Bless This Mess the stuff of DIY nightmares

Filming the rural sitcom was a blow to the ego for actor Dax Shepard, who says he is a proficient mechanic in real life

(From left) Dax Shepard, Lake Bell and Jessica St Clair in Bless This Mess, a sitcom about a big-city couple who become farmers in rural Nebraska. PHOTO: FOX
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In the sitcom Bless This Mess, Lake Bell and Dax Shepard play couple Rio and Mike, who leave New York City for what they think will be a simpler life as farmers in rural Nebraska.

But they quickly realise farming is much harder than they thought and the property they bought turns out to be a money pit.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on May 20, 2020, with the headline Bless This Mess the stuff of DIY nightmares. Subscribe