SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Sometimes you don't know what you want for dinner so you toss everything into the pot figuring you can't miss w/that shotgun approach. Well, this series tossed everything in the pot to make sure it could attract every demographic of viewer. We have upper middle class (what most strive for) parents with a biological child along w/adopted children from every ethnic/racial group imaginable. They offer every personality type to fill those viewer likes. Of course the series offers sex (of every type), drugs, parties, family issues, community issues, and rock 'n roll (kidding on the last one). Everything is as formula as can be so ff is a good option for all those scenes. On a creative positive note there are frequent actually intelligent discussions which nevertheless might be boring for many. On a really negative note there is this really stupid, doesn't make script sense, or even logical sense of one of the characters seeing (paranormally) the numbers 11 11 which has it's meaning somewhat disclosed in the final episode, but left room for future incarnations I reckon - oh bother! Scientifically speaking it makes as much sense as a pink & purple elephant falling from the sky. Acting was TV series weak, dialogue a few times pretty good.

As some others, I felt compelled to give a different perspective when seeing so many negative reviews here. This show is truly incredible from its acting to its interwoven storyline. People seem very wrapped up in the confusion of the 11:11 plot, but it's meant to be uncomfortable and exploratory rather than have a set of definitive answers; it's meant to imitate real life.The only reason I don't give it a solid 10 is because the liberal activism is admittedly a bit over-the-top and distractive to the storyline, but some if it is necessary for the context. It also shows a unique side to extreme political correctness: hypocrisy. Shaving a bit of that off would make this show exceptional. Alan Ball undoubtedly would have been able to redeem himself with a second season.

This show is a syfy in a drama mask. While it attempts to push ppl boundaries confronting in equality among the race and classes. You learn more about the magic that binds all of us humans together.

Five stars because the performances are decent, and the show kept us (the wife and me) interested enough to think it was building up to something compelling and clever. The ending was a HUGE letdown. Much was never explained, and as the show has been cancelled, it never will be. Frankly, I'm not sure the writer(s) actually had a plan for where the storyline was going, but figured they'd just keep putting in puzzling experiences until the show got cancelled or they thought of something. I would almost have been tempted to watch a 2nd season just to see if this really was going somewhere. I'm glad I won't have to make that decision.