s future really will rest on whether or not FreeForm’s audience will love, or learn to love, the character Esther. Network FreeForm Creator Benji Aflalo, Esther Povitsky, and Eben Russell Director(s) Daniel Gray Longino Writer(s) Benji Aflalo, Esther Povitsky, and Eben Russell Noted Cast Esther Esther Povitsky Benji Benji Aflalo Alia Ginger Gonzaga Dean…
Alone Together’s future really will rest on whether or not FreeForm’s audience will love, or learn to love, the character Esther.
Network | |
FreeForm | |
Creator | Benji Aflalo, Esther Povitsky, and Eben Russell |
Director(s) | Daniel Gray Longino |
Writer(s) | Benji Aflalo, Esther Povitsky, and Eben Russell |
Noted Cast | |
Esther | Esther Povitsky |
Benji | Benji Aflalo |
Alia | Ginger Gonzaga |
Dean | Chris D’Elia |
Jeff | Edgar Blackmon |
The Introduction
Left to Right: Esther Povitsky and Benji Aflalo
Yet, the truth is, Benji and Esther are just friends. In fact, Esther prefers fat guys – they make her feel pretty. Then with Benji, he likes the model types because, well him being well off is the easiest way to attempt to get in their pants. Though, with little to no game, at best he gets to first base and then strikes out.
Other Noteworthy Facts & Moments
- Benji is under 5’10.
- Esther is Jewish
- Alia owns a major fashion company, Vindication, and found She even, because she loves her brother, lets him pretend to be the VP to get girls.
- Esther apparently has student loans but it isn’t confirmed if she graduated college.
- This has already been renewed for a second season, per Deadline.
Question(s) Left Unanswered
- How does Esther and Benji know Jeff? Is it just from the place they like to eat at or was it from school or something else?
Collected Quote(s) or .Gifs
On The Fence
The Leads Balance Each Other Out, But Esther Can Still Overpower Benji
So, About Benji, His Family, and Information About Them
Left To Right: Ginger Gonzaga and Chris D’Elia
We don’t learn what he aspires to be, how he met Esther, or anything which could make him a true co-lead of this show. If anything, the pilot has Benji looking like the male love interest who is as thinly written as female love interest formerly were. Something which, of course, could change over time but with the show being only a half hour, though sometimes feeling like a full hour, who knows how long it may take for that change to come into effect.
First Impression: Mixed (Stick Around)
I could get into this show but I feel that me being a fan, a committed one who watches this live, really depends on if they can dial back Esther and make that character on equal footing with Benji. For on her own, she comes off annoying in the way a lot of people find certain female comics like Amy Schumer or Sarah Silverman. Which is to say, does she have an audience, a voice, and persona worth seeing on television? Yeah. It’s just the audience may dwindle if it isn’t figured out how to balance the nails on a chalkboard parts of her personality with the human being who we’re repeatedly told has daddy issues and a whole lot of insecurities.
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