Mockingbird Lane Pilot Review

Last night while at work I noticed an interesting show on NBC, the show starts out with a Boy Scout troop in the woods, boring enough but soon the Boy Scouts are attacked, but by what? After the attack we see the troop in a car hiding and a young boy rising from the bushes without a shirt and we hear the very prominent Munsters theme song play. Yes, Mockingbird Lane is a remake of the hit show 'The Munsters'.

After this we see a young blonde girl wearing a short pink dress. A comical scene passes between her and the real estate agent after which she has purchased 1313 Mockingbird lane.

The show was comical and the characters are more appealing to the eyes and more modern. Grandpa continuously saves Herman by replacing his heart as it is held together by staples. Herman is played by Jerry O'Connell with Grandpa played by Eddie Izzard. In this Pilot Grandpa tries to entrance the neighbors as his slaves, Eddie(our little werewolf going trough puberty) joins a new Boy Scout troop and deals with his changes. Of course at the end of the episode we see Grandpa has killed Eddie's troop leader and given his heart to Herman.

The episode was cute. The special effects were very cheesy and I would hope that if they continue this show NBC will provide more funding to that department, but other than that The show was enjoyable. My favorite character would have to be Marilyn Her being the only normal member of the family and her choice of clothing is appealing to this generation.

Overall I give this Pilot a 8/10