Season Review

Season or series reviews of shows, summarizing all you need to know in one post.

Arsenio Hall: Smart & Classy – Review, Summary (with Spoilers)

Smart & Classy, due to references like the Menendez Brothers, can either be seen as for Gen X and above, or having a bit of dated material.

Rhythm + Flow: Season 1 – Review (with Spoilers)

Rhythm + Flow, one of Hip-Hop’s first popularized music competitions, may have a few flaws but shows potential.

Jenny Slate: Stage Fright – Summary, Review (with Spoilers)

Part manic stand up special, as well as reflective documentary, Jenny Slate: Stage Fright gives you both the performer and the person who had to live life to write the jokes.

David Makes Man: Season 1 – Recap, Review (with Spoilers)

David Makes Man presents us with a coming of age story, featuring a young Black child, that often is restricted to indie movies which vie for Oscars.

Deon Cole: Cole Hearted – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)

Deon Cole’s Cole Hearted is the first special, in a long time, that is not only funny but quotable as hell.

Nikki Glaser: Bangin’ (2019) – Summary, Review (with Spoilers)

As long as you like the idea of strictly hearing sex jokes for an hour, you’ll enjoy Nikki Glaser: Bangin’.

Mo Gilligan: Momentum (2019) – Summary, Review (with Spoilers)

Mo Gilligan: Momentum is unlike most comedy specials you may have seen before and makes Gilligan someone you have to keep a watch on.

Jeff Dunham: Beside Himself – Summary, Review (with Spoilers)

After a slow start, showing you why Dunham uses puppets to get a laugh, things kick into high gear in Beside Himself.

Elite: Season 2 – Recap, Review (with Spoilers)

Season 2 of Elite brings you to question what are the long term plans for this series and whether the characters will make it worth it.

Amazon’s Carnival Row: Season 1 – Summary, Review (with Spoilers)

Season 1 of Carnival Row is ambitious and builds a wonderful world filled with lore, but the majority of its characters fail to really make that world come to life.

13 Reasons Why (Thirteen Reasons Why): Season 3 – Summary, Review (with Spoilers)

Season 3 of 13 Reasons Why questions whether a serial rapist, and someone who nearly shot up a school, not only deserve to be redeemed but can be.

Dave Chappelle: Epilogue – The Punchline – Summary, Review (with Spoilers)

In Epilogue: The Punchline, Dave shares a few celebrity encounter stories, does Q&A with the audience and talks about a chat with a trans person named Daphne.

Dave Chappelle: Sticks and Stones – Summary, Review (with Spoilers)

In “Sticks & Stones” Chappelle reaches peak “I Do Not Give A F***” as he delves into Michael Jackson, the LGBTQ community, and more.

The Boys: Season 1 – Recap, Review (with Spoilers)

Like many shows which use violence as a selling point, The Boys’ use of gore and shock wears off fast. Thankfully, however, there is a sense of emotional depth to compensate.

Claws: Season 3 – Recap, Review (with Spoilers)

While season 3 of Claws may feel formulaic as a whole, being able to note the growth of each character since season 1 compensates for that immensely.

Whitney Cummings: Can I Touch It? – Summary, Review (with Spoilers)

“Whitney Cummings: Can I Touch It?” has interesting thoughts in it, but you’ll forget most of them once the sex robot is brought out.

Marina Franklin: Single Black Female – Summary, Review (with Spoilers)

Marina Franklin: Single Black Female is a solid hour of material from a conversational comedian who will definitely push you to check what else she has out there.

Family Reunion: Season 1 – Recap, Review (with Spoilers)

Family Reunion tries to tap into the vibe classic late 90s/00s sitcoms had and tries to modernize the feel to, sometimes, mixed results.

Aziz Ansari: Right Now – Summary, Review (with Spoilers)

Aziz Ansari: Right Now brings us a more mature Aziz, reminiscent of Dave Chappelle’s The Bird Revelation, but still presenting the manic persona many have come to love.

Stranger Things: Season 3 – Summary, Review (with Spoilers)

Season 3 feels like the peak for Stranger Things, and from here, it can either plateau or go downhill.

The Rising Of The Shield Hero: Season 1 – Summary, Review (with Spoilers)

The Rising of the Shield Hero, despite early on potential, mostly thanks to its tone of drama, loses quite a bit of luster by its last episode.

Pares Ratliff: I Hate People – Summary, Review (with Spoilers)

Pares Ratliff: I Hate People is a new comedy special from an interesting new comic, who offers a few chuckles.

Mike Epps: Only One Mike – Summary, Review (with Spoilers)

Mike Epps: Only One Mike continues Netflix line of comedy tapings which may get a few chuckles out of you, but certainly aren’t specials.

Years and Years: Season 1 – Summary, Review (with Spoilers)

While Years and Years starts on a high note, as you grow indifferent over the future the characters go through, it pushes you to realize how complacent you’ve become of your own.

The Chi: Season 2 – Summary, Review (with Spoilers)

Season 2 of The Chi, despite issues caused by Jason Mitchell, retains the vibe of being a high-brow urban drama which balances both the dark and beauty of an urban area.

Adam DeVine: Best Time of Our Lives – Summary, Review (with Spoilers)

While a bit all over the place, with little in terms of an arching narrative, Devine’s high energy saves Adam DeVine: Best Time of Our Lives.

Trinkets: Season 1 – Summary, Review (with Spoilers)

In trying to be a light drama, Trinkets avoids addressing what’s human about its characters and barely takes us beyond the surface.

Wanda Sykes: Not Normal – Summary, Review (with Spoilers)

Once Sykes gets past the obligatory Trump commentary, she finds a really good groove. But does she make this feel like a special?

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons” – Recap, Review (with Spoilers)

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons,” brings on the nostalgia and, for the most part, revives the spirit of the source material.