Russian Doll

Groundhog Day for hipsters, chock-full of paper-thin characters that are fleshed out through drugs, sex, and progressiveness! Throw in a witticism here and a cult movie reference there--and the Juno-watching millenial who just turned 30 will eat. it. up. This is a series that could have been written by tumblr back when it still had porn on it. Or by the current batch of Vice editors. It's all sound and fury, but in a Buzzfeed listicle that ends with "Yasss get it, girl"

In terms of the sci-fi concepts, it really nicely starts out in familiar Groundhog Day territory and then eases you into interesting additional twists/complications on top of that, without ever feeling like things were added just for the sake of originality. The puzzle is just the right amount of intellectually engaging. And, most importantly, it really cares about its characters in a way that makes it engaging on an emotional level. Plus it is funny.

I thought this was a new classic. Some of the best performances I've seen in ages. Genuinely fascinating plotting and so funny, really ran the gamut of emotions several times watching this. Can't stop thinking about it. EDIT: Oh Russian Doll you just had to come back eh? Well, season 2 is pretty good honestly but Lyonne lost all cred for me when she did a massive coca cola ad. I don't care about deserving actors getting their bag but you can't play this kind of character at the same time imo.

A dark and fun series that is a fresh take on the "Groundhog Day" formula. Natasha Lyonne is exceptional and her performance is a big part of what makes with series great.

Great first season. Can't finish the second.

looks like someone just threw a gauntlet right into my poose-poose. (s1=5 | s2=3)

With a performance that should get some attention when it's time to hand out Emmys and Golden Globes, Lyonne creates an often obnoxious, but always highly memorable character.

Around episode 4, this starts ascending. Absorbing and well paced. Lyonne has created and starred in a little gem of a series.

A wonderful surprise! Starts off like a light "Edge of Tomorrow" but centred on a late 30s woman with issues living in NYC, and for the first few episodes this plays out much as you would expect. However the introduction of a new character really changes the narrative at the mid way point and things continue to get really interesting and surprisingly dark from there. With only 4 hrs spread across 8 episodes, Russian Doll is frequently funny, surprising, intriguing and well worth a watch.

Gets godawful and corny after a while, but Lyonne falling down the stairs like five times was legit great. I wish Adrienne Shelly could have been in this instead.