The series is a polished genre exercise with characters that feel like predigested tropes.
The series is a reminder that facing up to one’s problems doesn’t guarantee release, but does allow for the possibility of moving forward.
The series’s synthesis of aesthetic, plot, and subtext slowly starts to pull apart in its exposition-heavy second half.
The series feels ordinary, so of a piece with other politically engaged prestige television.
The show’s strength lies in the rich context that surrounds its occasionally melodramatic conflicts.
The lighting-strike chemistry of the show’s central couple fuels its exploration of parenthood’s highs and lows.
The Netflix miniseries suggests a sort of virtual, one-stop-shop Wikipedia page.
The series at its best when characters are hanging out, doing nothing, or struggling with feeling trapped.
The series is so ploddingly manufactured from familiar parts that it feels like it was spat out by an algorithm.
As the series comes to a conclusion, we take a look back and rank all 77 episodes.
The series dives into megalomania and workplace chaos with eccentric, frenzied energy.
Despite the sordid, festering material that the series explores, what ultimately emerges is sheer beauty.
The decade proved that the future of TV lies in its ability to democractize via technological expansion.
The series preserves Stephen King novel’s ingenious plot while entirely altering its tone.
The series feels tiresome in its relentless pleading with us to be impressed.
The series taps into violence like a lifespring, finding its footing with energetic fight sequences.
The series never loses sight of its premise, though it remains bleak without beating you over the head.
Our favorite shows of 2019 resist easy categorization, and they attest to a medium in transformation.
The series attempts to derive excitement solely from its overly calibrated performances.
Season two of the series explores how our preoccupations bring us comfort when we might need it most.
The show’s control of tone and atmosphere soon becomes even more engrossing than the story’s mystery itself.