The evolution of High Maintenance has been a slow and steady one. The format of the show has evolved since its beginnings in 2012 as a several-minutes-long web series released in small chunks at a time, to a four-season-long HBO series. At…
High Maintenance 4×03 Review: “Voir Dire”
While High Maintenance can often mine treasure from the everyday meeting of strangers and old acquaintances, “Voir Dire” makes those interactions feel more random and pedestrian than usual. Additionally, while the naturalism of High Maintenance is one of its most refreshing features, some episodes…
High Maintenance 3×07 Review: “Dongle”
High Maintenance doesn’t often employ traditional visual metaphors, but this week we see two couples respectively facing towards and away from fireworks both literally and in their relationship, and the show pulls off that small shred of cheese pretty well.…
High Maintenance 3×06 Review: “Fingerbutt”
This episode is named after an illusion that makes it appear as if you’re taking a photo through someone’s bare legs when in actuality you are just using your index finger. It is fitting, then, that the plots of this…
High Maintenance 3×05 Review: “Payday”
People say that it’s difficult to write about something you enjoy and I am feeling that acutely this week. “Payday” might end up being one of the best High Maintenance episodes because it’s an example of so many of the…
High Maintenance 3×03 Review: “Blondie”
Last week, I noticed that the whole personality of High Maintenance, as it were, was split in half over the first two episodes. The first episode was mostly heartfelt vulnerability, the second was surreal humor. The two halves finally start…
High Maintenance 3×02 Review: “Craig”
The first two episodes of High Maintenance’s third season are the first episodes to be directed solely by one of the co-creators and they ultimately end up splitting the show’s qualities into two distinct packages. Episode one, directed by Katja…