Yeah, there were some good episodes in the first season, although there were scenes involving the gay son's sex life that could have been hinted at (like the one in the Las Vegas parking garage). I never got past the first season,(or maybe it was the second season - the oldest son was going in for brain surgery) though, because they just struck me as a very self-destructive family and in the end, I just didn't care enough to rent the next season. Does it get any better? If I knew that they stopped being so dysfunctional, I'd rent the rest of the series.