Netflix’s new comedy crime thriller, Big Mistakes, which comes from Schitt’s Creek co-creator Dan Levy

Netflix viewers are hooked on Dan Levy’s new comedy thriller, Big Mistakes – and it might just be the perfect weekend TV binge.

The highly anticipated crime series marks Dan’s first sitcom since the end of the Emmy-winning comedy Schitt’s Creek, which he co-created and starred in with his father, Eugene Levy.

BIG MISTAKES: Taylor Ortega as Morgan and Dan Levy as Nicky© Spencer Pazer/Netflix
Taylor Ortega as Morgan and Dan Levy as Nicky in Big Mistakes

In Big Mistakes, co-created with Rachel Sennott (I Love LA), Dan stars as church pastor Nicky, who, along with his school teacher sister, Morgan (Taylor Ortega), is blackmailed into a world of organised crime.

Keep reading to find out what viewers and critics have said about the eight-part series, which is billed as a “wildly dysfunctional, hilariously chaotic ride”.

What is Big Mistakes about?

The story follows two “deeply incapable” siblings, church pastor Nicky and school teacher Morgan, who are dragged into the world of organised crime after Morgan steals a necklace from a store, intending it to be a gift for their dying grandmother.

BIG MISTAKES: Taylor Ortega as Morgan and Dan Levy as Nicky© Spencer Pazer/Netflix
The highly-anticipated crime series marks Dan Levy’s first sitcom since the end of the Emmy-winning comedy Schitt’s Creek

The synopsis continues: “After their petty theft, Nicky and Morgan are blackmailed into a series of alarming criminal assignments, all while their overbearing mother, Linda (Laurie Metcalf), is mounting a run for mayor of their suburban New Jersey community.”

What have viewers said about the show?

It’s safe to say that viewers are loving the new series, with many binge-watching all eight episodes in one sitting.

One person penned on X: “Binged #bigmistakes on @netflix and loved it. 10/10. Please can we have season 2,” while another added: “Not even five minutes in… I was already hooked.”

BIG MISTAKES: Taylor Ortega as Morgan and Dan Levy as Nicky© Spencer Pazer/Netflix
The series follows two deeply incapable siblings as they are dragged into the world of organised crime

A third viewer wrote: “5 minutes in and #BigMistakes is already so chaotic. I’m in Dan Levy. You have my attention,” while others were left gasping over the twist ending (don’t worry, no spoilers here).

One viewer penned: “OMG? The twist!?!?? The whole show was a JOURNEY I LOVE IT,” while another added: “The gasp I just gasped… episode eight!”

What have critics said about the series?

The series has been met with mostly positive reviews from TV critics, with some commenting on the ‘clunky” and “cumbersome” plot.

BIG MISTAKES: Taylor Ortega as Morgan and Dan Levy as Nicky© Courtesy of Netflix
The series is available to stream on Netflix now

The Hollywood Reporter said the series “offers plenty of mayhem but too little logic or heart,” while Variety described the series as an “absolutely unhinged crime comedy,” adding that the “cumbersome plot dulls the comedic beats”.

Meanwhile, The Guardian handed out three stars and praised Dan Levy and the ensemble cast’s performances, adding: “Big Mistakes is far from a major error, but it isn’t quite a triumph either.”

Big Mistakes is available to stream on Netflix now.