Holy “Best Friends”! It’s a comedy-drama about a 40-ish married couple who are also a screenwriting team, from 40-ish married couple Donna & Wayne Powers (“The Equalizer,” “Deep Blue Sea,” “Valentine,” “The Italian Job”), who are also a screenwriting team! It stars Eric Stoltz, Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy, Justine Bateman, Kim Dickens and Peter Bogdanovich.
10 p.m. Sunday. Showtime. The subsequent four episodes air Mondays at 10 p.m. (Opposite “Road Rules.”)
The Hollywood Reporter says:
The Hollywood Reporter says:
Viewers may be unable to identify with Mark and Lorna's opulent suburban lifestyle, seemingly attained with little effort, but the dilemmas inherent in their fractured relationship have an undeniable universality. … A dream cast effectively bolsters Mark's perspective in favor of a nonjudgmental approach.
Variety says:
… blend of comedy and drama peppered with copious amounts of language, nudity and drug use. In the never-ending quest to depict real life - only more so - skein will undoubtedly draw comparisons to HBO's "Six Feet Under." But it's fair to say more viewers will identify with the Colm family than the Fisher clan. It all comes down to how dark you take your comedy. … a damn entertaining miniseries … alluring characters that are neither totally likable nor completely reprehensible …
