TV #13 of 2019: Santa Clarita Diet, season 3 As always, I’ve laughed a lot this season at the twisted presentation of an oddly functional human-zombie marriage, but the plot doesn’t really surprise me as much as it has in the past. Instead the show just keeps falling back on its old common patterns, to …
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TV Review: Santa Clarita Diet, season 2
TV #15 of 2018: Santa Clarita Diet, season 2 Nearly as great as its debut outing, with laugh-out-loud humor and plot developments that make perfect sense in hindsight but always take me by surprise. I love all the little things about marriage that this series nails, and how healthy the central relationships are even amid …
TV Review: Santa Clarita Diet, season 1
TV #10 of 2017: Santa Clarita Diet, season 1 It seems like every time I convince myself that zombies are played out, some new property comes along and shows just how much rich material there still can be in the concept. In this case, it’s a laugh-out-loud half-hour sitcom about a middle-class suburban mom turning …
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