Well, it's a Joe Swanberg TV Show.
The whole nodding to the eighties is a bit too heavy at times, especially when it clones scenes, costumes and stuff, but it's a lot less annoying than I feared. That being said, it's a very entertaining show: fun, well written, acted and directed, it uses all the cliches but it also subverts some of them. And thank god it's only 8 episodes, with no fillers at all.
The production value is always high and Idris Elba is alwasy Idris Elba, but this honestly felt like an empty filler. Plus, I miss Ruth Wilson.
This is Girls at its best: abrasive, gripping, funny, adorable.
This is probably My Name is Earl at its best: funny, stupid, smart and full of crazy ideas.
Still a deep, funny, emotional, greatly written, directed and acted series. And that final episode, gosh, I was a mess. Such a pity that it's been canceled.
I'm not sure I dig this "necessity" to reboot everything with an edgier, sexyer, whateverer approach, especially when the recent Archie comic book is such a smart reinvention without giving up the upbeat spirit. That being said, this is very well made. Great visuals, decent acting, a funny parade of guest stars from the old times, smart, witty and entertaining in its reinvention of a classic. I hope the upgrade to 22 episodes for season 2 is not a mistake.
Maybe it's not as good and crazy as the first two seasons, but there's still a bunch of amazingly creative episodes, plus the whole prison and coma storyline ar quite fun and inventive. Also, there's a good ending, which I guess is not what we had with season 4 and the whole series. :(
It's the worst season, lacking the creativity and the crazyness of the previous one and with a cliffhanger that never got resolved, but it's still quite fun and with some occasional stroke of genius.
Basically it's like Masters of Sex but with people getting to intercourse through rape and murder instead of counseling.
Two episodes to warm up the engines, then that fight and only love for the rest of the season. Amazing.
It's a slow burner and episode 7 is atrocious in spite of its good intentions, but overall it's almost as good as season one, even though it's even more derivative and predictable: the cast is still amazing, the characters are still adorable and it's nice that it gives more time to the ones that had less space in season one.
The whole web of mysteries is quite fun, even though a bit predictable in the actual twists. The whole philosophical part is frankly really basic, but also decently fun. What is missing is the human element, a bit of fun, some deep characters and some really engaging storylines. It's made this way on purpose because of the themes, of course, but still, I feel it's lacking. I mean, "that guy" shooting himself was powerful, but it instantly deflated because it didn't really mean anything. And that's just an example. And - jesus - too much exposition. Info dumps after info dumps with no elegance at all. They know it, they joke on it with the "show, don't tell" line, but that doesn't make it better. That being said, the production is amazing, the cast is great and I think this could be a good prologue to a much better second season.
Even better than season one: the humour is more on point, the themes are very well tackled (and probably more relevant now than when the show was written) and the acting is getting better.
So much better than everything Marvel/Netflix did after the first season of Jessica Jones.
Nice and fun until it finally becomes great. But jesus I hate how it uses songs. Not always. But most of the time.
It's still really funny when it wants to be and the final bunch of episodes, with all their drama, work very well, but I agree with people saying it lost some bite.
Like season one, with the added bonus of continuity.
A good and fitting ending, I guess. I though it was a bit funnier than the previous one, but still it's far from the enjoyement of the first couple of series.
A lovely ending for a lovely series.
Far from being as good as the two previous season, this still is great television and one of the best shows out there.
This is brilliant, cute, funny and surprisingly deep in its themes. Plus, my two years old daughter loves it.
The first half of the season is really, really good, then it tragically falls back in the usual "not enough stuff to fill 12 episodes" problem. There's still a bunch of good episodes and great moments, though, plus the finale is spot on.
Like it happened with The Good Wife, after a first season to warm up, this is getting better and better.
Lee Pace talking exactly like Don Draper is a bit annoying, but I guess it's compensated by the kind of Patrick Bateman vibe he gives off. Overall the cast is quite good and the series is really interesting, even though it takes a while to get there. I'm curious to see the second season jump in quality everybody talks about.
Is it just me or did this become even more crappy?
This is a good season, quite fun, with many entertaining episodes, the lovely H.R character, some nice ideas and a thrilling final ride after the big reveal. The issues? The reveal itself (come on, it was immediately obvious, after a couple of clues were dropped much early in the season), the dark tone (it works at times and it makes sense but this series works better when it's a bit lighter... it's not Arrow) and fact that the villain was basically non existent for too long (I had the same issue with Ras in Arrow season 3). Anyway, I had fun. Probably, binge watching it helped.
This is a nice improvement for an already good show. Season 2 starts slow but then hits its stride and shows it certainly doesn't lack in ambition regarding mature themes, sci-fi action and silly superhero stuff. It's not perfect by any means, but it's really good.
I honestly think that people is too harsh on Damien Dahrk, but his season clearly had issues, especially in the second half. Well, season 5 is a return to form and for the first time since season 2 Arrow doesn't have long slumps with fillers coming out of the fucking walls. The storylines are interesting, there's stuff to do for everybody and the villain is amazing. Also, the ending is great.