United States of Al
United States of Al Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | ||
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| S1 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 7.8 | ||||||||||
| S2 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.6 |
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"Odd-couple sitcom trying to humanize war's aftermath"
United States of Al follows a Marine veteran back home in Ohio whose wartime interpreter and friend, Al, arrives to start a new life with him. It's a traditional multi-camera sitcom, laugh track and all, mining culture-shock jokes and PTSD-adjacent drama for both comedy and sentiment. The pace is gentle and episodic, built around odd-couple warmth rather than sharp writing. Critics found it broad and reliant on stereotype, though it clearly aimed for goodwill and moments of real heart about military friendship and immigrant adjustment.
the sincere attempt to portray military friendship and immigrant experience within a comfort-sitcom format.
you dislike traditional laugh-track sitcoms or find broad, feel-good humor thin on nuance.
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