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The New Normal Season 1 Episode 2

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AIRED: Sep 11, 2012

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Shania tries to adapt to her new surroundings; Bryan and David plan a night out on the town after reminiscing about when they first met; Jane makes a disturbing discovery.

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The New Normal Review: Making the Choir Cringe?

NBC's new Ryan Murphy sitcom has a lot of potential for greatness, but just enough awfulness to make us concerned.

By Price Peterson, Sep 13, 2012

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Not a good show!

1.0

By ironman166, Feb 11, 2013

The shows does not lay the ground work for you to care about the characters. The writers missed the mark.
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Still Great

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By thequietvoice, Dec 22, 2012

A witty and charming episode. Nothing major occurred, but the character development went well and had me looking forward to the next episode.
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Still bad

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By melynaanylem, Sep 25, 2012

Even if you forget about your morality for the sake of enjoying this series, still no good. Everything felt forced and "scripted."

The acting is over the top and unnatural.

Just not good, really.
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Spare Cash, Free Time and Daylight Masturbation

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By pretty_sure, Sep 13, 2012

This was a great follow up, and added some serious character building to each of the characters, except for Nene, who had some genuinely funny lines that I didn't hear until I re-watched the episode on hulu with the closed captions on, Nene needs to work on her delivery and her comic timing.

Other than that, I loved it. I loved learning how Bryan and David met. I thought Shania's Grey Gardens impersonation was hysterical and impeccable! Nana and Clay got devious and I'm not sure how I feel about them right now, but Goldie showed us what she truly made of. And my favorite moment of all, This perfectly abnormal family is about to get a little bigger! I can't see what they have in store for us nest.moreless
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What happened?

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By modernfamily120, Sep 13, 2012

I LOVED the Pilot episode of this show. What happened with this episode?

We seem to have one gay man and one straight man as a gay couple.

Shania changed from a hilarious little girl to a freak.

Rocky's personality still hasn't been established.

I SERIOUSLY hope this gets better.
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NeNe Leakes	Rocky
Justin Bartha	David Murray
Andrew Rannells	Bryan Collins
Georgia King	Goldie Clemmons
Bebe Wood	Shania Clemmons
Ellen Barkin	Jane Forrest

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Kevin Christy	Freddie	Guest Star
Ravi Patel	Amir	Guest Star
Erik Weiner	Ian	Guest Star

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- Original International Air Dates:
  Canada: September 11, 2012 on CTV
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