Cool review. We've binged the first 4 or 5 episodes, and I'm loving it. Jerry, not so much. It's melancholy, which I'm really happy with.
I love Jeffrey Tambor. He just needs to be in everything ever.
As far as tone, it's what Jerry doesn't like, but I'm really okay with. It's really a 1/2 hour drama, not a comedy, which I think they've billed it as. And I think even maybe the makers want it to be. But it's just not. There are some great funny moments - the attacking geese, the party next door - but otherwise it's a drama about some really messed up children.
There was a moment at the end of the pilot when Moira is sitting in her group and everyone has witnessed just how messed up the kids are, and Moira says, "They're just so selfish." For whatever reason, that moment really struck me, and made me want to keep watching.