RV: I can always tell if I’m going to like a person that I meet simply by knowing if they watched Community. It’s a show that was ahead of its time. Seriously, if it would have been released on Netflix, it would have dominated. It was just never broad enough for a major network, yet it…
Category: TV
Black Mirror
T: This show, more than any, is what the world needs right now. The title alone suggest the darkness that lies lurking in the milieu of our own society – tapped into our various screens and devices. RV discovered this show from NPR and demanded that we begin watching this series on an ordinary Saturday night. I…
Stranger Things
RV: So we’re cheating a bit here. We wanted to make sure we caught up on some reviews we’ve had on the back burner, so if you’ve noticed a lot of high scores lately, it’s because we are cherry picking some must watch TV and film to go along with awards season. Let me start…
Westworld (Season 1)
T: Every once in awhile, I’ll come across something entirely new and immersive that completely and totally revolutionizes my existence. Goobers peanut-butter and jelly; bra’s with built-in-pockets; microchipping – all of these things force me to look at normal, everyday things in entirely new ways. Westworld is now a part of this list. Never has there…
Togetherness
RV: Did you know relationships aren’t supposed to be perfect, and no matter what we do our relationships will have unavoidable highs and lows? Well, Togetherness knows that, and the characters on the show illustrate just how much bullshit comes out of Hollywood. I’m a big hater of romanticized versions of reality. I’m not a…
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Season 2)
RV: When Kimmy Schmidt debuted, I was drawn to the show for the pure nostalgia of its 90s references. However, by the end of the first season, the show realized that the bunker gimmicks were quickly getting stale., and changed the focus to its real source of staying power—the characters. When I started to binge…
Masters of Sex (Seasons 1-3)
RV: I know this show takes place in the 60s, but I’m embarrased to say that I’ve learned more about sex from this show than I ever learned from my high school health class or Google. Even though the research that the show is based on has been around in the form of dense medical…
Girls (Season 5)
T: I know that the series Girls, like leggings as pants or fat-free ice cream, has a widely divided audience. But for me, I will forever be on the side-line of Team Girls, rooting on Hannah, Marnie, Jessa, and Shosh in all their absurdity. Every season has had its ups and downs, and for me –…
Love
RV: Being recently divorced and set adrift in my early 30s, I wanted to really attach myself to these characters. Right from the opening minutes, I knew this show was going to depict the reality of relationships and not the bullshit that Hollywood likes to feed us on a nightly basis. The truth that we…
Party Down (Seasons 1-2)
RV: For a time in college, I worked in the food service industry. I hated every minute of it, except for the irrelevant conversations I had with my friends/coworkers. Party Down is an over the top workplace comedy (See The Office, Parks and Rec, etc.), but Party Down also feels very real. Each character successfully toes the…
Red Vines and Twizzlers 