Relationships are rarely pretty, and
Tad Quill has written about some messy ones on shows such as
Scrubs, Spin City and last year's
Perfect Couples. But things start out even messier for the unlikely couple on
Bent, Quill's new NBC comedy (premiering tonight at 9/8c) about a type-A lawyer and single mom (
Amanda Peet) and her womanizing, laid-back contractor (
David Walton).
Joey King plays Peet's wise-beyond-her-years daughter, while ...