Life in Pieces

Life in Pieces



I watched a long intro to the show and I got dizzy.  (The clip is below this rant/explanation)

It's one big family with four short stories.  It's a soap opera .... well a sitcom that is like a soap opera.  "That tunnel is under construction." "You looked?......." "You know the space between two sofa cushions?"  Watch the clip and every episode.  Hail Google.  More like a hair Ceasar than Heil Hitler.  I need money and Google is my boss......well not really but....They're watching you.....

Okay, back to Life in Pieces.

The first story is about the first date.  A girl is engaged to marry a guy and brings home another guy .... to test out the chess board, play tiddly winks, check how firm the mattress is, make a mess to test out the new laundry detergent, hide the weasel, play peekaboo with the train tunnel....... They are going to have sex!  The boyfriend/fiance seems to be okay with it....kind of.  Well he thinks the wedding is still on but she is ready to move on.  Watch the clip.

The second story is the delivery.  That is baby delivery.  I won't bore you or show you pictures but in the intro clip below we get a hint that something isn't right and the doctor says not to play doctor for six weeks......The couple is also told not to look down there....The woman finds a mirror and looks and it's a nightmare.  I have the picture somewhere here.  No, that's bubble gum wrappers.  Hey, how did that picture get there?.....It's a barbell.  It's supposed to be cool.  I woke up that way.....(clink)  Oh, thank God.  It's a clipon.  (Looking on the other side.....Ahhhhhhhhh.  It's probably a clip on too.  (Yank......) Ahhhhhh.  Not a clip on.........

The third story is the college tour.  The young kid.....the grandson.... is starting college and doesn't want to get embarrassed.  He gets partnered up with .....  the gigilo?  Watch the clip.

The fourth story is the funeral.  Yes grandpa is.........not really dead.  He is just celebrating his 70th birthday (I think) and well he says some nice things and then invited everyone to say a thing or two.

The show is weird but then so is Modern Family but I like Ed O'Neil and Sofia mmmmmmmmmmmnmmmmm aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! (zipper got caught)

I think the show is okay.  I will watch more of it before I take a bite out of it, swing it around, and then spit it out like the newspaper.

Watch the clip and then read.  These are called words and words are put together to make sentences...... and a cow goes bark.....well a mad cow does.





Life in Pieces

Genre: Sitcom

Created by: Justin Adler


Starring:

Colin Hanks
Betsy Brandt
Thomas Sadoski
Zoe Lister-Jones
Dan Bakkedahl
Angelique Cabral
Niall Cunningham
Holly J. Barrett
Giselle Eisenberg
Hunter King
James Brolin
Dianne Wiest

Composer(s): Rob Simonsen

Country of origin: United States

Original language(s): English

No. of seasons: 2

No. of episodes: 27 (list of episodes)


Production

Executive producer(s):

Justin Adler
Aaron Kaplan
Jeff Morton
Jason Winer

Camera setup: Single-camera

Running time: 21 minutes


Production company(s):

Kapital Entertainment
40 or 50 Years, Inc.
20th Century Fox Television

Distributor: 20th Television


Release

Original network: CBS

Picture format: HDTV 1080i

Original release: September 21, 2015 – present

Life in Pieces is an American sitcom television series created by Justin Adler. CBS ordered the series on May 8, 2015. The show debuted on September 21, 2015, and was picked up for a 22-episode full season on October 27, 2015. On May 11, 2016, CBS renewed the show for a second season, which premiered on October 27, 2016.


Synopsis

The series chronicles the lives of three generations of the Short family as they go about their daily lives in Los Angeles County as told from the point of view of each character based on their own version of events. Each episode is told as four short stories, one for each branch of the Short family, with some connections related to the characters' events.


Cast

Main cast

Colin Hanks as Greg Short: Husband of Jenn Short; youngest child and younger son of John and Joan Short; younger brother of Matt Short and Heather (Short) Hughes; father of baby daughter Lark Short; worked for a crowd funding website until he quit his job in season 1 episode 22 (the season finale second half)

Betsy Brandt as Heather (Short) Hughes: Wife of Tim Hughes; oldest child and only daughter of John and Joan Short; older sister of Matt and Greg Short; mother of Tyler, Samantha, and Sophia Hughes; a stay at home mom

Thomas Sadoski as Matt Short: Recently divorced; middle child and oldest son of John and Joan Short; brother of Heather and Greg Short; dated Colleen Brandon Ortega until the end of season 1 episode 17. He and Colleen got back together in season 1 episode 21 (the season finale first half). They got engaged in season 1 episode 22.

