WeView

⭐6/10 Had a tough time with this one. It should be the perfect show for me because it's about therapists and broken people and healing from loss and all, and initially I was completely sold! That opening scene killed me and I was fully on board, and that feeling lasted a few episodes.  By the end, I was just waiting for this show to be done. The one trend in modern TV that I despise is constant therapy talk, characters sitting across from each other and pouring out their hearts, revealing their past traumas by just talking about it. The therapist in me thinks that communication is awesome and they key to healing, but the TV watcher in me thinks that this makes for very uninteresting viewing. My rule of thumb is that in stories, characters should not apologize by simply issuing an apology. I mean it comes down to the basics of writing: I want to be shown that someone is sorry, not be told. There are like thirty apologies per episode and it drives me nuts. I get that ther...

⭐ 10/10 I watched this entire series with a knot in my stomach. From the very first moments something unthinkable happens and a family is left in turmoil. I hate to pull the dad card so early in my dad journey, but as a father there was so much here that wrecked me. All of it is impossible to imagine, but the family reactions and the long lasting fallout is so painful, and I thought Stephen Graham was phenomenal, my favourite performance of the show. His short but bulky stature, his hard accent, pitbull eyes, all while being completely helpless, dragged along in a current with no control, an incredible performance by someone who created and wrote the show as well. Each episode is a single take, which aside from being flashy, really immerses you. We have to sit through the grief of the family, or the awkwardness of these conversations. Early in the first episode there is a drive to the police station where we have to watch this boy reckon with what is coming for him, and even if you k...

⭐ 9.5/10 Okay hear me out - I despise every character in this show. We follow Maia, who is the manager for Tallulah, an influencer. Their friend group also includes Charlie, a stylist for influencers, and Alani, who is the daughter of a famous movie producer who doesn't do anything. We watch as Maia tries to score jobs for Tallulah, and see the lengths they will go to for success. Sounds awful right? The catch is that this show is razor sharp, hilarious, and knowingly critical of these people without making you hate them. Its an incredible balance I don't think I have encountered before. This show is created and written and sometimes directed by Rachel Sennott, who also plays Maia, and I am convinced she is a genius. The writing is so sharp, its portrayal of these people completely open and honest. They are vulgar and cruel but for some reason you want them to succeed in this vulgar and cruel industry. It feels completely modern, a show that wouldn't have made sense even 5...

⭐ 7.5/10 Better Call Saul was methodical, and for two and a half seasons it drove me insane. So obsessed with process, how things actually move from point A to B, that I thought the story was completely neglected. That show ends with an incredible couple of seasons, and you could probably argue its because of this slow back story laying the foundation that it ends so powerfully. One season into Pluribus, its hard to know if I can count on the same thing. The setup for this show is great, and 2 episodes in I was enthralled. The show didn't release anything before hand, so no spoilers here, but there is an apocalyptic scenario in episode one that reminded me a ton of Last Of Us, but weirdly even more creepy and unknown. Episode two the ball starts rolling, but it never really accelerates. We watch Carol try to cope in this world, and even fight back, but its so meticulous. It mirrors the loneliness of her new life, sure sure, its just not that compelling. Every time there was a hint...

⭐7.5/10 Tim Robinson has that unique quality where everything he says is funny to me. Just look at that face - in fact he's already funny before he says anything. I am a huge fan and will always check out his stuff.  Many of my thoughts are similar to Tim's. I love ITYSL, but also only laugh at around half the skits, and am stoneface silent at the other half. But the funny half really hits! I cry-laugh at half the jokes. I'm not sure there are higher highs in comedy for me.   I thought this show was actually kinda the opposite where it is consistently funny, but only moderately. It is safer throughout, and so while there are fewer bits where I'm just waiting for it to end, I'm also less likely to be curled up and unable to breathe.  This show is about Tim Robinson discovering a vast conspiracy about a chair company, but it really plays out as a parody of some espionage thriller. I thought that especially the early episodes were the best where it seems li...

⭐ 9/10 Honestly a lot of these episodes I'm across the room doing something else while my son is distracted, but there were a couple episodes that really stood out. This show is about parents and kids being playful and imaginative, its funny and not over stimulating, and my son loves it, so its perfect. He also knows that his allotment is exactly 3 episodes, which is around 20 minutes, so its a perfect length to calm him down or give us time to do a chore. In season 1 there was an episode about the dad taking the kids to get takeout food, the food taking longer than expected, the kids getting into trouble because of how curious they are, and the dad ending up embracing it. That was the best episode, the one that made me tear up, the one I think about all the time. In this season there is an episode that had me and Jess completely crying, called Baby Race. It's the mom recounting when Bluey was growing up, how proud she was of certain milestones, but how easy it was to try to ru...

⭐ 8/10 I rewatched ITYSL season 1 recently, and while I have hilarious memories of that show I would say the hit rate is actually probably like 40%. This is true of Friendship as well, which is similar to this in a lot of ways. Some moments where I laugh as hard as I ever have, but then the rest is just absurdity. It feels like him and Nathan Fielder are moving in similar directions, but with Fielder tackling modern loneliness and Robinson always embodying this intense male rage across his shows. The setup for this show is great, and I love the conspiracy thriller aspects. There were several episodes where I felt completely lost, but then he has a conversation with his daughter about Wendy's new Carvers line of sandwiches and I was dying laughing again. This felt all over the map, but the best moments were all little ITYSL sketches. He's got a way of saying things in a way no human ever would, and its those little jolts that kept me going. I also love how everyone in the show ...

⭐ 7/10 The first season of this show was background noise for me, and even though I tried to watch this with Jess I would often be on my phone. There are some funny parts, and the actors are charismatic, but this is like the Netflix equivalent of a CW teen show. Really corny stuff, cookie cutter setups, conflict that could be resolved by just talking. Pretty insane the amount of money Netflix throws at this though, filming all over LA, using music from all the biggest recent artists in the openings, renting the Academy museum for a ridiculous engagement party finale. I can't believe it. Again the CW feel of this can't be understated. Every time there is a good emotional scene of two people finally hashing it out they have to play soft slow music with lyrics in the background. It's so distracting, and it made me so upset, felt like they don't trust their viewers to be able to pay attention for an entire episode so they gotta underscore these important scenes that might ...

⭐5/10 We watched the movie last year and I loved it, but I thought the show didn't even come close. That's super disappointing because it's the same people who made it, and I love that crew, but man, I thought this show was painfully unfunny sometimes.  It's a show about classical vampires living in modern New York, and they are centuries old and so have all these spooky qualities and antiquated beliefs, and it's filmed as a mocumentary as they go about their day to day. Again, same premise as the movie, but that really worked for me and this didn't. I guess I didn't hate it. I managed to finish the season. I still believe in this idea, and there were funny moments, like the stuff around the Baron. I also loved the set design and costumes, and thought this was the perfect casual spooky watch. But in the end, I just didn't laugh much so it's hard to give it any kind of endorsement. I think the primary issue is that I simply don't find ...