The Ranch
Netflix original series basically said "let's put the case of 'That 70's Show' on a Colorado Ranch, and make fun of red-states". You'd think with that premise, it would be a disaster -- but it the first couple Season's were good. Then Danny Masterson got "MeToo'd" over "rape", aka having sex with his sleeping wife a couple decades ago, and she stayed with him for 3 more years. Then he was killed off, and the show lost its tone and wandered for another season and a half before mercifully going to the slaughter house.
It's a weird structured series -- 4 seasons, broken into 2 parts, with 10 episodes each. It was filmed on a sound stage and it shows. The premise is that Ashton Kutcher (Colt Bennet), comes back form his failed football career to work the cattle ranch with his cantankerous father Sam Elliott (Beau Bennett), and his alcoholic older brother Danny Masterson (Rooster Bennett). Ashton also goes after his high school love interest Abby.
The show found the right balance, if you like over-the-top offensive jokes (highly sexual)... and while it made fun of dumb hicks working farms (totally belying the sophistication required to run a complex agri-business, or any small business), it somehow kept enough endearment towards rednecks as to be tolerable. Then Season 2 1/2 happened with Masterson getting thrown off the show, and the show never found a balance, was darker, not nearly as funny, and couldn't ever find the right dynamic again.
So it's worth watching until Rooster dies... then it was barely worth watching just to see the story arc's end, somewhat miserably... with a lot more virtue signaling in the last couple seasons that made it feel like the writers were somewhat desperate for redemption for working with Rooster (Danny).
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