Items20The creator’s order
  1. 1Dead to Me (2019)Dead to Me (2019) 7.9/10 on IMDbFirst aired 3 May 2019Grief-group friendship offers a reassuring social script until the things these women cannot say begin to crowd it out. Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini give the concealment emotional weight, so a panicked attempt to behave normally can be both funny and painful. A relatively accessible…0
  2. 2Obituary (2023)Obituary (2023) 7.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired 26 Sept 2023Elvira's newspaper pays her per obituary, and she finds a monstrous solution to the shortage of local deaths. The Irish series makes an efficient little work routine out of moral catastrophe. Siobhán Cullen's controlled manner is the attraction: somebody can look entirely practical while the…0
  3. 3Barry (2018)Barry (2018) 8.3/10 on IMDbFirst aired 25 Mar 2018A hitman's acting class lets him imagine he is becoming a different person while he keeps making other people pay for the old one. Bill Hader's stillness makes the self-deception funnier and more frightening than a parade of wisecracks. The series grows considerably bleaker and more violent; choose…0
  4. 4Fargo (2014)Fargo (2014) 8.8/10 on IMDbFirst aired 15 Apr 2014People explain their own decency while greed, fear and wounded pride lead them somewhere indefensible. The anthology format offers different casts and periods, with a persistent contrast between polite speech and grotesque violence. Season one is a strong introduction to that balance. Its elaborate…0
  5. 5Inside No. 9 (2014)Inside No. 9 (2014) 8.5/10 on IMDbFirst aired 5 Feb 2014A confined setting gives people little room to escape the social performance they have started. Each self-contained British story can shift the relationship between a laugh and a threat with remarkable economy. The tone varies widely, from farce to disturbing horror, and some episodes are very…0
  6. 6Nighty Night (2004)Nighty Night (2004) 8.1/10 on IMDbFirst aired 6 Jan 2004Jill turns other people's illness, grief and embarrassment into opportunities, trusting that good manners will delay anyone telling her to stop. Julia Davis makes that exploitation horribly precise. This is among the cruellest choices here, with sexual manipulation and serious illness used as comic…0
  7. 7Back to Life (2019)Back to Life (2019) 7.6/10 on IMDbFirst aired 15 Apr 2019Miri returns home after prison to find that every ordinary interaction contains a version of what people think she did. Daisy Haggard finds absurdity in the attempts to resume normal life, while the stigma remains consequential. The humour has more compassion than Nighty Night, but violence, shame…0
  8. 8Flowers (2016)Flowers (2016) 8.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired 25 Apr 2016The Flowers family can make even a small domestic exchange feel like a desperate effort to keep something unsaid. The visual eccentricity provides comic distance, then depression and family damage bring it close again. Choose it for controlled performances beneath the oddness. Suicidal distress and…0
  9. 9Patriot (2015)Patriot (2015) 8.2/10 on IMDbFirst aired 3 Nov 2015An intelligence officer has to keep an industrial-piping job credible while a covert mission dismantles his capacity to function. The corporate presentations and awful practical improvisations are funny because nobody can acknowledge the real problem. Its patient, melancholy rhythm is distinctive.…0
  10. 10The White Lotus (2021)The White Lotus (2021) 8.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired 11 Jul 2021Resort guests can turn a tiny inconvenience into evidence that the world has failed them. The comedy lives in the elaborate social explanations protecting money, status and desire. Different seasons change the setting and relationships, while preserving that uncomfortable observation. Sexual…0