Reviews
Ok, this show is my guilty pleasure. I'm a self-professed geek, and I work with geeks all day who lambast the show for playing too heavily on stereotypes, but I find the jokes to be of a slightly higher intelligence level than some of Chuck Lorre's other shows *cough*Two and a Half Men*cough*.
OMG it's Breaking Bad part 2!!! Minus the meth, of course, but it has an extremely familiar cast, more of Vince Gilligan's trademark cinematography, and the same knack for making me hold my breath longer than can possibly be healthy. I think I'm in love. What else could possibly have me thinking the phrase "Is it Monday yet?"
Colbert and Daily Show fans, rejoice! This show nestles perfectly into their genre (well, it ought to, considering Oliver's previous work experience). But where I use Colbert and Stewart to keep up with the daily news, Oliver likes to pick important issues that maybe have been shunted off to the side in the mainstream media, and has the time (the show is an extra 10 minutes longer) to go in depth on the issue.
Best. Show. Ever. Violent and depressing at times (not for people who aren't fans of the antihero genre), but absolutely worth it. The acting, the writing, the cinematography... Everything is perfection.
This show is amazing - it's a darkly humorous adult take on the Johnny Quest-esque mystery shows (Johnny Quest himself as well as the Scooby Doo gang have even been known to pop up). I highly recommend it for fans of Archer, It's Always Sunny, and Adventure Time.
This show is the best. Witty, endearing, relatable, perfectly acted, and always good for a laugh. Just when you think you know where a joke is headed, they turn it on its head and surprise you with an even better one.
Imagine Penny from Happy Endings finally found a guy who could handle her, and then moved away from her awesome friends in Chicago and got a bunch of randos to be her new posse. Casey Wilson is awesome, playing her usual schtick, but the supporting cast isn't really all that compelling. We'll see, maybe they'll grow on me.
This show has a little bit of everything - murder mystery, telenovela drama, love triangles, mob ties. It's so cute and well done, and has many twists and turns, but not in an exhausting way. I love this show so much.
The first 4 seasons are excellent - when you still have hope for Lex's soul, Lionel was the biggest badass around, and Papa Kent was dispensing his humble farmer's wisdom. It devolved a little - ok, a lot - from there, with more and more characters departing the show. But it's still the show that defines the superhero genre for me, and a must watch for all the Superman fans out there.
Dan Harmon lovers, rejoice! For this show is finally Dan's imagination unleashed, completely unfettered by the bounds of reality and networks. It's completely insane, irreverent, inappropriate, and hilarious.