I watched the first two episodes. It was cute, the dog is adorable, obviously, and the kids are decent enough actors for this type of show. There are two problems with it, however. The first is that the depiction of social anxiety is completely inaccurate, bordering on offensive, with the zombies and giant head explanations of how it works. The show can be cheesy, but it shouldn't be wrong about the one thing it's trying to say something about.
Also, the show's depiction of service animals and ESAs. No. Not even a little. An ESA can't go out in public places with its owner, because an ESA, like Dude, is untrained and a disruption to the public. Service dogs, on the other hand, are well-trained working dogs who enjoy doing tasks to help their owners. Dude is clearly an ESA and shouldn't go out in public, and it's pretty clear from the start that the kid doesn't want him, especially when he keeps running away into trouble. At any middle school, he would never be allowed to casually walk in with a dog without any kind of paperwork or discussion, especially one that pees on people and steals food. This show is an insult to people with ESAs and people with service dogs, because Dude is exactly the misbehaving dog that gets real handlers kicked out of establishments for being disabled.
Long story short, if you reviewed this 10/10 for being cute and pleasantly campy, please spend a few minutes googling ADA law about service dogs and ESAs so you understand how upset people giving critical reviews are. This show is a disgrace and an enormous step backwards for disabled people, and I'm disappointed in Netflix for airing it.
