Boxed with John Fardy
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What Netflix series does John Fardy discuss?
The Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk. Well, now it's time for Boxed, where John Fardy recommends some new TV, you know, streaming from the various platforms. So, John, what have you chosen?
We've gone big mistakes on Netflix. Last time I was on, we did The Pit, which is very heavy medical drama. I just thought we needed to lighten the load. The weather's out.
This has good provenance.
Who are the key creators behind 'Bad Mistakes'?
It does, because Dan Levy is the co-creator, and he was the co-creator with his dad of the brilliant Schitt's Creek. And I'm not swearing, that's what it's called, right? Okay, what's the conceit here? The conceit is a delightful one. And again, like Schitt's Creek, it's in essence a family drama. So Daniel Levy plays Nicky, who is a closeted pastor. He's a gay man living somewhat of a secret life with his boyfriend.
He's allowed to be gay, but not to consummate.
Exactly, exactly.
What is the premise of 'Bad Mistakes'?
If you want to get specific about it, that's exactly it, Pat. But he is consummating, spoiler alert, which we do see at times, but it's not that type of show, I should say. He has this strange family. His mother, played by Laurie Metcalf, she's tough work, you know, as families can often be, and she's running for mayor, but he has a sister, played brilliantly by Taylor Ortega, who is a teacher. She's not a bad teacher, but she wants more in life. So that's the set-up. Their grandmother is dying at the start of the show. So they go to a small little gift shop and they want to buy a kind of what seems like a knockoff bracelet to put possibly in their grandmother's coffin. And here is them attempting to buy that bracelet.
Hey, excuse me. That's display only. OK, yeah, I just wanted to try it on. It's not for sale. I know, you've made that really clear. Could you grab me one from the back? No, because that's actually the last one. Okay, good, then I wanna buy that one. Can you leave it alone? It's not for you, okay? Seriously? It's a cheap f***ing necklace in a cheap f***ing store. Yeah. Who's it for if it's not for me? Then get the f*** out of here.
How does the family dynamic play a role in the show?
Oh, okay. Whoa. Morgan, can you just accept the fact that this isn't some hot New York boutique? A hot New York boutique? What are you, addicted to humiliating yourself? By the way, who wishes this was a hot New York boutique? Get your wife under control, man. All right, she's not my wife. I'm the pastor of Glenview Community Church, and even if she was, I don't think we need to get hostile. Even if I was. Oh, Morgan, please.
You're a very rude woman.
You're a very rude woman. Morgan, wait outside.
It's great. It's laugh out loud at times. Yes, because you've started watching it, right?
And you've been enjoying it, which I'm delighted about because not everyone's loving it. I think it's actually delightful. And it's delightful because at source, it is a crime drama, right? In some ways.
But it could have been written by Woody Allen. It's that kind of script.
Yeah, absolutely. It's that razor sharp. But it's a crime drama in one level because what happens is they're trying to buy that bracelet. And this isn't a spoiler because it's in the trailer. It turns out they do buy that bracelet, but that bracelet belonged to some pretty serious people and in a kind of Bunny and Clyde fashion.
And we're led to assume early on that this may not be a cheap knockoff. It may be more significant.
It's much more significant. And without giving a spoiler, what happens because they buy it and they, in essence, bury it with their dying grandmother, who dies, spoiler alert, in the coffin. It turns out this was a very important piece of jewellery which belonged to some nasty people. Hop forward, they end up on the payroll of these nasty people. So it's kind of a Bonnie and Clyde story. But what it really is, is a story of family, much like Siege Creek, because what you heard there is they don't get on this brother and sister. And now they don't get on carrying out jobs for the kind of mafia. And it's hilarious.
I haven't got there yet to that section. But that's the premise. So you have another clip.
Yeah, because at source, what it is, is the family not getting on.
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