Review: You’re Not a Monster “Night of the Living” “Too Possessive” “A Hiss is Just a Hiss” “It’s Aliiiiiiive! And Depresssssed!”

 

 

Overview:

“Night of the Living” Featuring Adam Pally

Psychologist to the supernatural Max seeks advice from his great-great-grandfather who he inherited his office from. Dealing with a zombie patient who may have eaten George Lucas, Max must figure out the ethical ramifications of his job while reaching his heartless patient.

“Too Possessive” Featuring Kelsey Grammer

A demon continues to possess people around Max in an attempt to gain free therapy. He has to approach his ancestor again to obtain advice about keeping boundaries with his patients.

“A Hiss is Just a Hiss” Featuring Amy Sedaris

Medusa is struggling with men vanishing from her life. Max tries to help her but finds his great-great-grandfather stepping on his toes.

“It’s Aliiiiiiive! And Depresssssed!” Featuring Ellie Kemper

Struggling with his new supernatural position Max asks his ex-girlfriend to be his own therapist. But, when he finds out that she is dating other people, he falls apart worse than his Frankenstein patient.

 

Our Take:

Well, someone has to assure that the monsters and ghouls have counseling to deal with their mental health. Of course, Kelsey Grammer is a natural choice, but considering he’s generations-old, Eric Stonestreet will make a suitable replacement. Either way, you put these two clever actors together with a premise like that, and you are in for some excellent viewing.

The most strange thing about this new series, You’re Not a Monster, is where it is streaming. IMDb is the latest corporation to try their hand at streaming. Sure, it makes sense that a website dedicated to movies and television would produce its own content, but, surprisingly, this would be there start into original programming directly off of their site. However, there are plenty of reasons to be happy that they did choose this show, as it is one that deserves to be out there.

Following Max, we get to see the day in the life of a psychologist for the supernatural. Max has recently inherited the practice from his immortal vampire great-great-grandfather played by Kelsey Grammer. With a variety of monsters performed by a slew of comedians, these two doctors try and help one mind at a time. Utilizing monster stereotypes, there is plenty of jokes to go around, especially as some of them are trying to adapt to a modern world of social media and accountability.

Kelsey Grammer is funnier than you remember steering far from his popular Frasier character and becoming more of a sexual deviant that also drinks blood. He adds a perfect contrast to Eric Stonestreet, who is playing the young doctor in over his head. These two have chemistry together, even via audio, so while it is surprising, they haven’t appeared on screen together, this is a perfect platform for the pair.

The series is like a mixed-up episode of Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist. Like if Dr. Katz was treating old school monster movie characters. The only downside is the episodes all fit under 5 minutes when we could do with much much more of this comedy. It’s a bold move by IMDb to enter the original programming game, but with shows like this one it might just work out for them.