A well-made series full of great action, acting, and intrigue that’s all pulled together and elevated by Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham’s effortless chemistry, talent, and charm.

Despite all the narrative improbabilities and a regular defiance of physics, Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer are so distractingly funny and charming that a viewer goes along for the ride.

Right away, you know that “Ride or Die,” Prime Video’s eight-episode series, will be in the vein of action/comedy flicks dating back to the ‘80s, yet somehow it works.

Ultimately, Spencer and Waddingham’s connection is the lifeblood of Ride or Die, and that alone is a good enough reason to watch the action-comedy.

Shaving at least one plotline — or even cutting down to seven episodes — could have made this a more focused season from start to finish. .... The overall success of Ride or Die lives and "dies" by its two leads (pun intended), and Debbie and Judith's friendship is ultimately why it sticks the landing.

The bond between Agency handler Sam and tech phenom Queenie (Savannah Steyn) keeps the dramedy from imploding. Their storylines are strong enough to keep audiences engaged even when convoluted subplots and unnecessary diversions bog down the main narrative between Judith and Debbie.

It feels designed as background TV — cute and inoffensive, but if you end up finishing it, I expect you'll be on your phone a lot of the time it's on.