The Real O'Neals

The Real O'Neals

2016
The Real O'Neals
The Real O'Neals

The Real O'Neals

7.3 | TV-PG | en | Comedy

A contemporary take on a seemingly perfect Catholic family, whose lives take an unexpected turn when surprising truths are revealed. Instead of ruining their family, the honesty triggers a new, messier chapter where everyone stops pretending to be perfect and actually starts being real.

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EP16  The Real Secrets
Mar. 14,2017
The Real Secrets

VP Murray is nervous to tell Pat about his plans to ask Eileen to marry him and is relieved to receive Pat’s blessing to do so. Meanwhile, Eileen and Kenny realize how far they’ve come when they help Allison deal with her close-minded parents. Shannon and Jimmy discover a pregnancy test and prepare for life with another sibling.

EP15  The Real Mr. Nice Guy
Mar. 07,2017
The Real Mr. Nice Guy

When Kenny convinces VP Murray to hire a gay teacher, Kenny’s loyalties are tested when the teacher starts to make Jimmy’s life miserable. Meanwhile, when Pat’s courteous nature robs him of a winning lottery ticket, he decides to stop being such a nice guy with Shannon’s help, which doesn’t bode well for Eileen, who needs Pat’s help hosting a dinner for the Bishop.

EP14  The Real Heartbreak
Feb. 28,2017
The Real Heartbreak

Devastated by his break-up with Brett, Kenny tags along with Pat and Jimmy to a Lonely Hearts happy hour, but when they try to use Kenny’s sadness to get attention from single ladies, Kenny inadvertently steals the show. Meanwhile, Eileen shuns the usual Valentine’s Day traditions until a chance encounter changes her mind.

EP13  The Real Confirmation
Feb. 21,2017
The Real Confirmation

When Shannon asks VP Murray to be her godfather leading up to her confirmation, Eileen fears her own relationship with him might be moving too fast. Shannon’s big day also has a surprising effect on Kenny’s relationship when Brett says, “I love you,” sending Kenny into a tailspin. Meanwhile, the return of a hot former babysitter puts Pat and Jimmy at odds when she constantly makes passes at Pat.

EP12  The Real Brother’s Keeper
Feb. 14,2017
The Real Brother’s Keeper

Jimmy wants to teach his younger brother the rite of passage of drinking. When Shannon gets a comp hotel room due to a scam she’s pulling, Jimmy thinks this is the perfect time to teach Kenny how to drink, but it all goes awry when Kenny invites Brett to join in. Meanwhile, Eileen discovers that Pat has a new girlfriend, her nemesis, Sheila DeMars.

EP11  The Real Third Wheel
Feb. 07,2017
The Real Third Wheel

Kenny’s jealousy over Brett’s relationship with his best girl friend leads Kenny to realize he’s been a bad friend to Allison. Jimmy and Shannon start their own ridesharing company. Meanwhile, Eileen and Pat are shocked to catch Clive “cheating” on them.

EP10  The Real Acceptance
Jan. 17,2017
The Real Acceptance

After Kenny and Brett officially become a couple, Kenny starts to think of plan on how he should break the news to his parents. Meanwhile, Jimmy surprises everyone when he scores a high SAT score, forcing Eileen to hold up her end of a deal that she had previously made and takes Jimmy car shopping.

EP9  The Real Sin
Jan. 03,2017
The Real Sin

Eileen and Pat’s divorce papers come through, and Eileen realizes she is free to be with VP Murray, but their attempts are plagued with obstacles that make Eileen doubt her desires. Kenny tries to impress Brett by being a “bad boy” and gets a tattoo. Shannon puts out a petition to stop the dissection of frogs at school while Pat realizes that he needs to figure out how to be single again.

EP8  The Real Christmas
Dec. 13,2016
The Real Christmas

Eileen will stop at nothing to win the Christmas choir competition and gives the coveted Christmas choir solo to their newest member, Brett, to Kenny’s dismay, while Jimmy is tasked with spying on their toughest competitor, Sheila Demars. But, when Kenny attempts to sabotage Brett’s role, he finds a potential love interest. Meanwhile, Shannon accidentally gives Pat the wrong impression about a Christmas present she plans on giving to Ethan.

