Kathy Bates Joins Disjointed

 

Chuck Lorre is teaming up with Kathy Bates for the Netflix comedy series Disjointed. Disjointed will star Bates as a marijuana advocate who becomes the owner of a Los Angeles cannabis dispensary. The half-hour show will use a multi-camera format, thus setting it apart from other pot-based shows like Weeds.
Bates will be joined by characters including three “budtenders”  her twenty-something son, and a “deeply troubled” security guard. The logline goes on to tell us that everyone is pretty much constantly high, so I guess we know what to expect on that score.

Presumably Lorre’s presence, as well as the fact that Bates’s character is getting to operate legally, will mean that Disjointed is more of a straight comedy. But Lorre naturally has his detractors, and is not always dependable in producing shows that everyone likes. It’s still too early to tell how this one will turn out, but hopefully Bates will make up for any trepidation we might feel about getting yet another show from him.

Netflix certainly has faith in the series, and has ordered a full twenty episodes. As yet there’s no clear premiere date for when Disjointed will make its way onto the small screen, but we will certainly be there when it does.