EPISODE
SEASON
Mom - Season 1
The show adds themes of real-life issues such as alcoholism, cancer, teen pregnancy, homelessness, domestic violence, death, gambling addiction, drug addiction and relapse.
9 December 1966, Marshalltown, Iowa, USA
9 May 1975, Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA
16 August 1952, Queens, New York, USA
2 February 1949, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
8 March 1978, Nutley, New Jersey, USA
26 October 1966, Bishopbriggs, Scotland, UK
6 July 1969, Sulphur Springs, Texas, USA
10 August 1964, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
30 July 1977, Kinston, North Carolina, USA
11 December 1981, Phillipsburg, New Jersey, USA
29 November 1988, Ventura, California, USA
4 October 1957, Fontana, California, USA
September 23, 2013
It's trying too hard to be a "sitcom" that looks and feels straight out of 1992. The bones are there, but the execution is lacking.
September 18, 2013
It gets this particular job done with flair, vigor, a punchy script and two leads who make it all fairly addictive.
September 23, 2013
Mom flails so desperately-with no redeeming aspects-it is unlikely any kind of life preserver can save it.
September 23, 2013
Beneath the armor plating of punch lines beats a wounded and affecting heart.
September 24, 2013
The one real failing of this show is French Stewart.
September 24, 2013
As for yours truly, I like it. A lot. Because I laughed. A lot.
September 23, 2013
Given the number of self-absorbed and annoying fathers on sitcoms, another self-absorbed and annoying mother is fine. She helps keep the party balanced. But she also needs to make the party funnier, and CBS' new Mom does not.
September 23, 2013
Mom is one of the very few sitcoms on television... to feature characters who are not thoughtlessly affluent.
