A third season, produced in response to the passionate reception of the first two, has just been released, and it is as funny, moving, and humane as they were. ... Instead of the glossy blur of nostalgia, he and his partner, Ori Elon, give us pointillistic specificity; ith its richly worked texture and deft, patient rhythm, the show delivers pleasures similar to those of an expansive nineteenth-century novel, and has similar stakes.

Devotees will not have been disappointed. ... It is not often that in a large cast you find no dud performers but there are none here, and the textured plotlines, while often soap-like, are immersive.