Mother and Son (season two) ★★★★

The first season of Mother and Son , comedian Matt Okine’s reboot of the beloved ABC sitcom that ran from 1984 to 1994, was always up against it.

Judging from the pained reactions of “is nothing sacred??” that met its announcement, the reboot was bound to face unfair comparisons with a classic that won its stars – Garry McDonald and Ruth Cracknell – three Gold Logies between them during its original run.

That it revealed itself to be a charming update with its own understated sensibility, fun performances from Okine as apathetic Arthur and Denise Scott as his ditsy mum Maggie, and more than enough to say about the Millennial-v-Boomer culture wars, was probably lost on many who didn’t give it a chance.

Those people have no excuse now: Mother

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