The new comedy/drama series on Apple TV, "The Big Door Prize" stars Chris O'Dowd as Dusty, a happily married man and father of a teenage daughter. Dusty teaches history at the local high school where his daughter, Trina (DjoulletAmara) attends. The charming small town is one where everyone knows one another and gets along famously. The town's overall acceptance of differences in race and sexual identification is admirable but from reality. But, the enticing premise of the show stems from a mystical machine, the Morph, magically appears in the local general store without any explanation which offers to foretell one's future potential. This becomes an alluring, addictive and somewhat divisive issue for the locals. At first, Dusty is reluctant to buy into predicting into the future, but as he observes his neighbors and friends embrace their predictions with enthusiastic change in their lives, his curiosity gets the better of him and other skeptics. The Morph machine is a catalysis for transformation and a vehicle for examining one's contentment with their life. The charm of the series is carried by numerous appealing characters including Dusty's teen daughter, Trina and classmate Jacob, the local priest and bartender. These characters add intelligence, sensitivity and compassion. The show brings in too many zany characters that are supersilious to a fault and derail the series from a being totally engaging and thought provoking. The show shoots to please by throwing out a smorgasbord of surprises. While attempting to have something to please everyone behind every door, less would be more.
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