To start with the underwhelming things, the characters are certainly stereotypes in a lot of ways and the lovey dovey sentimentality. I watched it many years after the airing date and being from India at that time it was difficult to grasp all the underlying political commentary, which I could get a few years later rewatching this.
After all this despite being not a fan of TV tropes and romance genre in general, Dharma and Greg's presence on screen makes me feel happy. The writing might not be the cleverest of all time but I often find myself laughing out loud. The relationships portrayed are so real that I find myself invested despite often exaggerated storylines. It's not the era of sitcoms anymore, but if I discount the fact that this was made 25 years ago, I find it to be a fairly good show.
Normally I would rate this a 6 out of 10 but I got into this show when I got to know that it served as an inspiration for some of the main characters in iconic Indian sitcom Sarabhai vs Sarabhai. And while I think SvS surpassed this at so many levels (I know this came out first) and is right up there with Seinfeld and Arrested Development for the best sitcoms ever, this show still made me feel like I was getting to see more stories about the characters of SvS living in 90s US instead of 90s India. So a 7/10 for me.
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