Netflix’s ‘Disjointed’ With Kathy Bates Is the Worst-Reviewed Show of the Summer

Also from the streaming giant, “Master of None” is best-reviewed

“Disjointed” is a burn out.

Rotten Tomatoes compiled the 27 summer series premieres and events that had at least 20 reviews, starting in May, and ranked them by freshness. Despite talent like Kathy Bates, “Disjointed” is at the very bottom with an abysmal 13 percent out of 23 critic reviews.

“Disjointed” follows a lifelong advocate for marijuana legalization (Bates) before getting the chance to open her own cannabis dispensary. Working alongside her are three “budtenders,” her son and a deeply troubled security guard. Everybody is high most of the time and most of the jokes revolve around pot.

Ed Power from the Telegraph called it a “one-note chucklefest,” while Brian Lowry from CNN said it was “as stale as an unwashed bong.”

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