Italian sitcom of 20 episodes. It’s a soap opera parody about the surreal shenanigans of three married couples.
It involves a lot of infidelities, pseudo-love scenes, Non Sequitur, malapropism, Insane Troll Logic, (intentionally) awful acting, and soap opera clichés taken to absurd and creepy extremes. The characters have weird and unusual names, the opening theme is completely off key, and the closing credits only consist of a random recipe (different in every episode) that has nothing to do with the show. Every scene, every second, every single dialogue is largely nonsensical.
This series provides examples of:
- And There Was Much Rejoicing: After his wife Annaluce is killed by accident, Enzio starts dancing happily with his gardener.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Giacchia acts all sweet and loving to her husband (and son) Alonzo. Meanwhile, not only she cheats on him repeatedly, she also tries to kill him in every way possible.
- Brother–Sister Incest: Enzio and Annaluce are both this and Parental Incest, as revealed in the pilot. See Luke Iam Your Father.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Everyone, big time.Enzio: Finally I can do everything I want! Climbing mountains underground, peeling lemons, stealing porcupines!
- Death Is Cheap: Parodied. Brut's reaction after her husband's death is "My husband Dr. Maceti is dead! I have to find someone to cheat on him with before he resurrects". And he does.
- Dirty Old Man: Dr. Maceti cheats on his wife with young girls, corpses, and even men.
- Gender-Blender Name: Maria, the son briefly adopted by Enzio and Alvara.
- Killed Off for Real: Annaluce in the middle of the series. She dies, never appears again, and the name of her actress is (literally) crossed out in the opening. Averted with Dr. Maceti who dies in one of the early episodes but is Back from the Dead one day later ("I resurrected!").
- Luke, I Am Your Father: Enzio finding out he is…his own father.Enzio: Annaluce, I know we have been married for years but I have something to tell you…I am YOUR FATHER!Annaluce: (after screaming) I have something to tell you too… I am your SISTEEEER!Enzio: But that means… I am MY father! Oh, dad, I have finally found you! (he starts hugging himself)
- Large Ham: Everyone (except Manolo) can be overdramatic, but Rupert Sciamenna as Dr. Maceti is probably the most exaggerated of them. Evidence here
. - Matricide: In an early episode, Annaluce tells Enzio that she has killed her mother. This is never mentioned again.
- May–December Romance: Dr. Maceti is a Dirty Old Man and much older than his wife Brut. And his mistress Alvara is so young that she could easily pass off as his granddaughter.
- Murder by Mistake: Brunos, a hitman hired by Enzio to kill Manolo, accidentally kills Enzio’s wife Annaluce instead. However Enzio is perfectly okay with this.
- Parental Abandonment: Enzio and Alvara adopt a "child" (well, he is actually a fat adult man in baby outfits) but after two episodes they decide to abondon him in a dumpster.
- Parental Incest: Alonzo is married to Giacchia who is also his mother. He actually calls her "mother wife Giacchia". There's also Enzio and Annaluce, see Luke Iam Your Father.
- Promotion to Opening Titles: Manolo in the last two episodes.
- Shout-Out: The ridiculous names "Giacchia" and "Brut"note are a reference to characters Jackie and Brooke from soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. Also, in one episode Brut accuses her husband of cheating on her with a dead woman named "Tarla", another reference to a character from the same soap opera (Darla).
- The Scapegoat: Manolo the gardener. He's omnipresent and the other characters often blame him just because he's behind them at that moment.
- Split Personality: Enzio due to being both himself and his father in the same body. Enzio's father is gay and Enzio is not.
- Token Good Teammate: Alonzo is the only character who never cheats on his partner and never tries to deceive or hurt other characters.
- Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: All three the married couples. The women are all fairly attractive, the husbands… not so much.
- The Voiceless: Manolo the gardener.
