Concept 6/10, music 6/10, writing 6.5/10, acting 4/10, directing 10/10, cinematography 10/10.
I know it's terribly predictable to quip "the book is better", but it is. None of the actors fit right, the scene transitions are terrible- unnecessarily choppy like every other scene was deleted, and the parts that are suppose to be comic relief are so obviously set up to be comic relief they fall flat.
It's so awful and I'm personally offended by how Reggie's story turned out. She was an amazingly complex and interesting kid and deserved much better writing as a teenager. Lots of OOC-ness for all the characters.
I'm five episodes into season five and yeah... it's definitely not the best.
But, to be honest, overall Portlandia isn't really a show where episodes are "amazing".
But when they get it right, it's hilarious so you kinda push through the not-so-hilarious for those 1-3 scenes per episode.
