EPISODE
SEASON
SCHEDULE
The United States of Al - Season 1
The friendship between Riley, a Marine combat veteran struggling to readjust to civilian life in Ohio, and Awalmir , the Afghan interpreter who served with his unit and has just arrived to start a new life in America.
1980, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
22 October 1981, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
20 March 1963, Topeka, Kansas, USA
4 October 1993, Sacramento. California, USA
8 April 1976, Brooklyn, New York, USA
5 October 1971
8 October 1975, Wichita, Kansas, USA
12 November 1971, York, Pennsylvania, USA
17 July 1949
19 September 1980, Leesburg, Virginia, USA
March 31, 2021
It's all mostly endearing, even when some of the jokes land too hard.
March 25, 2021
Whether there's enough story to draw from culture clashes and Al's wide-eyed innocence remains to be seen, but the likability of the characters is never in question.
March 31, 2021
As well-intentioned as it may be, it's this exact method of presenting authentic, unexplored stories to mainstream audiences in the laziest manner that fails the marginalized community it's trying to depict.
March 26, 2021
With a talented cast and writing staff and a truly original premise, it might really turn into something exceptional.
April 01, 2021
United States of Al didn't warm my heart as much as it deeply bummed me out.
April 01, 2021
Sort of a modern-day Perfect Strangers, only sadder and with less charm.
April 01, 2021
Its heart's in the right place, it's the comedy part that's not.
April 01, 2021
It's possible to come away thinking United States of Al has its heart in the right place, and still conclude, strictly in TV terms, that it simply isn't very good.
April 01, 2021
Kalyan's choices aren't funny, nor are the writers' choices for Al. It's a bad mixture.
April 01, 2021
"Al" certainly has good intentions. But good intentions aren't enough to make the show a worthy representation of a culture or even a good sitcom. There has to be something more substantial to back them up, and "Al" just doesn't have it.
March 30, 2021
All this show can generate for Al is to call him an 'optimistic little dude,' and that patronizing pat on the head is pretty much the whole vibe of the arduous United States of Al.
