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Master Of None ends in personal and professional devastation
Master Of None’s season two finale sees Dev through personal and professional crises, as his new business venture with…
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Francesca and Dev have an emotional affair on Master Of None
Even though it’s one of the season’s central ongoing storylines, Dev and Francesca’s unfurling romance hasn’t been as…
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Master Of None’s “Thanksgiving” presents one of the best coming out stories on television
Thanksgiving is a loaded holiday for a lot of queer folks. For some, it means going back into the closet entirely. For…
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Personal and professional decisions challenge in Master Of None’s “Door #3”
It’s easy to oversimplify life’s big choices, to view decision-making as a process of choosing between this and that.…
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Master Of None’s love letter to New York flips the script
Crafting a love letter to New York City certainly isn’t a groundbreaking concept in art, and yet Master Of None—with a…
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Master Of None finishes strong in otherwise disjointed “Dinner Party”
For three episodes in a row now, Master Of None has really dazzled me with its final shot. The sequence at the end of…
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Master Of None understands dating-app culture more than most television
Master Of None has been subtly fucking around with storytelling this season, departing even more from traditional…
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Aziz Ansari’s parents return to Master Of None for a funny, incisive meditation on “Religion”
“Religion” opens with a montage of resistant kids being dragged by their parents to their respective places of worship.…
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Master Of None crashes a wedding and celebrates friendship in “Le Nozze”
In “Le Nozze,” Arnold (Eric Wareheim) arrives in Italy for a wedding (“le nozze” translates to the wedding in Italian).…
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In sublime season two premiere, Master Of None nods to Italian cinema
After the long wait between seasons one and two of Master Of None, Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang’s auteur comedy returns…
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Master Of None’s 2nd season is 10 episodes of daring plus one humdrum romance
A recent Aziz Ansari profile in New York Magazine sets high expectations for the new season of Master Of None, the…
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Master Of None confidently closes out its first season “just like that”
Master Of None is a deeply personal show, even as it’s dealing with sweeping concepts like breakups and uncertainty…
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Master Of None makes a layered romantic comedy out of “Mornings”
“Mornings” is the best romantic comedy I’ve seen in a long time. It may just be a 30-minute installment of a TV comedy,…
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Master Of None gets real about aging
Somewhere around “The Other Man,” I realized that Master Of None more closely resembles a collection of short stories…
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Master Of None goes after everyday sexism and doesn’t miss a beat
Anyone familiar with Aziz Ansari’s stand-up material will recognize a lot of the commentary in “Ladies And Gentlemen,”…
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Master Of None travels to Nashville for a believably imperfect first date
Despite the little mishap at the end brought on by Dev’s overreliance on Waze and need for more white barbecue sauce,…
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Master Of None tackles an unconventional affair story
Master Of None doesn’t always feature the best, most fluid, performances, but at the same time, there’s an air of…
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Master Of None identifies Hollywood’s race problem and does something about it
The first time I can remember seeing an Indian woman on my television in something other than the Bollywood movies I…
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Master Of None falters but finds footing in final act
“Hot Ticket,” which returns to some of the themes of modern dating introduced in Master Of None’s first episode, is the…
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Master Of None is both personal and sweeping in its portrayal of immigrant stories
Ever since it was announced that Aziz Ansari had tapped his own parents, Fatima and Shoukath Ansari, to play his…