He has the perfect candidate lined up, but Axl has his eye on someone else. TopĪnders persuades Axl that he needs to start sleeping with Nordic-looking women to locate the goddess Frigg. It's a show for adults and has the swearing and nudity to prove it, but the humour can be juvenile and that might split its audience. The typical family interpersonal drama is then counterpointed by a mysterious group of women who seems hell bent on destroying the brothers for reasons unknown. It is to be hoped that these will develop into more rounded characters as the show goes on, but they are handy sketches to hang the opening onto.
There's a loser flatmate, a girl who loves him, but who he doesn't seem to notice and a grandfather who's a surfer nutcase. There's the elder brother who feels dutybound to be the leader to the exclusion of all else, there's the arrogant one who uses his powers of persuasion to get laid, there's the the angsty one who can't seem to connect and there's the young carefree one who's a bit shallow and a bit thick upon whom everything is going to depend. It helps that the characters are a little bit out of central casting. There are some exposition-heavy scenes and the final sign that marks Axl's rebirth as Odin is a bit of a stretch, but for the most part it's fun enough. The opening episode of this offbeat family drama has a lot of backstory to get through and a lot of characters to introduce, but manages to do so easily enough by not trying too hard. When it turns out that Axl is the reborn king of the gods, Odin, he learns also of a quest, a curse and a group of women who want him dead. THE ALMIGHTY JOHNSONS Season 1 reviewed on the SCI FI FREAK SITEĪxl is about to turn 21 and his three brothers have a surprise for him for the men in his family become the living reincarnations of Norse Gods on their 21st birthday.
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