Welcome to the Family: Pilot

This is actually not the worst new show of the fall, that honor belongs to The Crazy Ones.
Sure, the idea is somewhat over done and has long gone stale, but the acting is decent and there are a few laughs. And this show finally gives minorities lead roles, something that prime time TV has failed to do in some time.
Yes, unfortunately for the Latinos, their white counterparts outshine them, which is also a shame. Molly Yoder (Ella Rae Peck) is the dumb daughter who has left six iPhones, her grandmother's walker and a pizza box on top of her car and just drove off. Yes, that is great. And it gets even better. She gets pregnant. But at least the father, Junior (Joey Haro) is a stand-up guy with some real brains. So much so that he was planning on going to Stanford. He gives all that up just to spend the rest of his life with Molly.
There is a catch. The respective sets of parents don't get along. Molly's father clashes instantly with Miguel (Ricardo Chavira) who owns a gym. Dan (Mike O'Malley) wants to get back in shape and get back to spending tons of time with his wife, Caroline (Mary McCormick). That will majorly backfire.
The kids each get a new plan. Junior will go to UCLA and tutor kids for the SATs while Molly will go to community college and work with Tina at the mall piercing body parts. Junior even asks Dan for Molly's hand in marriage and Dan gives in. But Molly gets mad because she is not something that can be handed over like a sack of grain. But Miguel (Junior's dad) refuses to give in to Molly's demand of asking for Junior's hand. This creates a whole new fight between the parents as Miguel refuses to be related to the Yoders but Junior's sweet sentiment wins over Molly. She accepts and they go to the pier to celebrate.
There the moms (Justina Machado is Junior's mother) bond while the dads still barely accept each other. But they all join together when little brother of Junior, who doesn't even have a name yet, informs them that Molly and Junior are in line for a roller coaster. The parents act fast as Molly can't be on a roller coaster, even though that would solve the whole problem, as my mom put it. Luckily, Molly may have lost her phone again, which she did, but at least she wasn't stupid enough to get on the coaster.
Dan is actually okay with Junior. He's crazy about Molly plus he's smart and Molly has him to rely on. And Caroline has a secret of her own, she was taking a pregnancy test herself. Yikes.
Yes, Molly and Junior are oddly mismatched and remind of Axl and Cassidy from The Middle, though of course, Axl is like Molly but at least he wasn't stupid enough to lose an iPhone but he did manage to drive his car into a demolition derby and Cassidy would be Junior. I'm forever grateful The Middle didn't go that route.
The acting is decent, with Mike O'Malley being the best but he was simply fantastic on Glee. This role isn't nearly as good. But I like that Molly is sort of a feminist, trying to ask for Junior's hand, but when that goes wrong, she ends up crying to her parents about the whole thing. I feel bad in advance for her future child. Grade: B-
Side Notes:
-Minorities need tons more roles in TV shows and Hollywood in general.
-Dan is a dentist for the record, yes, I was just as shocked as you.
-Miguel gets his dog a Stanford sweater for his dog but not his youngest son.
-Pizza is more important than having a plan for your grandchild.
-Molly, you should really talk to your parents more.
-Junior was a virgin until he met Molly.