Comedy

There are criticisms that apply to Love Next Door that are as true of Episodes 5 & 6 as they have been of the previous...

Romance in the House enters its second half with Episodes 7 and 8, thankfully focusing on the right areas – the parental relationship between Mi-rae...

English Teacher doesn’t make things easy for itself. In its two-part premiere – comprising Episode 1, “Pilot”, and Episode 2, “Powderpuff” – it establishes itself...

Look, Kaos is a big-budget Netflix series with a very good cast, so the chances of the ending actually being an ending and not an...

Episode 6 is the obligatory Big Reveal™ episode of Kaos, in which we learn what’s really going on in the Underworld with the Frame and...

Episode 5 of Kaos introduces a unique framing device, with the story being divided into three distinct but interlinked parts titled “Part I: Furies”, “Part...

Kaos gets back to business as usual in Episode 4, pinging back and forth between different perspectives after the third chapter devoted most of its...

Despite continuing to introduce more and more characters and plot elements, Episode 3 is easily the most focused outing of Kaos thus far. It’s largely...

Kaos turns up the heat in Episode 2. It’s nastier, both literally and in its implications. It coheres more than the premiere did, with clear...

I’ve always imagined Greek mythology as a catty family drama, and if nothing else, Episode 1 of Kaos leans into that very idea. The premiere...

It really does seem like you can’t tell any story without a few flashbacks these days. I’m skeptical of the general premise, but I’m not...

Love Next Door has no right to be as affecting and compelling as it is. As far as romantic K-Dramas go, this is as tropey...

In most films and TV shows, a family reunion is a cause for some jubilation, but not quite in Romance in the House. The plot...

This is good, isn’t it? I know I’ve said it before, but Episode 4 of Love Next Door only crystallizes my point that recapping this...

In Episode 6, you can kind of feel Romance in the House gearing up towards a happy ending. That’s expected, obviously, but one wishes it...

Love Next Door is an interesting show because there’s really very little that’s noteworthy about it, and yet it somehow feels quite momentous in its...

Episode 5 brings Romance in the House very close to its midpoint, and it feels like the plot is still beginning to pick up. I’m...

The problem with Baby Fever is that it is an authentic and well-produced drama, but the lead character, Nana, remains questionable, even in the depths...

Bad Monkey is even more relaxed than usual in Episode 3, which is both a good and a bad thing. The upside is that it...

Hats off to Langston Kerman. He is not deterred by being in the center of an intimate room. What’s more difficult for a stand-up set?...