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The United States of Al - Season 1
The friendship between Riley, a Marine combat veteran struggling to readjust to civilian life in Ohio, and Awalmir , the Afghan interpreter who served with his unit and has just arrived to start a new life in America.
9 December 1976, San Diego, California, USA
23 May 1987, Palm Springs, California, USA
13 November 1968, Bangor, Maine, USA
February 17, 1979 in Vietnam
5 March 1979, Coudersport, Pennsylvania, USA
1 February 1992, Valencia, California, USA
8 April 1976, Brooklyn, New York, USA
5 October 1971
2 February 1946, Macon, Georgia, USA
April 01, 2021
Sort of a modern-day Perfect Strangers, only sadder and with less charm.
March 26, 2021
With a talented cast and writing staff and a truly original premise, it might really turn into something exceptional.
April 01, 2021
It's possible to come away thinking United States of Al has its heart in the right place, and still conclude, strictly in TV terms, that it simply isn't very good.
March 31, 2021
As well-intentioned as it may be, it's this exact method of presenting authentic, unexplored stories to mainstream audiences in the laziest manner that fails the marginalized community it's trying to depict.
March 25, 2021
Whether there's enough story to draw from culture clashes and Al's wide-eyed innocence remains to be seen, but the likability of the characters is never in question.
March 30, 2021
All this show can generate for Al is to call him an 'optimistic little dude,' and that patronizing pat on the head is pretty much the whole vibe of the arduous United States of Al.
March 31, 2021
It's all mostly endearing, even when some of the jokes land too hard.
April 01, 2021
Kalyan's choices aren't funny, nor are the writers' choices for Al. It's a bad mixture.
April 01, 2021
"Al" certainly has good intentions. But good intentions aren't enough to make the show a worthy representation of a culture or even a good sitcom. There has to be something more substantial to back them up, and "Al" just doesn't have it.
April 01, 2021
Its heart's in the right place, it's the comedy part that's not.
April 01, 2021
United States of Al didn't warm my heart as much as it deeply bummed me out.