A ridiculous premise can be great comedy. The downside here is that we must overlook how obviously unfit Kelly's character is for her job, before the story even begins.
This is problematic because comedy needs an expectation to break, and the expectation is that she will be dangerous to herself and others -- and she is, but often in ways more alarming than amusing.
As a result we have a lot of moments which could be screamingly funny but instead tend to be more worrisome. Good pacing helps, and that improves as the story progresses. Thelma has no recourse but to be the 'straight man' and is excellent; Patsy gets in some good character moments.
Overall, it feels like they were still working out how these two could best shine together, but you can see why: there's definitely something there.
This is problematic because comedy needs an expectation to break, and the expectation is that she will be dangerous to herself and others -- and she is, but often in ways more alarming than amusing.
As a result we have a lot of moments which could be screamingly funny but instead tend to be more worrisome. Good pacing helps, and that improves as the story progresses. Thelma has no recourse but to be the 'straight man' and is excellent; Patsy gets in some good character moments.
Overall, it feels like they were still working out how these two could best shine together, but you can see why: there's definitely something there.
