This is another one I wanted to like. It's essentially The Big Lebowski - The Show, but they don't really stick the landing. Apple seems to cut corners in very odd places, so while the cast is pretty stacked, the show loses out on a lot of basic cinematography. Scenes are sometimes shot awkwardly, timing could be tightened up, color grading and lighting need work and the sound is awful. The worst part is the atmospheric sound design, though. There are so many scenes that need ambiance so when a character walks from outdoors to inside you feel a subtle difference in the space (or a difference from the car to an apartment, etc). There's music, there's dialogue, and there's essential foley, but it's like someone forgot to add atmospheric sounds to most of the scenes so it feels very much like a rough cut of a student film. Just adding stuff like wind, light hums/buzzes, or treating the dialogue with a touch of reverb to make the voices feel like they're in a real room would do wonders.

Aside from that, I never felt like Patricia Arquette found her footing in the character. I don't think this was necessarily her fault. The dialogue she had to work with was a little too cocksure. We get that she's a druggie, something of a con, and has a sense of swagger that she abuses to get in and out of situations, but the character never got a moment to show true vulnerability.

It sucks. I think the premise was interesting, and in better hands, I think this show could have been really great. I've watched it twice because I want it to be good but it just isn't.