Almost Family Review: Kosher AF (Season 1 Episode 6)
Leon ‘s continuing unwanted presence on Almost Family Season 1 Episode 6, “Kosher AF” is the main reason why its rating is so low — blah, blah, blah, yadda, yadda, yadda.
Moving on to the part of this review that wouldn’t sound like a broken record out loud, there are still elements of this show that have so much potential.
Not every Bechley baby we meet is likable, but I like that we get to meet them.
Rivka is one of my favorite Bechley siblings. We have very different beliefs on parenting giving life the “the most” meaning or whatever she said. But she’s not asking anyone else to live her life. We can coexist.
Plus, she and her family add diversity to the show. Stories about strict Jewish faiths are rarely on screen.
Considering a structural angle, Julia meets Rivka at this time in her life because she’s trying to decide whether she wants kids or not. It’s about as logical as the show has ever been when it comes to a narrative thread.
Why she and Donovan (that’s his name apparently. I read it before I heard it) are discussing kids on a third date is another matter. But there’s an argument to be made that it’s early enough to set intentions. After all, you can rarely change someone when it comes to a decision like kids.
Even though Julia is being so extra texting him on Rivka’s front steps after Shabbat dinner, that end scene is one of the show’s best cliffs. I’d even go so far as to say I like it.
Amanda and Edie’s story is slightly less successful but more interesting than usual because the main focus is in the legal case.
Love is love or lust is lust. But Edie definitely needs a reality check because having sex with the prosecutor on the case you are defending is never a good idea.
That’s not to say that anything about the case makes sense so far. Edie should definitely not be defending her father. He should definitely not be stepping foot in the clinic, and if I were Julia or anyone else who knows it’s happening, I’d report Leon for stalking all of the Bechley babies he has.
How Almost Family handles Leon is a lost cause — and how they are handling Roxy is sadly heading in that same direction.
I don’t care to remember the name of her new “boss,” but between being addicted to drugs, estranged from her parents, and coaching Izzy, Roxy doesn’t need his misogyny in her life.
Sexual abuse is an important topic, but Roxy is nowhere near ready to confront her past in a meaningful way and see her former coach’s behavior for what it is. She needs to go to rehab first.
There is also the fact that this show has the nerve to tell an explicitly abusive story when they refuse to take Leon’s actions seriously.
Thinking about it all for too long makes me very angry. At this point on the journey reviewing the show it’s pointless to punish individual episodes that are better than most for a creepy premise and poor execution of the past.
This one gets an extra point for effort.
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Almost Family airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on FOX.
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Esme Mazzeo
Esme Mazzeo is a lifestyle and entertainment journalist from Long Island. When she's not writing for work, she's writing for fun, or searching for something to satisfy her sweet tooth. She thinks rainy days are the best kind of days. Certified night owl.