Big Lake

Big Lake

2010
Big Lake
Big Lake

Big Lake

5.5 | en | Comedy

Big Lake is an American comedy television series on Comedy Central that debuted on August 17, 2010, and ran for one season. The series was picked up using a similar model as Tyler Perry's House of Payne and Meet The Browns with an initial 10 episode order by Comedy Central, with an option to pick up the series for an additional 90 episodes, to have 100 episodes available for syndication. The deal was not picked up after Comedy Central passed on a second season.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP10  The Interview
Sep. 14,2010
The Interview

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EP9  Chris Falls in Love
Sep. 14,2010
Chris Falls in Love

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EP8  Chris is Mayor for 24 Minutes
Sep. 07,2010
Chris is Mayor for 24 Minutes

The Mayor goes under anesthesia for a colonoscopy, which places Chris in his position for 24 minutes, and during that time, he has a great rise and fall Jeremy's behavior gets Linda thrown in Jail, greatly upsetting Josh.

EP7  Therapy
Sep. 07,2010
Therapy

Josh becomes convinced that his family is the source of his problems, so he convinces his parents and brother to visit an unlicensed therapist, who completely destroys his plans when he tells everyone that Josh is the family's problem.

EP6  Jeremy Gets Caught
Aug. 31,2010
Jeremy Gets Caught

Josh sets a trap to expose Jeremy's double life.

EP5  Josh Goes to Work
Aug. 31,2010
Josh Goes to Work

Chris and Glenn replace Josh with a new best friend after Josh starts working.

EP4  Chris Moves In
Aug. 24,2010
Chris Moves In

After getting evicted from his home, Chris starts living in his classroom, where the violent janitors and a lack of privacy drive him extremely crazy, so he decides to move in with Josh, whose family seems to love Chris more than him.

EP3  Fad Diet
Aug. 24,2010
Fad Diet

After getting evicted from his home, Chris starts living in his classroom, where the violent janitors and a lack of privacy drive him extremely crazy, so he decides to move in with Josh, whose family seems to love Chris more than him.

EP2  Lee Harvey Osworld
Aug. 17,2010
Lee Harvey Osworld

After discovering that Lee Harvey Oswald lived in his home, Glenn goes to the mayor and tries to convince him to build a memorial site at his house Josh attempts to turn his life around by taking a history test that he failed in high school.

EP1  Josh Comes Home
Aug. 17,2010
Josh Comes Home

When Josh loses his job in New York he has to move back into his parents' house in Big Lake, Pennsylvania.

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5.5 | en | Comedy | More Info
Released: 2010-08-17 | Released Producted By: , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/big-lake/index.jhtml
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Big Lake is an American comedy television series on Comedy Central that debuted on August 17, 2010, and ran for one season. The series was picked up using a similar model as Tyler Perry's House of Payne and Meet The Browns with an initial 10 episode order by Comedy Central, with an option to pick up the series for an additional 90 episodes, to have 100 episodes available for syndication. The deal was not picked up after Comedy Central passed on a second season.

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James Rebhorn , Chris Parnell , Deborah Rush

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Reviews

Syl There is a reason that New York City filmed sitcoms never do well. It's because shows like Big Lake need support from other sitcoms. NYC sitcoms like Big Lake never have the support of the studio system to help ill what matters. It's not like they have 30 Rock next door to help them out. Anyway, the plot is thin. It's about an adult who returns home to his parents in Big Lake, Pennsylvania. I love the casting of James Rebhorn and Deborah Rush as the parents. James Rebhorn is more well-known for his darker roles on daytime but this Jersey resident is one of the finest actors around and needs for his talent to be shown to the world and the same for Deborah Rush. They take the bad writing and work it like professionals. Jonathan, their adult son, has two friends played by Saturday Night Live Alums, Chris Parnell and Horatio Sanz. I love both of them but they're not being utilized very well. Jeremy is the younger brother who acts more grown up and has a thriving business in reality. He would rather launder money to plan for his film school future. His parents are oblivious to the boy's maturity and brilliance but he's lacking a childhood with friends his own age. There are some moments in this show but not enough to keep it going.
mattm221 I saw the commercials for this, it didn't really look that funny. Now I'm waiting on The Daily Show to come on and I'm stuck watching this. I thought maybe since Will Ferrell was involved in it's creation, it might have at least a couple laughs. I was wrong. All the other reviews pretty much hit the nail on the head. The idea of the show is...OK, and it could have delivered something good but...it just feels wrong. It seems as though it's trying to be a parody of an 80's/90's sitcom. I have never been a fan of extremely repetitive laugh tracks, and this is no exception. But at least in the older sitcoms, the laugh followed a joke that could actually be considered...funny, and the acting was at least sometimes somewhat believable. As stated before, it just feels like its trying to be a parody of a sitcom and it's maybe..supposed to be kinda fake but it just doesn't work. I will also be surprised if this show sees a second season.
scarletminded I watched the first two episodes of this show and thought since one of my favorite movies of late is Step Brothers, the one-two punch of Will Ferrell and Adam McKay would be fantastic. But it isn't. The jokes aren't funny at all. I didn't laugh that much during the two shows because all the funny bits I did laugh at prior, I saw on the commercials for this show.I am not sure why it isn't funny. I mean, I watch Hot in Cleveland and if that can be funny, this should be too. I don't know specifically why it doesn't work, but it doesn't. But one thing positive about it is that Horatio Sanz is looking really good. I saw him on a SNL prime time special and he looks so svelte. Like the other reviewer said, it has an interesting idea but the characters are bland and unremarkable and the plot line putters along without making too much sense. I think the laugh track is annoying and they could have made it a more Arrested Development type show...including adding some humor into it somehow like that show has. I thought at least the younger brother, who is a "bad seed" like the horror movies of the same name, being super nice during the day and evil at night, had promise...but it just isn't amusing enough to keep me watching.
Scy_Fy_JunKiE I just didn't get it. Maybe I should watch while under the influence of.... anything.But it seemed to me as if the laugh tracks preceded every joke and were more of an annoyance and stuck out like a sore thumb then something that simply added to the tone of the show.Maybe it was the timing.... maybe it was the fact that I was sober. I'm not entirely sure.The one thing I can say is that so far the premise seems ridiculous and in no way relatable which if it is the point of the show then it sorely missed me.The main characters of the show are not even that. They are caricatures. The main "character" is a joke and so far from reality that I don't even get the joke. But the secondary characters are even worse. OMG I'm a little brother who sneaks out and does unmentionable things for untold amounts of cash and hasn't attended school for years. Really? Cut me a break.To me it seems that the premise is okay, guy looses job and parents money and wants to make it back for them. But he will do anything but get a job. The execution is so poor that those of us on the verge of bankruptcy won't get the thought process behind it.Maybe I need drugs to get the joke.... if that is the case. Please someone hook me up.