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Imaginary Mary - Season 1
A workaholic adult woman's imaginary friend from childhood comes back to her, but ends up being more of a troublemaker than a great companion.
13 April 1972, Chicago, Illinois, USA
March 29, 2017
Probably the biggest flaw of Imaginary Mary is that it could also be called Superfluous Mary. I don't find Mary spectacularly annoying, though surely many viewers will. I just found her essentially unnecessary.
March 28, 2017
Imaginary Mary ... seems like a blend of Alf and those TV bears that love toilet paper - which might have been a better sitcom idea.
March 29, 2017
Winning actors and decent gags give a bit of lift to this sweet-natured family comedy, but the "adult with an imaginary friend" storyline hasn't aged well.
March 24, 2017
Imaginary Mary demonstrates how a screwy concept can defeat a charming cast.
March 29, 2017
Yes, it's a fantasy, but it's an oddly off-putting one.
March 29, 2017
Yes, it's a fantasy, but it's an oddly off-putting one.
March 27, 2017
It seems like a harmless little diversion at this point, with Elfman and Dratch playing well off one another in a fantasy that may have enough winning moments to survive its tough-to-pull-off premise.
April 05, 2017
Poor Jenna Elfman, trapped yet again in a lifeless comedy.
March 24, 2017
Imaginary Mary demonstrates how a screwy concept can defeat a charming cast.
March 29, 2017
The show feels like it's made up of pieces from several different jigsaw puzzles, the tabs jammed into the blanks with zero regard for compatibility.
March 29, 2017
The show feels like it's made up of pieces from several different jigsaw puzzles, the tabs jammed into the blanks with zero regard for compatibility.
March 29, 2017
Probably the biggest flaw of Imaginary Mary is that it could also be called Superfluous Mary. I don't find Mary spectacularly annoying, though surely many viewers will. I just found her essentially unnecessary.
March 30, 2017
It's biggest novelty is also its biggest weakness.
March 29, 2017
Winning actors and decent gags give a bit of lift to this sweet-natured family comedy, but the "adult with an imaginary friend" storyline hasn't aged well.
March 29, 2017
ABC is casting its comedy lot with these weird animated hybrids, but the better of them, Downward Dog, is yet to come this spring.
March 29, 2017
Aside from some impressive animation work, Imaginary Mary is all energy without any of the effort.
March 29, 2017
ABC is casting its comedy lot with these weird animated hybrids, but the better of them, Downward Dog, is yet to come this spring.
March 27, 2017
It seems like a harmless little diversion at this point, with Elfman and Dratch playing well off one another in a fantasy that may have enough winning moments to survive its tough-to-pull-off premise.
March 29, 2017
There's actually a decent sitcom in here... but the imaginary friend is completely unnecessary. It feels like a lame gimmick. The show would be better without it.