Summary
Two random strangers, played by Steven Yeun and Ali Wong, get into a road rage incident that changes their lives forever.
I think this is one of the best shows Netflix has made in years. Why can’t we get more like this and less angsty teen shows that get cancelled after one season?
The show works so well as a series of escalations wherein each episode tops the drama of the last, and does so in a way that both makes sense and feels organic. At no point in this series did I think it strayed into the territory of the unbelievable.
Adding to this Wong and Yeun both have really great chemistry together and deliver fantastic performances. I particularly liked Wong’s performance and how it comments on depression and past trauma and shame, speaking off the monster that speaks to her as a little girl in one of the last few episodes is genuinely quite terrifying. It was clear to me from the off that the show was going to end up with Wong and Yeun’s characters getting together and in a sense it did that, but it just works as they are so good together.
Moreover, some of the more abstract elements of the show such as the previously mentioned monster and the crows that talk to one another in the final episode really add a nice different dimension to the realism of the rest of the show and perfectly juxtapose it.
Overall, if you haven’t already seen it you should binge this show the next time you have time to spare.
4.5/5
Pros.
Wong
Yeun
The drama and the escalation
The fun abstract elements
The ending
Cons.
The pace of the show is a little off and could be cut down by an episode which would also help to reduce the Netflix bloat.
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