Because Emma Dumont is in it, I watched the first episode of Bunheads. While not a great show (at least so far) it has some good lines. Unfortunately, Emma is not in Bunheads nearly enough and in some ways she’s discordant with the show.

Like a lot of Amy Sherman-Palladino’s work, it is like a stage play put on TV and Dumont’s style is very naturalistic and unforced so she’s mismatched stylistically with the feel of the show. Still, though, she’s great and amazing and enviably talented and makes it all better. Or, at times, makes the show seem worse because she is so damn good. Most of the other actors, it’s like they are listening only to hit the cue for the next line but she seems like she’s actually present in that reality.

I just wish she were in it more.

Kelly Bishop, who plays the older mother of one of the characters, is also really good. The others are meh at best.