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The Baldwins Almost Succeeded
Sometimes you nearly forget this exercise in crisis management was a wild miscalculation.
You start spiraling downward as the series continually reminds viewers that Alec was on trial for the accidental shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, only to be flipped ecstatically back up toward the lights-and-distractions zone of dog-pee mishaps and a lovely little lunch with Caroline Rhea. Just as The Baldwins exits a heartrending segment on how Alec’s OCD has spun out of control as he struggles to deal with theemotional aftermath of the Rust tragedy, the series swerves into some apparently adorable interlude that becomes a sudden shock back into the reality of how truly bizarre this show is. In brief moments, it’s so tempting to give in and enjoy The Baldwins as a lifestyle show, but because each new development is againbookmarked by the same still photo of a devastated Alec on the side of the road in New Mexico, there’s never any danger of settling into some numbed version of normal.
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