In this new series on ABC, John Cho plays a marketing and rebranding genius at a pharmaceutical company. He co-stars alongside Karen Gillan, who plays a girl who's a vapid, self-absorbed “Instafamous” girl who is obsessed with social media. The problem with Karen is that although she's “friended” a lot, but she has no real friends. She hires Cho to redo her image and personality, hoping that it would help her make friends.
It's important to note that this series is a very satirical sitcom. The situations are wacky and unrealistic, the characters are over-the-top, and the comedy is fairly low-level. It's definitely not a series for everyone, and honestly I didn't enjoy it very much. I wanted to. I really wanted to (for John Cho), but by the end of the premiere episode I doubt we'll be seeing much more of this series. It's just not that funny, and I don't think the characters are very relatable.
Watch it here and judge for yourself.
(Editor's note — At least it's a win for Asian Male White Female couples)
Written by Megumi Tanaka