The Hayworth brothers and sisters in the middle of ABC’s new comedy Home economics manages the financial spectrum. Sarah (played by Bluff City LawCaitlin McGee) is a therapist for children with low income and a risk … or at least his wash before she lost her job. In a very different tax category, Connor (American Vandal‘s Jimmy Tatro) is so rich that when he recently moved back to the San Francisco Bay Area, he moved into Matt Damon’s old estate. Meanwhile, Tom (That 70’s Show‘s Topher Grace), a novelist whose book sales are declining, is middle class and struggling.
In a moment we want to hear what you thought of the premiere of the series. But first a quick summary:
Tom, who tells the episode, is writing his next book about his family, but Connor and Sarah do not know it yet. He is married to Marina (How to get away with murder‘s Karla Souza); they have three children, two of whom are twin babies. He has to ask Connor for a loan, but he feels weird about it.
When everyone gathers at Connor to look at his new home, Tom is not the only one keeping a secret. None of the Hayworths know that Sarah is out of work, and she asks her wife Denise (Saturday Night Live alum Sasheer Zamata) and their two children to keep it quiet.
Matt Damon’s Connor’s new place is big and deceptive; the playroom for his young daughter, Gretchen, looks like “an American girl’s shop that beat a Sephora,” Marina remarks. All awkwardly, Sara breaks out when she and Tom learn that Connor was planning to take their parents to Turks and Caicos after Thanksgiving instead of spending the holidays at their orphanage as usual.
Some shout, some storm out (through Sarah), other times back (also through Sarah) and finally everything – except the subject of Tom’s book – is in public. Connor gladly agrees to help his brother with a loan. And finally he admits that his wife, Emily, did not move with him to California because they are divorcing.
“What a relief. We’re all confused,” Connor says as the trio hug, a sweet moment made silly because they’re all sitting in kids’ cars when they do. Then of course they sing their favorite song. , Hanson’s “MMMBop”, and the rest of the family joins them for a joyous ride.
At the end of the episode, the Turks and Caicos plan is down. And while everyone is playing Monopoly, they ask what Tom’s book is about. He laughs nervously and evades the question.
Now it’s your turn. What did you think of the episode? Rate the premiere via the poll below, and then click in the comments!