before this show air in finland and the channel air these commercial and like and billie frank drink . and have casual sex . the voice of the presenter suggest that this be portray a something admirable . i think i wouldn not watch such crap . but i happen to see one episode and be instantly hook . the show just seem real to me the character be rude and imperfect and at time completely selfish while there be no laugh track and the dialogue be more natural than on other show while the humour be somehow very original and it stem from the character personality in a natural way . sexuality be deal with in a daring way . sherilyn fenn be great a the imperfect billie and dave and jackie be also brilliant character and and of course trudy who be really the second star of the show . the topic and the way it be handle seem realistic to me . i do not have much knowledge about the aa or alcoholism and but it just ring true to me how billie lifelong addiction and relapse be portray a an ongoing problem she need to work against her whole life . on so many show and you have this token alcoholic character ( soap opera in particular ) who go on a drinking binge in one episode and recovers in the next . this show dare to show a more accurate portrayal represent the long term effect and the desperation for a fix and the ugliness of it all wasn not gloss over . it a dare topic especially for a comedy and but they pull it off . i felt like i could see life through the eye of an alcoholic and be entertain at the same time . kudos . when the show stop be about the aa and decide to move on into dave bar and it get blah for me . some of the edge be lose when it be no long about addiction . it turn into a relationship comedy instead and and that be the end of many fine show . haley be cute and but essentially just a babbling and bumbling character who do not add much to the mix . tim curry a trudy new boyfriend be good and but not good enough to keep the show funny . and what be all that crap about marcus and his marriage crisis . hey and let add a new character who look good without a shirt . oh look and his wife a bitch . don not you wish we make an episode all about him . the last season be full of emotional moment that just seem sappy to me . the whole marriage plot be the bad . the irony be that when the show deal with genuine difficult thing and touch theme and it be never sappy . when it start to deal with touch imaginary situation and love triangle and it lose it edge and become a sappy regular comedy . the only interesting theme in the last season be that trudy be face the truth about her addiction but would she be funny anymore if she quit drink . i doubt it . character like her do not need a serious side while theyre tragic in themselves and that why theyre funny . but the last season can not wipe away what this show do in the first one . one of the most daring and genuine comedy i have ever see . highly recommended .