EP7  The Real Match
Dec. 06,2016
The Real Match

When Jimmy recruits a reluctant Kenny to join his wrestling team for a one-time match, a surprise victory gives him the confidence to join the team full time to become the first, openly gay athlete at St. Barklays. Kenny’s newfound stardom makes Jimmy feel a bit replaced, but when an opponent refuses to wrestle his brother, Jimmy puts his feelings aside and rallies the team around Kenny. Meanwhile, Pat injures his back trying to help Eileen prepare for a weekend getaway, but things only get worse when she tries to be the perfect caregiver to impress VP Murray but fails miserably.

EP6  The Real Fit
Nov. 29,2016
The Real Fit

Pat’s brother Dwayne (who is also Aunt Jodi’s ex-husband) comes to town to help Pat build his new “tiny house” in the garage. Shannon realizes Jodi and Dwayne still have chemistry, and tries to get them back together. Meanwhile, when Eileen becomes addicted to a CrossFit class she’s taking with Kenny, he must find a way to break the cult-like hold it has over her.

EP5  The Real Tradition
Nov. 15,2016
The Real Tradition

The O’Neals deal with a change to their Thanksgiving tradition when Pat and Eileen invite Gloria and VP Murray to dinner as their dates. Meanwhile, things don’t go as smoothly planned when Gloria offers to help Kenny cook, and Eileen prepares to meet VP Murray’s mom for the first time.

EP4  The Real Move
Nov. 01,2016
The Real Move

When VP Murray starts spending time around the house, Pat realizes it’s time to move out. Meanwhile, Eileen starts her new job at Aunt Jodi’s salon, and when the kids discover how unhappy their parents were during their 18 years of marriage, they stage a celebratory “divorce ceremony”.

EP3  The Real Halloween
Oct. 25,2016
The Real Halloween

When Halloween arrives, or what Kenny refers to as “the gay Super Bowl,” he plans to go to Boystown to watch the festive costume parade. In an effort to prevent Kenny from attending, Eileen agrees to let him throw his own Halloween party at home. Eileen’s tolerance is ultimately tested when Kenny recruits Stuart and his gay friends to join the big party, and he makes a BIG costume change. Meanwhile, Jimmy and Shannon plan to pull off an epic Halloween prank.

EP2  The Real Dates
Oct. 18,2016
The Real Dates

We step into the O’Neals’ messy dating lives as Eileen and VP Murray’s secret dating life is about to be unraveled, Kenny jumps into the world of gay dating apps but feels discouraged after not getting enough swipes to the right, and Jimmy goes too far to declare his love for Lacey. Meanwhile, Aunt Jodi meddles with Shannon’s love life after mistakenly thinking she needed her help.

EP1  The Real Thang
Oct. 11,2016
The Real Thang

When Kenny, Jimmy and Shannon head back to school, Kenny decides to start the first LGBT club at St. Barklay’s in honor of National Coming Out Day. After only recruiting one meek lesbian named Allison, Kenny pressures her into coming out to her family and ultimately realizes everyone’s journey isn’t as easy as his own. Meanwhile, Eileen realizes she might have real feelings towards VP Murray, unfortunately Pat also befriends him, which leads to an awkward situation.

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Released: 2016-03-02 | Released Producted By: di Bonaventura Pictures , ABC Studios Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://abc.go.com/shows/the-real-oneals
Synopsis

A contemporary take on a seemingly perfect Catholic family, whose lives take an unexpected turn when surprising truths are revealed. Instead of ruining their family, the honesty triggers a new, messier chapter where everyone stops pretending to be perfect and actually starts being real.

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Cast

Martha Plimpton , Jay R. Ferguson , Noah Galvin

Director

Casey Johnson

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di Bonaventura Pictures , ABC Studios

