It wasn't until I started watching Extraordinary (2023) that I realized how badly I needed a show that was absolutely, off-the-charts goofy, while still maintaining enough humanity and heart to make you really care about the deeply, deeply flawed and flummoxed characters as they flounder about, trying to find their way in a world made … Continue reading EXTRAORDINARY (2023) is a Phenomenally Fun Series
Review: MISMATCHED (2020) is an Imperfect, Funny, Endearing & Earnest Series
If you like coming-of-age stories with juicy secrets, miscommunications, intergenerational characters, and will-they-won't-they opposites, then Mismatched just might be a good fit for you. You should know, though, that the series isn't perfectly polished and some parts are pretty rough around the edges, but the characters are engaging and their stories are compelling. There's a … Continue reading Review: MISMATCHED (2020) is an Imperfect, Funny, Endearing & Earnest Series
Review: MADE FOR LOVE S1 (2021) is Weird, Funny, Dark, and Deeply Relatable
Made for Love is weird, funny, dark, and also deeply relatable—which is perhaps an unexpected thing to say about a show that boasts both a dolphin and a sex doll in its main cast of characters. Ten years ago Hazel Green (Cristin Milioti), who was a small-time con-artist from a broken home, went on a … Continue reading Review: MADE FOR LOVE S1 (2021) is Weird, Funny, Dark, and Deeply Relatable
Review: GETTING TO KNOW YOU is Honest, Gentle, Funny, and Bittersweet
My unsolicited advice? Don't watch the trailer, which is kind of disjointed and misleading. It's much better just to plunge straight into watching Getting to Know You, which is a surprisingly honest, gentle, bittersweet, and funny look at what happens over the course of one weekend when two people meet at a hotel in a … Continue reading Review: GETTING TO KNOW YOU is Honest, Gentle, Funny, and Bittersweet