Liz Shannon Miller

As is, Brothers definitely has some good laughs. But not enough to sustain eight full episodes.

There’s a version of this season that could say something profound about the anger that might drive a woman to murder. But that would involve Monster fully understanding what, exactly, women might be angry about.

The toxic dynamic of Hal and John’s mentor-mentee relationship fuels a lot of the show’s action, but the way these two actors play off each other keeps it from feeling too reductive. There are layers of complexity to their relationship that could easily fuel multiple seasons, should the show continue.

These new episodes feature plenty of high points but definitely feel overly familiar as opposed to fresh — more of the same, without enough evolution on the past. Coach Lasso would be the first to encourage one of his players to try something new, challenge themselves. Hopefully the back half of the season takes that same advice.

It could be a little tighter overall, but the most enjoyable aspects of the show feature these characters bouncing off each other in unexpected ways, anchored by the charisma that has made Ferrell one of our most enduring comedy stars.

At its best, The Bear reminded us of the difference, and this season was the perfect final bite.

The series can get a little repetitive — this one’s better to savor from week to week, versus stacking up as a binge. .... Every once in a while, though, it goes hard with its messaging, building to some hysterical comedy that’s also on some level a primal scream about today.

Spider-Noir hews closely to the familiar tropes of the detective tale, but it never feels like parody. It just feels like the answer to the question “What if someone made a 1930s noir about a P.I. with spider powers?” I cannot express how much pleasure I take in typing those words. It still makes no sense that this show exists. But it’s wonderful that it does.

Life’s Still Unfair doesn’t put too much effort into establishing this show for new audiences; it plays much more as a love letter to the fans who can actually remember things like the existence of Hal and Lois’s fifth son Jamie (Anthony Timpano). However, it does showcase the reasons why this particular family has stayed alive in our imaginations all these years.

The show has, like its characters, grown up a lot. It’s a little sad that this has happened just in time for the show’s likely conclusion, but should this level of quality hold for the remaining episodes of the season, Euphoria might just go out on an, um, high note.