Catfish

Episode Summary & Review

Summary

Jack Griffin is a Harvard philosophy scholar who loses out on his dream job and goes to work as a high school Advanced Placement biology teacher in his hometown of Toledo, Ohio. He quickly makes it clear he will not be teaching any biology, however, and, realizing he has a room full of overachieving honor roll students at his disposal, decides instead to use the kids to enact revenge on his rival and take the job that is rightfully his. Eager to prove that he is still king of the castle, Principal Durbin struggles to control the force of nature that is Jack Griffin.

Our Take

Glenn Howerton doing Dennis from It’s Always Sunny but with teenagers is a solid premise, and some of the revenge scheming lands well. The problem is the pilot spends too much time setting up the situation and not enough being funny. Patton Oswalt’s nervous principal gets the biggest laughs. Worth a look if you like cringe comedy, but it hasn’t figured itself out yet.