Comedy

Most shows benefit from a change of scenery, but Palm Royale benefits pretty considerably in “Maxine Hits the Slopes”.

If you didn’t know that Best Medicine was a remake of the cosy British hit Doc Martin, you’ll figure it out pretty soon into Episode 1, which is basically a carbon copy of the original show’s pilot.

There are only two episodes of Pro Bono left, which seems to have come out of nowhere. It’s part of the procedural format, I guess. The case-of-the-week structure keeps you distracted while the overarching story sneaks up on you. You can feel that quite strongly in Episodes 9 & 10.

One of the most interesting questions about the law in general is who it is supposed to serve. Is it a tool of equality, to be applied equally to all? Does it have a responsibility to protect the most downtrodden and easily exploitable?

Netflix’s unconventional Argentine crime caper Time Flies has a better ending than most Netflix shows. This doesn’t make a lacking show much better, but it...

There’s something quite compelling about Time Flies, an Argentine Netflix series based on two fused novels by Claudia Piñeiro (the author also behind Elena Knows...

It takes an effort to remember this now, but Ricky Gervais used to be a very good comedian. For a while, he was probably my...

Palm Royale has already reached peak silliness in Season 2, and it doesn’t seem likely to slow down any time soon. Episode 7, “Maxine Plays...

Timing is everything. This has been true of Pluribus all the way through, but it’s especially true of the finale, and not just because it...

Pro Bono is getting a little better episode by episode. You can wonder if that’ll end up being enough – and, given the general predictability of the structure and the lack of a real stand-out original “wow” factor, it probably won’t be – but it’ll do in the meantime.

Watching I Love LA is like watching a car crash in which all the victims just happen to be provocatively dressed in designer brands. That...

For the first time in Palm Royale Season 2, the pacing begins to flag in Episode 6. Don’t get me wrong, “Maxine Finds Herself” – a double entendre title that’ll become clear – has its fair share of upsides, including a lot of slapstick-y physical comedy and a great drunk performance from Kristen Wiig.

I’m pleased to report – albeit behind schedule – that Wake Up Dead Man, the third in Rian Johnson’s Knives Out mysteries, is probably the...

Wake Up Dead Man is the first Knives Out Mystery to realise that Daniel Craig’s eccentric detective Benoit Blanc is the least interesting thing about...

I Love LA ventures more into overt sitcom territory in Episode 7, “Divas Down”, but what initially seems like a shallower episode is really just another step on the journey of Maia’s self-defeating psychopathy.

I’d like to be wrong about this, but Pro Bono strikes me as the kind of weekend K-Drama that is perfectly fine and serviceable, but one that, for some hard-to-articulate reason, never really resonates with people.

Much like how “horror movie, but with a dog” was more than enough of an elevator pitch for Good Boy, “rom com, but with a...

You can describe Palm Royale as many things, but romantic isn’t one of them. There are lots of romances, sure, but they’re always silly, or scandalous, or transactional, which has been as true in Season 2 as it was in the first outing.

I’m happy to report that the ending of Loot Season 3 is a lot better than I expected it to be, given the currently ropey state of...

Trust DMV to radically improve just in time for the midseason finale.