Friday night Dinner. It's not doing it for me.

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I so wanted to like it as well.

Gad, how disappointing is it? So stupidly OTT.

Like you I really wanted to like it - first series was funny - but no.
Bleh.

This series is not nearly as funny as the first

I was surprised when they commissioned a second series tbh.

So pleased to find this thread. I thought the 1st series was OK, watched Ep 1 of series 2 on 4OD last night to catch up in time for the 2nd ep and was quite shocked at the awfulness of it. Poor old Tamsin Greig reduced to just saying "Boys!" every 30 seconds. Digitalspy seem to think it's hilarious though thought I was going mad!

It's dire. I won't be watching again.

Your right it is not as funny as the 1st series. I know it is deliberate repeating the joke but eating butter as if its cheese was not that funny the 1st time !!
However I could not help giggling at the chaos of the last scene. It was often like that with the 1st series you would just be thinking why am I watching this rubbish and it would descend into complete silliness and make you laugh.
Think the ideal audience is 10 year old boys my DS loves it!

I think we will prefer the new Gina Mckee comedy that starts on Thursday, Hebburn. Its also got a Jewish theme from what I saw on the BBC this morning.

I got really fed up of the amount the boys were fighting. In the first series they would be behaving like adults and then suddenly flip into tormenting each other - in this episode they were like extreme 8-year-olds from start to finish. Nothing like as funny.

I totally agree. Completely dreadful - badly written, badly acted, annoying, totally unbelievable and utterly infantile. Agree that it's like a kids programme.

I really like it.

I did think that these were the man-boys that many posters on Relationships find themselves married to.

Love it. Second episode better than first. It's meant to be badly acted, annoying, infantile and unbelievable. That's why it's funny.

I tolerate most of it because I love Jim, the strange neighbour, who is scared of his own dog! He makes me laugh every time.

I really enjoyed it. I loved the first series, although preferred when it was on Fridays because it fitted in quite nicely with our own friday night dinner ritual.

This series has been less funny so far but definitely seems to improve episode by episode.

Compared to some of the dire shit out there I don't think this is too bad, admittedly its hardly cerebral but at least it gives me a few laughs. Some of the characters, particularly the dad, and the behaviour of the boys rings quite true for me so maybe thats why I find it so funny.

At least Auntie Val is back in it tonight.

Another rubbish episode.

Tonight was disappointing. The Lady Di bit was such an anti-climax.

Hopefully they're alternating humour and next week will be funnier. Although I'm not too hopeful.

I like it, but I find Jim the neighbour slightly menacing!

I love the bits with Val in

I find the dad too disgusting to watch though - does he make anyone else retch?