A-Season 4Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt expertly blends light and darkKayla Kumari Upadhyaya5/30/18 3:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAs the first half of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt likely last season draws to a close, it leaves Kimmy with a clear goal:…
ASeason 4Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt wants to break the cycleKayla Kumari Upadhyaya5/30/18 2:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkMeeting a bad dude at the tech conference last episode has led to Kimmy discovering the many shades of trash men.…
A-Season 4Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt celebrates nerds and exposes bad menKayla Kumari Upadhyaya5/30/18 1:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt portrays a society on the brink of technological dystopia—in a fun, Kimmy way, as Kimmy…
ASeason 4Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt nails the mockumentary format with "Party Monster"Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya5/30/18 12:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIn the age of Documentary Now!—which is often perfect in its send up of various doc styles and subjects—pulling off a…
A-Season 4Rich people are horrifying on Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtKayla Kumari Upadhyaya5/30/18 11:00amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWhen it comes to satire, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt shines brightest when skewering the lives of rich people. The show…
B+Season 4Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt remains pleasantly surprising in fourth season premiereKayla Kumari Upadhyaya5/30/18 10:00amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s fourth season begins with a playful parody of a 90s-style comedy opening sequence, Kimmy…
A-Season 3Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt takes unexpected turns in season three finaleKayla Kumari Upadhyaya6/12/17 5:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkSince the beginning, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt has done the unexpected. It took a premise that sounds, at best,…
A-Season 3Kimmy Schmidt finally chooses herself over others in poignant “Kimmy And The Trolley Problem!”Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya6/10/17 5:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s third season hasn’t been as cohesive as its second, at times spinning too many plates and…
A-Season 3On Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Google keeps the past from ever really going awayKayla Kumari Upadhyaya6/08/17 5:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIn “Kimmy Googles The Internet!,” Titus and Kimmy both attempt to grow up, but they base their efforts on…
A-Season 3Kimmy breaks bad during a thrilling bathroom heist on Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtKayla Kumari Upadhyaya6/06/17 4:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWhen Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt takes on specific genres, it never does so in the obvious ways. “Kimmy Pulls Off A…
B+Season 3Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt has a breakthrough at churchKayla Kumari Upadhyaya6/03/17 9:31pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkFor all its darkness, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt has a huge heart, and it finds warmth and depth in surprising places.…
B+Season 3Titus and Kimmy break up and make up in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s turbulent bottle episodeKayla Kumari Upadhyaya6/01/17 5:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkEven though “Kimmy Does A Puzzle!” begins where the last episode ended, it does some awkward narrative backtracking…
B+Season 3Titus is a villain on Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtKayla Kumari Upadhyaya5/31/17 5:17pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkBoth Kimmy and Titus have surprisingly poignant breakthroughs in “Kimmy Learns About The Weather!,” which takes their…
CSeason 3Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt misses the mark in its satire of campus cultureKayla Kumari Upadhyaya5/29/17 8:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“Kimmy Is A Feminist!” is a follow-up to “Kimmy Goes To A Play!” in the sense that it clearly has something it wants to…
B+Season 3Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt spotlights the cult leader gender gapKayla Kumari Upadhyaya5/27/17 5:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“Kimmy Steps On A Crack!” brings back Kimmy’s fellow molewoman Gretchen, one of the more complicated characters on the…
B+Season 3Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt rediscovers Kimmy and Xanthippe Voorhees’ brilliant dynamicKayla Kumari Upadhyaya5/25/17 5:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThere’s a lot going on in “Kimmy Goes To College,” and yet not much really happens, which is pretty par for the course…
A-Season 3Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt continues its nuanced conversation about traumaKayla Kumari Upadhyaya5/23/17 9:50pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWhile the first couple of episodes have moved Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s characters in new directions, “Kimmy Can’t…
B+Season 3Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s Lemonade is deliciousKayla Kumari Upadhyaya5/21/17 5:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkParodying Beyoncé’s Lemonade is not a particularly fresh concept, and yet Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt does it masterfully…
A-Season 3In third season premiere, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is in controlKayla Kumari Upadhyaya5/19/17 5:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkI had almost forgotten the feeling of perpetually gasping for breath that watching an episode of Unbreakable Kimmy…
B+Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s sense of humor is sharper than ever in season 3Erik Adams5/17/17 12:00amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkSometimes, the irrepressible ex-captive of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt inches forward on her own: She earns a GED, goes…
