After the previous episode and its lack of momentum, this week’s Alone Together is relatively stuffed with activity and plot. From the first scene, the episode charges out of the gate with what feels like faster than usual banter between Esther…
Alone Together 1×07 Review: “The Big One” Finds Esther and Benji Preparing for an Earthquake
Esther and Benji face the prospect of “The Big One,” California’s inevitable disastrous earthquake this week, and manage to save their episode from equal disaster by a few solid jokes at the end. Well, maybe disaster is too strong of…
Alone Together 1×06 Review: “Dinner Party”
Although this episode is enjoyable enough in its simplicity – it pretty much has two locations and barely a B-plot to speak of – I did find myself disappointed by the end that we don’t get a resolution any different…
Alone Together 1×05 Review: “Dean Girls”
Alone Together’s fifth episode, “Dean Girls,” harkens back to the pilot in a couple of ways. First, it features another plot that finds Esther and Benji’s actions and goals overlapping with each other and second, it brings back Benji’s older…
Alone Together 1×04 Review: “Pop-Up”
This episode might be the simplest premise Alone Together has had yet, and it’s almost its own version of a bottle episode, with most of the action taking place in the same line for the titular pop-up. However, the mix…
Grown-ish 1×05 Review: “C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)”
In this episode of Grown-ish we get real with social media. As in, we see the backfire of putting your whole life out there. Last we heard of Zoey (Yara Shahidi), she was still in turmoil over her relationship with…
Alone Together 1×03 Review: “Fertility” Gives Esther Some Insight
The first two episodes of Alone Together have firmly established the kind of friendship Esther and Benji have, so on the third outing we get some information on where they come from. What environments led to an Esther and a Benji? We…