The Tuckers is BBC Wales' brand new comedy offering and it's really quite confused me.
I barely laughed, but I also didn't dislike it.
Branded by BBC Wales as a comedy about a close-knit extended family of "lovable rogues" The Tuckers gives you everything you'd expect from an on-screen valleys family - a no-nonsense matriarch, rough-around-the-edges lads, a skiver and a wealth of characters like 'Dai nickname-associated-with-employment-or-ailment.'
No doubt as the credits roll there will be a collective sigh - maybe shouts of "c'mon mun" - around our small country as viewers bemoan the fact that the people of the valleys are being shown as a cliché yet again.
If a programme is providing a true representation of a part of society - in this case the valleys - it needs to feature, for example, men in singlets on terraced streets because, yes, they do exist.
But, at the same time, it needs to inform viewers that there's more to Wales than these stereotypes. In a nutshell, it needs to strike the right balance.
The Tuckers is thankfully populated by actual valleys people like Steve Speirs, who plays Glyn Tucker and also wrote the show, and co-star Robert Pugh. The actors are from Merthyr Tydfil and Cilfynydd, respectively.
Like everything in life, nothing is black and white. I'm from the Rhondda Valleys and while I don't know, on a personal level, someone on the dole who rides around on a mobility scooter, I know there are many people who fit this profile.
However, I definitely know fellow natives who won't appreciate this representation of valleys people.
The Tuckers was screened just days after ITV network drama White House Farm when the nation was left bemused by English actor Stephen Graham's Welsh accent as he played DCI Tom 'Taffy' Jones.
Many argued that a Welsh actor should have played the role instead for authenticity but should all Welsh/Irish/Scottish/English characters be played by regional actors or do you cast the one who best embodies it?
But back to The Tuckers. Some viewers may argue that this one version of the valleys is a well trodden path for TV producers. It is - but there's so much varied content coming out of Wales, don't we all deserve a space at the table?
I know people who'd love The Tuckers, too.
There's a beautiful sequence that could have come right out of my nan's house when Glyn is talking about his list of suspects for stealing his mobility scooter's wing mirrors.
Anyway, it goes.
"Sid Eggs."
"Sid Eggs?"
"Yeh you know, Kenny Eggs brother?"
"Goes out with Debbie at number six?"
And so on. This kind of dialogue would be a warming, familiar throwaway line in the likes of Gavin & Stacey - sorry I know comparing mega hits that are beloved by millions isn't helpful - but a viewer-grabbing moment it's not.
There has to be more.
The characters seem likeable and a bit more than your one-dimensional valleys characters - I liked Bobby Tucker by the end and Pugh's ty bach-dwelling Murphy Tucker added a bit of depth to proceedings, but I think it's relying on viewers coming back to see them developing into people we actually care about.
And I'm not sure this first episode gives us enough to wheel us back in, to be honest.
The Tuckers is on BBC One Wales on Fridays at 9.30pm. All episodes are available on BBC iPlayer now
