My experience with WandaVision was definitely different from yours. Until the disappointing finale (and even that had its moments), it was one of my favorite shows this year.  Because of the finish I do consider it a flawed season, but to me, at least, not a forgettable one.

I know Schitt’s Creek ended in 2020 but I just discovered it in 2021 and it was delightful. And if you actually knew me, you’d know how difficult it is for me to say the word “delightful” without any snark whatsoever.

I would not call Falcon and the Winter Soldier one of the worst TV shows of the year. It was an episode or two too long, struggled with pacing, and everything with the Flag Smashers felt like it was clumsily sewed on from a different script and wasted a good performance from Erin Kellyman. But I thought that the two…

FatWS doesn’t belong in the Worst category. Some great scenes, great performances, great revelations about the MCU. You can’t put it in Worst. (we’re talking Worst...)

Agree on that Loki take. I found Loki much more satisfying over the other MCU series. It was a fairly consistent and interesting experience, building to something larger in the end. Whereas I have a few issues with WandaVision (the slow first two episodes, skybeam finale, Ralph Boner). Hawkeye was fun, although the…

I didn’t love Falcon and the Winter Soldier, maybe it’s even bad (I think an uneven okay), but worst seems harsh. This is faint... it’s not even praise, but it was ultimately forgettable and worst for me is something that sticks.

It didn’t help that plot points were changed late in production during the shutdown, but yes Captain America and the Winter Solider was great. The weakest of the four live action MCU Disney Plus shows, but it was great. Can we also give another shoutout to Carl Lumbly!

Love Life. Sigh. I bailed out after a few episodes. I think I’ve officially had my fill of shows about intellectual Millennial New Yorkers who come from upper middle class homes in the suburbs, and their problems. From what I hear, New York has a lot of people living there, but they all seem to be book editors.

Also, I really don’t understand I Think You Should Leave. Not that it’s bad, it just totally doesn’t work for me. I don’t find it funny and do find it grating but so many really great critics and viewers love it. I feel like I’m legitimately just not on the right wavelength. 

You can’t handwave away 8 excellent episodes by saying “the ending battle sucked” (which is another discussion altogether). And Wanda will get her comeuppance at some point in time (although probably not in Multiverse of Madness). But, you are right about Hawkeye: it has been far, far better than anyone imagined it…

No Arcane? A plague on your houses.

I’m just going to assume that no one at AV Club watched Arcane. 

The critical love for Never Have I Ever has convinced me that a large number of adults would watch sitcoms on the Disney Channel were it socially acceptable.

If I had to pick an MCU series for this list it wouldn’t be WandaVision. It was fine, don’t get me wrong, but its intriguing aspects were overwhelmed by that generic battle-royale-with-skybeams finale. Plus, there’s the whole deal with Wanda psychically and physically tormenting an entire town of people for months and…

Totally agree, that show has been consistently great throught it’s run. There has to be more coming if they actually committed to the “Strange Dogs” storyline that’s been kicking off each episode this season (there’s also a 20 year gap between books 6 and 7, so they could pick it up later).

Sad lament for The Expanse: it could never catch a break on these end-of-the-year lists because its seasons largely began in mid-December and ran into February (at its longest). It was always either too early to include, or too old to remember. Don’t know where this final arc will land within the show's run. I think…

after 5 years of T***p’s bullshit, Weinstein’s, Cosby’s, etc., this statement smacks of a narcissistic prick suggesting in some vague and menacing and completely unsubstantiated way that here is yet another conspiracy behind this to bring down a powerful but well-meaning man, i.e. it’s just a stupid attempt to…

I guess the embargo lifted 10 minutes ago, and in those ten minutes I’ve seen 6 reviews. Three of those reviews say it’s pretty great, and the other three say it’s hot garbage. So I guess it’s another Matrix sequel.

Thank you for the recommendation, I will definitely check that out! I would love to know how they decided to show these memories and moments. I really love all of the choices they’ve made.

“Look, people are tired of rapey shit, okay, and I’m a victim of that because of some of the rapey shit I’ve done in the past. Look around at all the rapey people getting yelled at and fired! Why, this is a pogrom of self-centered rapers and I just won’t stand for it!”