BIG MISTAKES
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Big Mistakes is messy people making terrible choices at Olympic speed. Two siblings get caught up in a terrible situation after one big mistake.
He Said / She Said
“This started out like being trapped in an elevator with your most dramatic cousins after they drank six iced coffees and lost a necklace worth more than your car. The first episode nearly lost me, but the next two got funnier, sharper, and just weird enough to keep me watching. Still, everyone whines like they were raised by a smoke alarm and it might be too exhausting listening to that for the full season.”
“It’s fast, weird, and full of people making choices that suggest nobody in this family should be allowed near a coloring book and crayons, let alone organized crime. The dialogue works, the situations are ridiculous, and somehow the absurdity starts to win. I would not call these people likable, but I would absolutely watch them make things worse.”
Critical reception (so far)
- Critics are praising the ensemble, especially Dan Levy, Taylor Ortega, and Laurie Metcalf.
- The sibling banter and chaotic family comedy are landing better than the crime plot itself.
- Several reviews note that the story can feel implausible, derivative, or messy, but still bingeable.
What it’s about
Nicky and Morgan are bickering siblings sent to buy a sentimental gift for their dying Nonna. Morgan makes one wildly bad decision, steals a necklace that is very much not a worthless trinket, and suddenly the two of them are dragged into a criminal mess they are aggressively unqualified to handle.
While they try to survive the fallout, their mother Linda is launching a mayoral campaign, their sister Natalie is judging everyone from the high ground, and the whole family operates like emotional chaos is their shared love language.
Overall vibe
Fast, dark, chaotic, and deeply uncomfortable in a funny way. It has Schitt’s Creek DNA, but with more crime, more panic, and fewer people you’d actually want to sit beside at dinner.
The pacing is strange because the episodes are short, but somehow feel longer than they are. A lot happens, everyone talks quickly, and the show rarely pauses long enough to let the audience breathe.
Episode-by-episode (1-3)
Nicky and Morgan are sent to buy their dying Nonna a gift, but when Morgan steals a necklace that turns out to be very valuable and very wanted by someone else, Nicky and Morgan and dragged into a dangerous and wildly awful situation.
The necklace problem gets worse when Nicky and Morgan realize getting it back will require a truly terrible plan involving their freshly buried grandmother.
Nicky and Morgan are pulled deeper into the orbit of a criminal boss who they can’t say no to, while Linda officially moves forward with her mayoral campaign.
Content warnings
- Violence
- Adult themes
- Criminal activity
- Family conflict
- Emotional distress
Who will love it / who should skip it
Will love it if:
- You like fast-talking, chaotic dark comedies
- You came for Dan Levy and want something stranger than Schitt’s Creek
- You enjoy dysfunctional family stories with criminal consequences
- You like comedy built around panic, bad decisions, and escalating absurdity
- You can enjoy characters even when you do not exactly like them
Should probably skip it:
- You need grounded, relatable characters
- You hate whiny or over-the-top personalities
- You want laugh-out-loud jokes instead of uncomfortable absurdity
- You get tired when a show never slows down
- You were hoping for something warm and family-friendly