Wrecked

First The Detour and now Wrecked, TBS has really made a nice investment into a couple of very funny comedies. Wrecked is about a couple of losers trying to lead a group of people on an island after a plane crash. Some of the jokes aren't hard to see coming but the payoff will still make you laugh. I'd say it's just in time for a good summer comedy from a network you really wouldn't expect it from. I'm excited to see what direction they are going to take and it looks like they have a solid cast and writers who can create a story that's better than a run of the mill comedy. Now I've run out of things to say but the powers that be always want a 10 line review and by gosh somebody should say anything about this show.

A plane crashes onto a deserted tropical island. The survivors include incompetent flight attendant Owen. Florence and Emma are best friends. Danny is a loser pretending to be a cop. Jess is married to the jerk Todd. Steve is a New Zealander. Pack is tech obsessed. Karen is the survivalist. Liam is the obvious chiseled leader until he gets crushed by the nose of the plane in the first episode.

This is a fun, ridiculous spoof. It starts as a spoof of Lost but deviates relatively quickly. I love all the ridiculous characters and the actors who give it everything. I do miss Ginger Gonzaga who left the show early in the second season. She's a lead actress who formed a duo as Emma and Florence. It's a TBS comedy which lasted three seasons. It's never going to win any awards but it's fun while it lasted.

Imagine you are a flight attendant on a plane piloted by Leslie Nielsen and right in the middle of half the passengers complaining and the other half getting wrecked (see what I did there?), the plane goes down. Next thing you know you are dealing with a lot of panicked people on a tropical beach--sort of like "Lost", but with a greater chance of a believable storyline.

Well, Owen, it doesn't take long for everyone to assume their places in this new society. What will be yours? Looking on the bright side (now that the pilots are gone and the one guy who seemed a natural to take charge has perished), will you finally realize that flight attendants have a higher calling?

"Wrecked" also ponders other basic questions, like are people basically good, as Danny (the big guy) believes? Or will the island be all "Lord of the Flies", as the corporate-survival-of-the-fittest woman believes?

It's an opportunity for the survivors to redefine themselves, to reinvent themselves, if they like. Maybe you'd want to be a cop? Or an importer-exporter? It's your big chance.

This parody of survival shows plays with all the usual tropes (it's a trope-ical island, after all) and is not afraid to get silly, though not as silly as "Angie Tribeca". So sit back with a mai tai, put your toes in the sand, and enjoy the comedy stylings of a bunch of misfits who couldn't survive on an island if Waikiki were just over the first sand dune.

Update 6/30/16: After a few episodes, I am enjoying this show, which has a kind of "Last Man on Earth" vibe.

Rhys Darby is hilarious in this, but my favorite character is played by Will Greenberg .. The dude must've study frat guys for sure. Some episodes are near perfect.

I started to watch wrecked one night when I was bored with nothing to do. At first I thought it was going to be a complete p**s take of lost which it is in a way but it isn't all about that. It has lots of humorous moments and I like most of the actors. What I like most about the show is the two female Asian actors, especially Jess (Ally Maki) they make the show worth watching. So overall I would definitely recommend wrecked if you are looking for a good laugh and some nice girls.. I need to get to ten lines so I am going to keep typing and typing and then type some more up until I have reached the ten lines. I am now on the final line. I hope my comment is well received