gpknopp Kristin Bell. And, lots of crass, clever dialogue and "inner monologues" that are quite realistic representations of emotionally violent relationships in this medium. Hollywood swings between ultra-violence and pandering humor and soft-core. It's refreshing to see, depictions of relationships that are more real than anything I've seen. And if you don't relate, it's okay, go back and watch your baby stuff. Like empire. Or Arrow. Not everyone can be a consultant."I was squirting, Greg." Ahh, good stuff. "Fecal fingers." It gets better...

YourUncle Darnell My nomination goes to House of Lies for the ugliest cast of characters ever assembled for a television series. Normally I like Don Cheadle but he's totally miscast here as some sort of stud who no woman can resist. On top of that he plays a ruthless scumbag who will lie, cheat, and manipulate everyone around him in order to advance his career. We are too used to him playing good decent people to buy into this Kaan character.Then there are all the other annoying scumbags that populate it. For example, his two male assistants are guys you just want to beat the crap out of after a few minutes. This goes double for Ben Schwartz as Clyde. Was he created by antisemites? Kaan's female assistant played by Bell is not much better. Then there is Kaan's ex-wife who looks and acts a lot more like a cheap prostitute than a professional woman. Why on earth would they cast a woman half a foot taller to play Cheadle's ex wife? Her head is also twice the size of Cheadle's. I won't even get into Kaan's screwed up family. Uggh. That kid needs help. Who on earth takes their cross-dressing son to a client's office when the boy is wearing a dress? The kid needs to be in therapy before he's assaulted on the streets or worse. On top of all that actor playing the son is terrible at it.The show is just a sad depressing statement on humanity.Somehow I managed to get through the entire first season before finally accepting that it's a horrid waste of time. I did so because I kept hoping there might be some business insights like the book has. Nope. The show is just a train wreck about a group of mostly unattractive, morally bankrupt and psychologically screwed-up people.

Andrew Christopher Heard Big business is a bogeyman in today's world. When the subject of corporations and wealth come up, things often turn to talking about lies, greed an grabbing power. So it's no surprise that these ideas are front and centre in House of Lies. But where a lot of shows would explore the consequences of a life built on lies and deception, this show attempts to see the benefits. In a world of full of liars, the best liar is the one who succeeds. Enter Marty Kahn, played by the great Don Cheadle, a management consultant who is second to none at the game they play. He can sell anything to anyone on a bad day. On a good day he can talk them out of house and home and make them think it was their idea.It's often said that with any new business or industry that there are bound to be spin off industries looking to take advantage of the relatively uncertainty that comes along with establishing it. With the multi-million or billion dollar conglomerate it seems, management consultancy is that spin off. A business built upon coming in and telling a massive organization how to be more efficient at high costs. And there in lies the fun of the show. Marty Kahn and his team of consultants are masters of manipulating businesses.You might say that it is one of the best examples of shows which fight back for the anger and resentment towards corporate greed and power. In the same way that Arrow and other shows in recent years have been like rallying calls reflecting society's perspective, House of Lies shows that even within the system itself there are people who look for ways to screw the big boys out of their money.Adding to this modern story is the phenomenal talent of the previously mentioned Don Cheadle, the fantastic Kristen Bell as Jeannie Van Der Hooven, the incredible Dawn Olivieri as Marty's psychotic ex wife Monica Talbot ultimately rounded out by what can only be described as the comedy duo of Ben Schwartz and Josh Lawson as Clyde Oberholt and Doug Guggenheim. They are today's unsung heroes, the wish-fulfilment of the audience in a world where things just don't tend to go their way. And it's a joy to watch them work. Set from the personal perspective of Marty Kahn as he struggles to balance work, home and his relationships we still never lose sight of the lives of the people around him and their own struggles.Can you find truth in the House of Lies? Absolutely, especially when a lot of those lies also happen to be the truth. If you haven't seen this show, then you're lying to yourself if you say you don't need to.To check out more of my reviews, go here:http://andrew-heard.blogspot.ca/

arto-alamaunu Well, after breaking my leg I laid on my coach watching 3 seasons of Veronica Mars on Netflix. Then I just needed more Kristen Bell. IMDb! Most enjoyable and funny. Didn't remember how much a good show can mean to someone who is stuck at home not able to move much... Better than sex! And Kristen Bell's smile is always nice to see. Well, this show is funny, not like "funny-funny", more like "sometimes I hit the replay button to see what really happened" -funny. Kristen Bell is as cute as usual and my broken leg likes that. Anyway, the plot is interesting and other main characters, like Martin Kaan and his ex-wife too. Maybe Ben Schwarz' and Josh Lawsons' characters are bit "thin" after six episodes that I've seen, but I hope their characters will get deeper, or so... After the first six episodes of this show, I'd say, pretty good. I like! .