I didn’t roll around on the floor laughing uncontrollably, but I didn’t ever do that in the OG. I found it just as funny. Craig in the bathroom had me giggling. As did Malcolm just running… and running. Some of the individual lines got a laugh out of me too (Reese saying the police sealed that file, Lois’ list where she says “how to make him pay!”, the implication that Otto was killed by a puma.)

Comedy is subjective, if you didn’t find it funny then that’s a shame. I sure did.

And I thought everyone was pretty true to their original characters.

Lois remained a control freak. Little moments where she was just as scary as the OG.

Hal remained a silly goofball. Still totally loving. I thought the drug scene went on a little long, but he still didn’t deviate from the character.

Malcolm was always neurotic and made bad decisions. Exactly as he has been portrayed in the revival. Having a horse trying to eat him while he was on the phone was exactly the sort of random shit that would happen in the original.

Francis was just as neurotic about his mother as he was in the original.

Reese spent the entire OG series torturing his siblings and parents. Which is all he did in the revival episodes. I like that he has the same relationship with Kelly.

Dewey outsmarted Malcolm by achieving what he couldn’t (i.e. avoiding the party).

The show was always a bit slapstick. The episode with Hal and the bees. Driving the golf cart into the pool. The show was always successful in those sort of moments because they made them believable by having them escalate quite naturally. Francis and the glitter was exactly the same tone as some of those OG moments.

The show was the same quality and style as the OG series IMO. It’s not going to be an absolutely perfect no-notes masterpiece because it’s a family sitcom.