LorenBieg

Timothy Chalamet brings his A-List acting chops and charm to a well written, crisp set of sketches and surprisingly good musical performances.

The cold open is a beautifully produced "Founding Fathers Signing the Declaration of Independence" set piece with over the top art direction and costumes and a Lin Manuel Miranda cameo in which he starts and original Hamilton rap and is thwarted by a James Austin Johnson Trump interruption.

Chalemet was funny throughout the show, as always. Not a weak piece to n the lineup. The writers are making fun of AI, dogs, politics, podcast bros, and threw in some broad comedy with the bungee exercise class.

Chalamet went deep into Bob Dylan's catalog in live collaboration with James Blake, pulling out some emotive arrangements of Outlaw Blues, Three Angels and Tomorrow Is A Long Time.

Overall a standout ep in a strong 50th season. Anyone who says different either doesn't know funny or can't laugh at themselves.

There's just not anyone to like in this series. The actors are doing their best with the script, but the issue is really with the writing. Literally, no one is likable. Tandy constantly blows everything up and is a complete b****, who doesn't seem to learn from any of her mistakes, or really pay for her sick and petty abuse of her abilities. Ty is sympathetic, but the world just constantly s***s on him relentlessly, for no reason, despite the fact, he's a sincerely amazing dude. I can't figure why he stays attached to Tandy at all. The exploding rig, weird zombie apocalypse/Arkham ripoff thing is like, wha...? The powers take forever to develop, and randomly don't work at times that are convenient for the script, but make no other practical sense. Wtf with the voodoo stuff and the rum spitting. The trauma is so high it stretches any entertainment value redeemable from it to the limit. And the parents, just... I don't know. I'm gonna stop now. It just has so many problems.