B+Season 8Portlandia embraces its weirdness one last time in a fitting finaleJohn Hugar3/23/18 3:00amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkLet’s be honest; we know all the reasons why it makes sense for Portandia to end right now. It was a decidedly…
BSeason 8Portlandia begins its final season with an empathetic satire of aging punksJohn Hugar1/18/18 9:33pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAfter eight influential seasons, Portlandia is finally packing it in this year, and while the show’s cultural impact…
B+Season 7Men’s rights activists praise men in film and Carrie makes a friend in a pointed PortlandiaJohn Hugar2/09/17 10:47pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkEarly in Portlandia’s run, the show established a friendly relationship with the local basketball team, as former Trail…
A-Season 7Modern Inconveniences Are Brilliantly Mocked On The Best Portlandia Of The SeasonJohn Hugar2/02/17 10:32pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThrough the course of its seven seasons, Portlandia has proven itself to be quite adept at skewering the mundane…
B-Season 7Toni & Candace move past the feminist bookstore on an awkward PortlandiaJohn Hugar1/26/17 10:31pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkSince Portlandia first debuted in 2011, two of its most beloved recurring characters were Toni & Candace, proprietors…
BSeason 7Fred bites off more than he can chew as Portlandia takes on startup cultureJohn Hugar1/19/17 10:27pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkFor the second straight episode, Portlandia focuses on Fred getting carried away with an idea and making a fool of…
BSeason 7Fred leads a nerd revolt on a clever PortlandiaJohn Hugar1/12/17 10:21pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkGoing into Season 7 of Portlandia, one upcoming sketch that had gotten a lot of attention was “What About Men?”…
BSeason 7After 7 seasons, Portlandia’s weirdness still worksJohn Hugar1/05/17 10:48pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkFans of Portlandia were recently given the news that the shows seventh season, which premiered tonight, would be its…
BSeason 6Portlandia’s season finale has a lot of ingredients that make up an okay dishLes Chappell3/24/16 10:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkFor a show that gets most of its laughs out of small-scale events—a feminist bookstore, karaoke nights, beach trips,…
A-Season 6Relationships and IQs are tested in another pleasantly nuanced PortlandiaLes Chappell3/17/16 10:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkSeason six of Portlandia has gotten a lot of mileage out of pushing its characters outside their comfort zones. Some of…
A-Season 6Toni and Candace return to Portlandia declare war on for-profit feminismLes Chappell3/10/16 10:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWith only three episodes to go this season, it’s surprising that it’s taken as long as it has for Portlandia to return…
A-Season 6Horace and Pete join Fred and Carrie on a lively PortlandiaLes Chappell3/03/16 10:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkOne of the best moments at last week’s Academy Awards was seeing Louis C.K. make an unexpected appearance as the…
C+Season 6Portlandia suffers the disability of being annoying instead of funnyLes Chappell2/25/16 10:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe brand of comedy that Portlandia practices means that it’s a show constantly at risk of being too annoying. It mines…
A-Season 6Portlandia goes the dramatic route and explores post-breakup lifeLes Chappell2/18/16 10:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIn a recent interview with Vulture about his various comedy projects, Jonathan Krisel credited the bulk of Portlandia’s…
BSeason 6A loose episode of Portlandia riffs on cable theme songs, rental cars, and chargersLes Chappell2/11/16 10:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAfter three narratively driven episodes to kick off season six, “Weirdos Beach” returns Portlandia to its sketch roots.…
ASeason 6Another excellent Portlandia sends Fred to Austin and Carrie to the grocery store Les Chappell2/04/16 10:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAt the end of last week’s Portlandia review, I talked about how while I loved the episode, I had some concerns about…
ASeason 6Fred and Carrie confront their mortality on Portlandia in hilarious fashionLes Chappell1/28/16 10:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkOne of the earliest and most iconic lines in Portlandia was its designation of the city “where young people go to…
B+Season 6Portlandia attends a festival (or doesn’t) in the season six premiereLes Chappell1/21/16 10:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAs it enters its sixth season, Portlandia finds itself in an interesting place. IFC announced a few months ago that the…
B+Season 5Portlandia: “Dead Pets”Les Chappell3/12/15 10:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIn the third season of Parks And Recreation, after observing his first sample of the lunacy that is a Pawnee open…
BSeason 5Portlandia: “You Can Call Me Al”Les Chappell3/05/15 10:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkOne of the most prevalent criticisms I see leveled at Portlandia in comment sections and social media is the argument…
