An adequate ending for such a lovely, heartwarming, funny and lighthearted series.
Funny, sad, deep, tender, thoughtful, imperfect, unmissable.
A couple of episodes are a bit flat but honestly that's nitpicking. The main themes of depression, loss, and love troubles are all incredibly well written and thought out, the supporting cast is much more explored than in the past (and with two great episodes devoted to them) and the last four episodes are amazing. Plus, a full episode made only of tracking shots, and not just for showing off, but with great depth in terms of storytelling. If you're not watching this, I can't even... whatever, fuck off.
The formula feels a bit tired by now, but it's still quite fun, even though going from Jessica Lange to Lady Gaga, well...
A bit less horror, a bit more fun, slapstick and experimentation, kinda like it happened back in the days going from Evil Dead 1 to Evil Dead 2. Still a great, fun, inventive season, with lots of spectacular episodes (the morgue, the two in the asylum... ). The ending is maybe underwhelming, even though the return of Henrietta is great.
At times the humour falls a bit flat and I'm not sure that the longer season was a good idea, but overall it's still lots of fun. The "timeline" plot device is kinda confusing but also really fascinating and the whole drama element works beautifully, with great character development.
The pilot is really amazing and the rest of the series is not on the same level but it's still really, really good, with great characters and a wonderful pair of actors in John Turturro and Riz Ahmed. This is how procedural crime stories should be made.
The actors and the characters are adorable and certain bits are really funny but it's quite inconsistent. The crescendo through the last four episodes is really good, though.
It kinda reminds me of Battlestar Galactica and it's not as good as its amazing first season, but this is a really good sci-fi series, with interesting themes, some nice characters and a well thought out plot. Sometimes the writing gets a bit cheesy, the acting is not always consistent and in a few scenes the lo-fi visuals don't really work, but I'm nitpicking. This is good.
Even more weird, over the top and fun than season 1. It's got ups and downs, but certain scenes made me cry out of laughter.
A really good third season, fun and gripping from the beginning to the end. This is a real step up from the highs and lows of the firs two years.
What a beautiful, beautiful season. Deep, funny, emotional, amazing in the way it brings forward all of the storylines. Maybe it's a bit heavy handed in how it connects to the real world stuff, but that's it. The rest is great. And it's not news, but what a great cast. Jesus.
How the fuck does this get better and better every year?
Tense, fascinating, very well acted, visually striking and with a refreshing "amoral" approach. Once again, when Soderbergh is involved, TV tends to be great.
The pilot is a mess, but then it gets better. The humour doesn't always work, but some moments are hilarious. Characters are nice and fun, even though I think Drew Barrymore is too much on the nose. Timothy Olyphant is adorable, though.
Less gripping drama and thrills than season 6, but a great final season, that takes its time to close all the storylines the right way and has got a very nice and warm "goodbye" feel. Sorry for Birdie, though.
A really good second season, that doesn't betray the ideas and the setup by falling into the "will they or will they not?" formula. Instead, it works on telling how a love story between two troubled and fundamentally human persons can evolve. Really, really nice.
How can the best TV show of all get better every year? No idea, but that's what we're witnessing.
A great season opener followed by a disappointing first half of a season. But I did have fun with the second half, with some over the top stuff (the cable between cars, the kinda Mad Max tribe, the flying sword... it felt like they borrowed stuff from Z Nation), a bit more dynamism in going around with the different communities and some nice twists. The final death was very predictable, though the battle was fun, even if not particularly well executed (as always with action in The Walking Dead). Overall a watchable season, with some nice ideas (the Eugene conversion is fun, Daryl and Carol meeting again was cool, Morgan losing it was great, I like the more trashy ideas, Negan is fun but underused), but I hope that next year they really ramp it up with the war. Even though I fear that the "war" will be four episodes of actual fighting and twelve episodes of mediocre actors stumbling on bad dialogues.
The first half of the season is kind of a mess, maybe too ambitious from a plot standpoint, clearly lacking the rythm and the inventions of the first two years. But then it comes together, the fun comes back and the last few episodes are really great, with an amazing season finale and a great cliffhanger.
Quite good when they do not speak.
Fuck House of Cards and all the other Netflix series, this is the one. And this season, jesus, is more amazing, deep, tense and moving than ever. Wow.
That little hand at the end of episode five.
All the Watchdogs stuff was still extremely boring and hopefully it is now out of the way, but the rest of the season was great. I don't know how it's possible, but Ghost Rider worked quite fine. The separation in three different blocks united by a common storyline was really smart and helped to avoid fillers. The LMD storyline was thrilling and the Agents of Hydra bit was honestly amazing. I like how it made the characters evolve and all the drama it generated, even though Mack has the issue of a really bad actor. And I'm pretty curious about next season: is the space thing related to the new Avengers movie?
The usual Arrowverse formula is starting to feel a bit stale, but this is a good first season. The writing is consistedly fun, the melodrama is not overwhelming, the cast is generally quite effective, the feminist/inclusivity themes give it some freshness and make it an important show for teenagers, kind of in the spirit of Buffy. Melissa Benoist is adorable and really good in the title role. The low point: Mehcad Brooks is an atrocious actor, but maybe it's partially fault of his dumb character.
The whole time travel thing is quite fun, the ensemble cast works well and when it doesn't take itself too seriously, it's at the same time really entertaining and, I dare say, a bit moving. Sometimes the melodrama becomes too much, though, but by now that's to be expected from the Arrowverse series. And Vandal Savage is a fun villain, but that's also to be expected: the Arrowverse rarely misses the target with his big bad guys. Overall it's an entertaining show.
The first half of the season is really good but then, after a great cliffhanger, it kinda loses its force and it seemes like (as usual) they had too many episodes to tell their story. It's still fun, the multiverse thing is quite entertaining, there's a very effective villain (even though its use is maybe too similar to season one) and when it clicks it's a lot of fun, but it's not as good as season one.
There's something missing here that was working so well in the previous seasons. The themes are interesting and the whole soapy part is fun, but there are also some misguided ideas (the gorilla!), there's less focus than usual on "the work" and there aren't many surprises, it all feels really predictabile. Also, what happened to Virginia's kids? :D Nice cliffhanger at the end, though.
Kinda like season two of The Flash, this starts really well, has a great mid season cliffhanger and then loses its momentum in having to fill too many episodes with not enough story. It's still fun, though, more fun than season 3, mainly because of the less crybaby attitude of Oliver Queen and the over the top villain. Actions is always good, the closing stretch of episodes is really engaging and, amazingly, it looks like a couple of deaths will stick. But I have to say the flashbacks are atrocious. It's not a full return to form but it's a fun season.
Aziz Ansari pulls out his inner Louie and gives us an amazing, funny, challenging, stylish, deep season of TV. Wow!
