The fourteenth TV show: #1000 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
When Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt was released on Netflix a year ago, we binged it in one weekend - we were going to take it more slowly, but it was that good. This week, the second season was released, and one Saturday later, we've watched all of that. From the people behind 30 Rock, Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, it also has the same odd tangent, pop culture references and weirdness. At the same time, it trades more on the friendships and relationships between the characters, especially that between Kimmy Schmidt and her gay roommate Titus.
It's funny, but there's a darkness to Ellie Kemper's character and environments that work for a good season throughline. Although a lot of humour comes from her lack of awareness of how the world has changed, and the difference between living in a small town and living in New York, they are just as often reacting to other people's weirdness, and vice versa. The journeys of these characters are often as interesting.
And man, the tunes on the show are catchy.