The Slap (2015)

Irritating and fascinating, The Slap is unlike anything else on network TV.

In the end, it’s all about the stellar cast and the insightful and sharp writing.

As it stands now, The Slap may be one of the few American adaptations of a foreign program that actually works on the same levels as the original.

The result is a depressing--if engrossing--rehash of arguments found every day online.

The Slap is a chance, and a worthy one, too.

Based on two episodes, it’s premature to give the show an unqualified endorsement. But it does represent the kind of drama that should appeal to a sophisticated palate if the ongoing quality justifies first impressions.

The Slap is rare TV, depicting the kind of drama viewers might find themselves caught up in. It’s nice to see a show shamelessly go about doing its manipulative business.

The best of The Slap feels like the jazz that Hector loves, riffing on themes instead of hitting them directly on the beat. It helps to have good to great performances all around.

A sophisticated, suspenseful comedy of ill manners that seems much more like a Showtime or Netflix drama than a broadcast network offering.

The Slap has the complexity and subtlety that's hard to find in a lot of broadcast network programming, and it's to NBC's credit that they're taking a chance with a limited-run series we'd expect to find on cable.

Really an entire season for that ? Too much money netflix? No wonder you need to increase the subscriptions if thats what you are capable of. An obnoxious child gets a slap , so what? At the worst it would become a charge for ONLY the one who slapped and thats that, and only the police surely not child services since it wasn't the parents. No one else would even bat an eye otherwise.