What I Watched This Week: 17 Oct 2021

CURRENT SHOWS
Succession – “Secession” (A) / season premiere
An absolutely breathless premiere, with everyone’s worst instincts on display. It was absolutely delicious.

What We Do in the Shadows – “A Farewell” (A)
This episode features another great gaggle of guest stars, but the show actually reveals it has an emotional core, in addition to all its dick and fart jokes.

CURRENT SHOWS
The Simpsons – “Treehouse of Horror XXXII” (B-)
A hit-or-miss affair as usual, but I didn’t mind the two shorter segments squeezed into here. While the Parasite parody left a little to be desired (it was mostly just jokes about “This is about class warfare, don’t you see?!”), the updated take on The Ring was terrific. A TikTok that kills people should have been dreadful, but it really worked, if not like a classic Halloween tale, then at least a good one from the double-digit years.

What We Do in the Shadows
“The Siren” (B+)
“The Wellness Center” (A)
The former featured some hilarious voicework from Natasia Demetriou, but it was a little repetitive coming right on the heels of “The Escape.” The latter was much sharper, with Nandor joining a vampire cult that denies their bloodlust in favor of ’80s-centric fitness.

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