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Reviews

bsant54 Yes, yes, stereotypes galore, camp as all heck with a lot of great one liners in it and a lot of them delivered by the Mother played by the more than competent Plimpton (whom I loved in the Good Wife).All the characters in the family are very good in this, the gay son is hilarious and can he dance (and gay ham it up when need be). The dance scene after realizing he has a boyfriend was pretty awesome and they played it right up for him with multiple dance themes using each rainbow color.They have added other characters to the show to add more spice to it and has worked very well. Unless you are anti-gay, as some early posters here clearly are (this is not a venue for your personal bigotry disguised as a review), this show is hilarious and the cast are very good comedic actors. Whomever selected the cast knew what they were doing.One funny, funny escapist show that is light-hearted and never takes itself too seriously (they even lampoon gay conversion therapy camp, they camped that up as well...too funny). Thank you for that. There is enough "preachyness" on TV nowadays.
Chris Gomez The Real O'Neals is a really funny, entertaining show that can be enjoyed by many, whether they're part of the LGBT community or not. The show is not an emmy-award winning work of art. It's just a moderately likable show with some good jokes and interesting stories. I'm saying this because this show has a history of being negatively criticized by organizations such as The Catholic Church and One Million Moms just because of the obvious political standpoint it has. The show should be judged by it's actual content as opposed to its messages.The Real O'Neals mainly focuses on Kenny O'Neal, a homosexual teenager coming out of the closet in a highly religious family. This is a very relatable character, especially in this day in age. Many people are coming out of the closet and some at the age Kenny is. As a bisexual, I think that Kenny is a wonderful character. He may act kind of stereotypical at times, but in a minor way. It's not really offensive, it's just kind of a tacky way. However, it can be argued that the reason for this is because he takes great pride in his sexuality and wants to go around, letting everyone know what he is.Aside from that, the other characters of the show and the situations they're in are very interesting. Pat and Eileen's divorce is dealt with in a funny and lighthearted way. However, the two of them seem to have absolutely no conflict with each other. The only negative interactions they have are minor arguments that a happily married couple would have in the exact same way, so it's hard to believe that they're getting a divorce. Some divorced couples can tolerate each other like this, sure, but if they're forced to live in the same house and take care of the kids the same way a mother and father would, it would seem unlikely that they're doing so well at not being reminded of their problems.Shannon and Jimmy, while being cliché characters, a dumb jock and a smart girl, are given a new twist, when put into situations involving Kenny, a character with a trait that's relatively new to television.The show relies on a lot of stereotypes on Catholics, but they do a good job at avoiding the satire technique, where they make the opposing point of view look like an evil, hateful idiot, by giving Eileen (the Catholic who's mainly against Kenny's homosexuality) an actual personality, good reasons to feel the way she does, and also having her change her ways in a meaningful and realistic way so she's not just a static antagonist.So, the show is not nearly as bad as people make it out to be. Not in the slightest. It's not fantastic either. It's just a good show and one would enjoy watching it whenever a new episode comes out. It's a good show and it deserves a little more decency.
Tom_Grayson The Real O'Neals is a fun family comedy with surprisingly beautiful dynamics among the 3 teenage children, who are - despite the flaws of their family - very loving and supportive of one another.I have always been a fan of the hilarious Martha Plimpton and she certainly doesn't disappoint here. I can burst in laughter just at the mere sight of her facial expressions.Noah Galvin, as her cute son Kenny, has great comic timing, while Mad Men's Jay R. Ferguson has fine chemistry with Plimpton that makes you root for their characters to work out their differences.Although I feel the writing hasn't reached its full potential yet, that's hardly unusual as most comedies take time to figure out their characters and see what works best (case in point - ABC's #2 comedy The Goldbergs). But, there is definitely immense potential here if ABC is patient enough and takes time to nurture this fine comedy and help it grow.Not surprisingly, most of the criticism of this series here on IMDb and elsewhere is not based on the show's own merits, but rather comes from people with antiquated anti-gay agenda, who also believe their religion is beyond reproach and have loathed The Real O'Neals before even seeing a single second of the pilot.As such, an open-minded viewer looking for a fun and endearing family comedy should instantly dismiss these bigoted critics and give it a chance.
iseeyou-12642 After watching three episodes of this series, I want to support this show and see more. Having a an almost teenage daughter I want her to feel loved and supported. All the characters in the show have their "secrets" and are figuring out how to deal with their new changes and yet still love and support each other. The mom with her religious beliefs working it out with the dad who she is divorcing and "secrets" she found out about her kids, the dad still trying to be a dad to his kids, the older brother being supportive of his younger brother and of course Kenny, dealing with his "coming out". This is probably the least interesting to me. I like the family dynamics and overall the warmth and love of the family.