ABC's United We Fall isn't very good, but it does feature several specific and authentic moments

The Hollywood Reporter

The sitcom starring Will Sasso and Christina Vidal Mitchell "could easily be lumped in with a string of quickly canceled comedies that premiered this spring — shows including Outmatched, Indebted and Broke, about in-over-their-head parents, wacky TV kids and relatives forced by economic circumstances to expand that nuclear family," says Daniel Fienberg. He adds: "How long does it take for absence to make the heart grow fonder when it comes to mediocre broadcast sitcoms? Well, I just called United We Fall 'mediocre' and I doubt I'd have been as generous reviewing it alongside its fellow midseason duds. I've become starved enough for comfort broadcast programming to latch onto the couple beats that play as likeable or vaguely realistic. I probably don't expect or necessarily recommend the same leeway from viewers."

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• United We Fall lacks, perhaps, enough of a hook to instantly compel viewers, but its low-key pleasantness makes it better than replacement-level
• Christina Vidal Mitchell says a broad Latinx comedy like United We Fall can be beneficial when discussing representation: “The focus is really on just these two people which can be positive for the Latino and Latinx community to show that we’re all just people who fundamentally need the same things,” she says.