The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

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1. PositiveWorldMakerOct 20, 2023

   The Afterparty is an incredible murder mystery series that is on the more comedic side and has the fun and silly premise that the main detective trying to solve the mysteries (played by Tiffany Hadish in the peak of having fun) is a big fan of getting suspects to explore their "mind movies" so the main internals of every episode so far has been in a different genre of films/TV/storytelling. It's fun.

   Shrinking is the "sophomore" Apple TV+ show from many of the creators of Ted Lasso. It's far less "twee" and covers a lot more dark topics more regularly, but still tries to be rooted in "punch up" comedy when it is trying to be a comedy and still manages some incredible "feel good" moments from out of the darkness. (It's also the wildest reunion of Bill Lawrence show regulars of the past: you'll spot many character actors from Spin City, Scrubs, Cougartown, and others. It's also especially fun because many of those cameos are incredibly dark in contrast to their past roles, but the actors seem to presumably be having a grand reunion just off screen.)

   Schmigadoon is an amazing comedy if you either really love Musicals and/or really hate them. (If you are somewhere in the middle of the spectrum it can be a fun dumb thing with the right libations.) If find out that you do love musicals and enjoy the "Bento Box" animation format (Bob's Burgers, etc) you will want to watch Central Park while you are at it.

2. NeutralStekoDec 14, 2020

   Obviously they don't have the volume but their average quality is probably as good as any streaming service. Over 16 non-film/doc/kids series the mean tomatometer/metascores is a pretty solid 74/64 and there's 5 with 90+/70+:

   Ted Lasso, Tehran, Mythic Quest, Little America, and Central Park.

   I enjoyed the first 4 of those and haven't seen the last.