Car Therapy: Season 1/ Episode 2 “Uncoupling” – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
As we mourn the end of Insecure, Car Therapy: Uncoupling reminds you of the show’s origins.
Be it the characters’ perceptions, the jokes or drama, or simply because it seems all the time and effort made into the production seriously just paid off, this is a show to watch.
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Be it the characters’ perceptions, the jokes or drama, or simply because it seems all the time and effort made into the production seriously just paid off, this is a show to watch.
Reservation Dogs: Season 1 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Reservation Dogs makes a name for itself through eccentric characters and scenarios and bringing a sense of community that is shown for better and worse.
Mr. Corman: Season 1 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Mr. Corman is perhaps the most uncomfortably relatable show about millennials I have ever seen.
To Your Eternity: Season 1 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
To Your Eternity creates the opportunity to know a character from birth and watch as they navigate hardship, their first taste of love, and the side effects of trauma.
Sex Education: Season 3 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
With the introduction of two non-binary characters, Sex Education continues to explore the complications of relationships beyond the drama we’ve all grown used to.
The Ms. Pat Show: Season 1 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
The Ms. Pat Show, while raunchy, is also one of the funniest new shows to come out in years; while having a heart most shows struggle to make feel authentic.
The White Lotus: Season 1 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
The White Lotus may not hook you from the beginning, but with its murder mystery and after some characters escape your preconceived notions, it gets better.
Bigger: Season 2 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
While in the midst of a pandemic, nothing slows down the characters of Bigger from better things, bigger drama, and people from their past shaking their world.
Genera+ion: Season 1 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Genera+ion, while flawed, more than makes up for its low points by featuring queer people of color who bring a wealth of diverse stories.
Queen Sugar: Season 5 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Season 5 of Queen Sugar, despite addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and 2020’s Black Lives Matter movement, is a reprieve from what the show has perennially given viewers.
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation: Season 1 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation may get to be a bit much at times, with its ecchi, but beyond that, it is one of the most consistent quality shows we’ve seen in a long time.
Would You Rather: Season 1 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Would You Rather gives you a raw teenage experience, sans the usual sex and drugs.
For The Love of Jason: Season 1 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
UMC’s newest show For The Love of Jason has everything it needs, except enough episodes to not feel a bit rushed.
Industry: Season 1 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
While Industry does not have every character live up to its potential, Myha’la Herrold and Ken Leung damn near save the show.
His Dark Materials: Season 2 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
While the men of His Dark Materials are borderline liabilities to the show’s greatness, the women, more than enough, make up for what nearly every male character lacks.
Lovecraft Country: Season 1 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
“Lovecraft Country” continues the burgeoning tradition of, within the fantasy/horror genre, embedding Black stories to bring America’s shameful history back to life.
Michelle Buteau: Welcome to Buteaupia – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
“Welcome To Buteaupia” will remind you of when comedians got hour-long specials because it was time, and they deserved it, rather than a network just needing content.
The Chi: Season 3 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
As The Chi continues to prune and grow, you can see it is fearless as it pursues avoiding routine and stagnancy.
Die Hart: Season 1 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
“Die Hart” feels strange to watch in short clips, and with having to wait so long to see the end, it loses its luster quicker than if you got to watch all at once.
Servant: Season 1 – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
While “Servant” sometimes feels like a mini-series that went on too long, with each major reveal, it renews interest and keeps you wanting more.
I May Destroy You: Season 1 – Review/ Summary (Spoilers)
“I May Destroy You” presents far more than a narrative about navigating life post being raped. It is a conversation starter with a wide range of topics.
I Am Not Okay With This: Season 1 – Review/ Summary with Spoilers
“I Am Not Okay With This” benefits from understanding the normalcy of weird, but its story, which sometimes drags, keeps it from being as good as its potential.
Insecure: Season 4 – Review/ Summary with Spoilers
“Insecure,” after a lengthy hiatus, returns, and while it does contain explosive moments, it’s the quiet ones that bring out its best scenes.
Vida: Season 3 – Review/ Summary with Spoilers
After a ten-episode season in season 2, the 6 episode season 3 feels like a disservice to such a great show.
8:46 (Dave Chappelle Special) – Review/ Summary with Spoilers
“8:46,” is Chappelle at his best – a storyteller, in the form of a wise-man, who makes you laugh enough to pay attention as he drops the knowledge you need.
Yvonne Orji: Momma, I Made It! – Review/ Summary with Spoilers
In “Momma, I Made It!” Yvonne Orji makes it clear “Insecure” didn’t make her who she is, all it did was put you on to someone already hilarious.
Motherland – Fort Salem: Season 1 – Review/ Summary with Spoilers
“Motherland – Fort Salem” reminds you why there is a craving for original ideas and not rehashed stories, be it in the form of remakes of novel adaptations.
Double Cross: Season 1 – Review/ Summary with Spoilers
“Double Cross,” undoubtedly, is one of the strongest shows released under UMC and will undoubtedly help their network gain traction like never before.
Sex Education: Season 2 – Review/ Summary with Spoilers
In season 2 of Sex Education, the show moves beyond the physical act of sex and focuses more on intimacy – both in and out of the bedroom.
9-1-1: Season 3 – Review/ Summary with Spoilers
In its 3rd season, “9-1-1” presents minor improvements, but due to being a procedural, which leads to some inconsistency, it often feels like more of the same.
Besties: The Ultra Mini-Series – Act 1 Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In Act 1 of “Besties,” we’re introduced to a small group of friends and lovers, all trying to get the most of their relationships – sometimes selfishly.
Ozark: Season 3 – Review and Summary with Spoilers
As in previous seasons, Ozark may show Marty as the lead, but in reality, it is the women of the show who make it what it is.
Unorthodox: Season 1 – Review and Summary with Spoilers
As “Unorthodox” exposes you to a Hasidic Jewish community, it also introduces Shira Haas, who has the potential to be either an indie darling or mainstream star.
Behind Her Faith: Season 1 – Summary/ Review (with Spoilers)
In UMC’s “Behind Her Faith,” we are reminded that thanking God goes beyond the award acceptance speech and is a daily activity.
Cherish The Day: Season 1 – Recap, Review (with Spoilers)
“Cherish The Day” with its sometimes complicated, yet never messy, love story answers the call for rich Black love stories.
Self Made: Inspired By The Life of Madam C.J. Walker – Review
“Self Made: Inspired By The Life of Madam C.J. Walker” has the performances and inspirational story you expect, but also the kind of drama which keeps this from being seen as prestigious.
Taylor Tomlinson: Quarter-Life Crisis (2020) – Review, Summary (with Spoilers)
With Tomlinson avoiding joking about blackout drunk sex, there is something refreshing about her.
Pete Davidson “Alive In New York” – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
From Louis C.K., to Ariana Grande, and the double standards of life, Pete Davidson “Alive In New York” shows how limiting SNL is for the comic.
Stuck With You: Season 1 – Review/ Summary
Through its exploration of marriage and relationships, after the honeymoon phase, “Stuck With You” explores that period between wanting to leave but not lose your investment.