It's June, and Here Are Some of the Shows That You Should Have Watched by Now
If you've been too productive with all the important things in life that you missed some of the good TVs in the first half of the year, it's time to rectify that. (Some spoilers ahead because I also have to tell you why I like the shows.)
Fyre Festival, the "documentaries"
This is obviously very old news, but apparently some of you haven't seen them yet. The entire scam is already too dumb and you probably need to respect your brain by not watching the shows, but no one is going to judge you here because the debacle is also too funny.
Watch the Netflix's Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened if you want to literally roll on the floor laughing, but watch Hulu's Fyre Fraud if you think FuckJerry is gross. (FuckJerry produced the one on Netflix and was also the company responsible for marketing the event, so they were conveniently absolved on the Netflix show. Eight thousand ticket buyers might have been scammed by the "Festival", but we the TV audience are probably also being scammed in plain sight by FuckJerry here.)
Russian Doll
The premise of the show is, a woman named Nadia finds herself stuck in a loop where she dies repeatedly, and every time she comes back, she'll be at the same party thrown by her friend Maxine. She slowly uncovers what's happening to her by every loop and tries to change her actions to break the cycle.
And the dialogue is just too good. I'm jealous of the talent in the writing. It's quick and sharp and catches you off guard. Seriously, what did this team of writers do that brings them to this level of writing? What kind of witchcraft training? Soul-selling? And those smart, smart lines are delivered brilliantly in the actors' performance. Natasha Lyonne as Nadia is a ball of fire, and her co-star Greta Lee as Maxine is such a joy to see on every loop, despite essentially having to repeat "Sweet Birthday Baby!" every time. Go watch it.
The Good Fight S3
The Good Fight is a legal drama, but it's political and it's current. It talks about race, #MeToo, pee tape, social media, gun rights and the resistance, among other things.
The best storyline in season 3 centres around Diane in the resistance and her very motivated resistance gang, which started off innocently enough as an underground movement. Soon, though, these new friends of hers are willing to achieve their goals even if it means breaking the law or someone getting hurt. My other favourite plot is Diane being surveilled by the NSA. It's an infuriating reminder of privacy intrusion by those who can do it. I love that it's being called out because it's f-ing rude.
Speaking of the plot, Kurt came out of the season winning unexpected points for getting the NSA employee -- Michael Urie's character -- off Diane's back and for getting rid of the hacked voting machine.
And the cliffhanger, where the SWAT team is seen entering Diane and Kurt's place after a similar operation set up by Diane's "Book Club" had gotten a government employee killed, just leaves us screaming at the screen. This is my favourite season of The Good Fight yet.
Veep S7, the final season
Season 6, aired in early 2017, felt a little drowned out by the real-life politics. Seriously, how do you out-crazy crazy?
But season 7 ends the show, thankfully, with enough insanity. Packed with too many great, funny lines and insults, it's everything Veep is: Selina's never caring enough about people and principles to get what she wants that she only pauses for half a second to sacrifice Tibet, Marjorie, gay rights and even Gary.
Selina's focus is always on power and attention. She doesn't have time for trivial things like feminism or loyalty. She would unapologetically scoff at those and we would just cringingly close our face with two hands, still rooting for her.
But things do not come easy for Selina. True to all the years we get to know her, there will always be someone who's going to steal her limelight. So it was the final scene, set on the day that she would want all attention to be on her, then Tom Hanks just had to get in her way, basically erasing her from the news cycle. It was perfect.
Images: Netflix, CBS via bustle.com, HBO via vox.com
Fyre Festival, the "documentaries"
This is obviously very old news, but apparently some of you haven't seen them yet. The entire scam is already too dumb and you probably need to respect your brain by not watching the shows, but no one is going to judge you here because the debacle is also too funny.
Watch the Netflix's Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened if you want to literally roll on the floor laughing, but watch Hulu's Fyre Fraud if you think FuckJerry is gross. (FuckJerry produced the one on Netflix and was also the company responsible for marketing the event, so they were conveniently absolved on the Netflix show. Eight thousand ticket buyers might have been scammed by the "Festival", but we the TV audience are probably also being scammed in plain sight by FuckJerry here.)
Russian Doll
The premise of the show is, a woman named Nadia finds herself stuck in a loop where she dies repeatedly, and every time she comes back, she'll be at the same party thrown by her friend Maxine. She slowly uncovers what's happening to her by every loop and tries to change her actions to break the cycle.
And the dialogue is just too good. I'm jealous of the talent in the writing. It's quick and sharp and catches you off guard. Seriously, what did this team of writers do that brings them to this level of writing? What kind of witchcraft training? Soul-selling? And those smart, smart lines are delivered brilliantly in the actors' performance. Natasha Lyonne as Nadia is a ball of fire, and her co-star Greta Lee as Maxine is such a joy to see on every loop, despite essentially having to repeat "Sweet Birthday Baby!" every time. Go watch it.
The Good Fight S3
The Good Fight is a legal drama, but it's political and it's current. It talks about race, #MeToo, pee tape, social media, gun rights and the resistance, among other things.
The best storyline in season 3 centres around Diane in the resistance and her very motivated resistance gang, which started off innocently enough as an underground movement. Soon, though, these new friends of hers are willing to achieve their goals even if it means breaking the law or someone getting hurt. My other favourite plot is Diane being surveilled by the NSA. It's an infuriating reminder of privacy intrusion by those who can do it. I love that it's being called out because it's f-ing rude.
Speaking of the plot, Kurt came out of the season winning unexpected points for getting the NSA employee -- Michael Urie's character -- off Diane's back and for getting rid of the hacked voting machine.
And the cliffhanger, where the SWAT team is seen entering Diane and Kurt's place after a similar operation set up by Diane's "Book Club" had gotten a government employee killed, just leaves us screaming at the screen. This is my favourite season of The Good Fight yet.
Veep S7, the final season
Season 6, aired in early 2017, felt a little drowned out by the real-life politics. Seriously, how do you out-crazy crazy?
But season 7 ends the show, thankfully, with enough insanity. Packed with too many great, funny lines and insults, it's everything Veep is: Selina's never caring enough about people and principles to get what she wants that she only pauses for half a second to sacrifice Tibet, Marjorie, gay rights and even Gary.
Selina's focus is always on power and attention. She doesn't have time for trivial things like feminism or loyalty. She would unapologetically scoff at those and we would just cringingly close our face with two hands, still rooting for her.
But things do not come easy for Selina. True to all the years we get to know her, there will always be someone who's going to steal her limelight. So it was the final scene, set on the day that she would want all attention to be on her, then Tom Hanks just had to get in her way, basically erasing her from the news cycle. It was perfect.
Images: Netflix, CBS via bustle.com, HBO via vox.com
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