Despite the highly anticipated premier of the new A&E show Monster-in-Laws, the premier was somewhat of a let down. It started off with a loud and unruly Italian family and it featured
This family featured Kim and Anthony and their beautiful daughter Nina Marie. They lived in western New York and Anthony had recently gotten into the restaurant business with Kim’s parents – this turned out to be a huge mistake for Anthony.
Kim’s parents are two incredibly overbearing grandparents that dote on Nina Marie to the extreme. Not only do they refuse to set any sort of rules for the child, but they also are over at Kim and Anthony’s house constantly. Their constant presence has interfered with their marriage and the strain has drove them to the brink of divorce.
As a last result to get help with their parents both Kim and Anthony have agreed to be on Monster-In-Laws and get the help from ‘family expert’ Mel Robbins.
Despite my high expectations for the show I was not impressed with Mel Robbins – although she seemed nice, it was painfully obvious what the problem in the situation was and her first attempt at initiating talk between the family members was simply ridiculous. The big problem was clearly the father in law because he was overbearing, rude, and a ‘my way or the highway’ kind of guy. He was Italtion and they highly value their family yet Mel Robbins solution was to have the daughter place tape on his mouth. Despite how funny it sounds for viewers, this clearly was never a solution that would go well with anyone in the family at any time.
Due to the not so well thought out beginning, the family had a rough start with Mel and it resulted in a massive blow up that could have easily been avoided. However, despite her failed first attempt, Mel Robbins finally gets the family to work together and resolve their issues.
Overall I felt the premier was a dud. You expected to see huge family blow ups, massive fights, intense therapies for the family, and much more! However you got this watered down solution that was crammed into a thirty minute slot.
Room for improvement? I think so. Hopefully the producers of the show will heed critics reviews and change the show up slightly. It has great potential and can be an excellent reoccurring show, but it just isn’t there yet.
