Well that season certainly flew by. This show was being billed as a LOST meets This Is Us character drama so of course it was going to find a big audience. But, did it have enough substance to sustain itself?
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It’s been over a week since The Umbrella Academy, the newest comic-turned-TV show, has premiered and while it has already made headlines being the most binged Netflix show this past week I decided to take a more patient approach to viewing and have just recently finished the series.
Grace and Frankie is one of Netflix’s longest running original sitcoms. Five years ago it took the streaming services by storm with an absolutely all-star cast. The only concern was whether or not it could survive on a story surrounding seventy-year-olds reinventing themselves. While its constant renewal gives proof that there was nothing to be concerned about, how long can this story feel fresh?
Netflix continues its march of original content dominance with its release of Russian Doll, a series co-created and starring Natasha Lyonne, who is most notable for her work on Orange Is the New Black.
The first show that I ever reviewed for this site was the first season of this Netflix dramedy and while it didn’t really excite me, the second season was still worth a chance. After all, the showrunners said that they would be trying to avoid all the harshly criticized issues with last season and hoped to push forward with a more cohesive and entertaining story surrounding these 40-year-old children trapped in adult bodies. Unfortunately, it...