Zoe Lister-Jones as Jenn Short: a lawyer; mother of baby daughter Lark; wife of Greg Short. She announced that she is pregnant with their second child in season 1 episode 22; however, it is later revealed that she had a miscarriage.

Dan Bakkedahl as Dr. Timothy "Tim" Hughes, M.D.: ENT doctor; husband of Heather (Short) Hughes; father of Tyler, Samantha, and Sophia Hughes

Angelique Cabral as Colleen Brandon Ortega: Granddaughter of Tonita; owns a male puppy named "Princess"; dated Matt Short until the end of season 1 episode 17. She and Matt got back together in season 1 episode 21. They got engaged in season 1 episode 22.

Niall Cunningham as Tyler Hughes: Oldest child and only son of Tim and Heather Hughes; brother of Samantha and Sophia Hughes; dated Clementine from season 1 episode 5 until they married before season 1 episode 22

Holly J. Barrett as Samantha Hughes: Middle child and older daughter of Tim and Heather Hughes; sister of Tyler and Sophia Hughes

Giselle Eisenberg as Sophia Hughes: Youngest child and younger daughter of Tim and Heather Hughes; sister of Tyler and Samantha Hughes

Hunter King as Clementine Hughes: dated Tyler Hughes from season 1 episode 5 until they married before season 1 episode 22. Recurring, season 1.

James Brolin as John Short: Retired airline pilot; partner of Joan; father of Heather (Short) Hughes, Matt Short, and Greg Short; owns a female Yorkie named Tank since season 1 episode 18

Dianne Wiest as Dr. Joan (Pirkle) Short: Partner of John Short; therapist; daughter of GiGi Pirkle; mother of Heather (Short) Hughes, Matt Short, and Greg Short. She and John are still together but they got divorced in 1980 in protest when their best friends, a lesbian couple, couldn't get married.


Recurring cast

Ann Guilbert as Shirley "GiGi" Pirkle: Mother of Joan; widow (husband was Winston); lives at Hidden Harbor (Retirement Community). Following Guilbert's death in June 2016, the GiGi character's death was written into a Season 2 episode.

Jordan Peele as Chad: ex-fiancé of Colleen

Martin Mull as Gary Timpkins: neighbor and patient of Joan; a recent widower

Susan Park as Dr. Sally Hong, Jen's OB/GYN

Tonita Castro as Tonita: Colleen's grandmother. Tonita was very close to Colleen's ex-fiancée, Chad, and she also is the nanny of Lark, the daughter of Greg and Jenn.

Bella Shepard as Lexie: one of Samantha's friends

Ashley Wolff as Jenna: one of Samantha's friends

Andrew McKeough as Jayden

Fortune Feimster as Dougie: a coworker of Jen; daughter of Jen's boss; member of legal team hired by Chad; Colleen's roommate (by renting Chad's room starting near end of season 1)

Martin Starr as Oscar: an exterminator; a field worker for "Scram! Trappers" animal control & pest removal

Stephnie Weir as Bernadette

Rhys Darby as Teddy

Megan Mullaly as Clementine's mother

Josh Groban as music store salesman


Episodes

Season Episodes Originally aired First aired Last aired

1 22 September 21, 2015 March 31, 2016
2 TBA October 27, 2016 TBA


Broadcast

The show debuted on September 21, 2015 on CBS. The first five episodes aired on Mondays, before it was moved on November 5, 2015, to a new time slot of 8:30 p.m. ET/PT (7:30 p.m. CT) on Thursdays, directly after CBS finished its NFL broadcasts.


Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 63% approval rating with an average rating of 6.6/10 based on 38 reviews. The website's consensus reads "Life in Pieces strong cast delivers funny, offbeat stories even if they're not always relatable". On Metacritic, the series holds a score of 64 out of 100 based on 24 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews."