![]() From there on out, Forrest has dealt with very real consequences.ĭaly is a masterful comedian who can find the humor in even the direst of circumstances. While Review very easily could have been more of a sketch series, containing silly reviews that never had ramifications beyond a single episode, Daly and Blitz decided that making Forrest get a divorce should reverberate throughout the series. Daly has spoken about how the Australian version included a review of divorce, which crystallized the series for him and director/head-writer Jeff Blitz. Sticking to the show's premise so rigidly alienates people and destroys his preexisting life, especially after he obeys the show's order to divorce the "love of life," Suzanne ( Jessica St. Throughout the course of the first season, Forrest's reviews become more and more disastrous, to the point where he was in serious danger of (sometimes literally) burning his entire life to the ground. Review is about life experiences, but also the downfall of its committed host Some experiences are as innocuous as "having a best friend" or "what's it like to eat 15 pancakes?" Others delve into more advanced territory, like "making a sex tape," "going to space," or in the series' first devastating blow (and one of its best episodes overall), "getting divorced."įorrest attacks each assignment with gusto - and then the assignments start attacking him right back. On Review, the show within the show, Forrest reviews life experiences for his curious viewers on a scale from half a star to a full five stars. In its second season finale, and perhaps its last episode ever, Review might have blown itself up.īased on an Australian series of the same name, Review stars Forrest McNeil ( Andy Daly), an almost supernaturally cheerful man whose daily uniform includes crisp khakis and tan blazers. ![]() But the surrealist series did something this week that is a true rarity on television - quite a feat, considering how much television is out there. The episode of the week for September 27 through October 3, 2015, is the season finale of Review, titled "Conspiracy Theory."Īpproximately a dozen people watch Comedy Central's Review, and half of them are probably critics. Every Sunday, we pick a new episode of the week.
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