EPISODE
SEASON
United States of Tara - Season 1
A wife and mother of two teens who suffers from dissociative identity disorder has to suffer from multiple personalities. Coping with it all is never easy, but it's always funny.
19 December 1968, Long Island, New York, USA
16 October 1978, Portland, Oregon, USA
18 March 1986, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
13 October 1974, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
January 18, 2009
Problem is this dramedy is neither funny nor sad. What next? Fun with diabetes?
January 18, 2009
Doesn't "Tara" have a great premise? Well, yes, but so far that's just about all the show has.
January 18, 2009
I'm on board with "Tara," but so far mostly for the supporting characters.
January 18, 2009
"Tara" has something lacking in other Showtime series: heart.
January 18, 2009
It's got a good shot, and at its best, it reaffirms an observation by that wise folk philosopher Kinky Friedman: Anything worth crying can be smiled.
January 18, 2009
A flawed but fascinating series.
January 18, 2009
While the portrayal of the disorder is gimmicky, the show sustains a particular charm, thanks to solid performances and its honest treatment of the complex relationships in this unconventional family.
January 18, 2009
Forcing kids to cope is a form of battery, resulting so far in a tragically sexualized daughter and a desperate son. Not funny.
January 18, 2009
It will be interesting to see if future episodes address [the] trauma while maintaining the half-frivolous tone of this smart aleck's answer to Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, and sundry other sitcoms about the voodoo of domestic happiness.
January 18, 2009
Stick a laugh track on it and it wouldn't feel much different from a generic family sitcom with a gimmick, where one-liners trump characterization.
