Broad City

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Season 2
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
89

Universal acclaim - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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Critic Reviews

  1. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Jan 14, 2015
    100
    Initial indications are good--the second season of Broad City may even exceed the first.
  2. Hitfix
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    Jan 14, 2015
    100
    It's one of the most purely funny shows on television--where many "comedies" are really dramas in half-hour form, and others are likable but rarely laugh-out-loud funny--and it's only more confident, sharp and very much its own thing in the new season.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ray Rahman
    Jan 9, 2015
    100
    The best friends double down with absurd antics that would make even their season 1 selves blush. [16 Jan 2015, p.70]
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  5. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Pilot Viruet
    Jan 14, 2015
    91
    Abbi and Ilana are back and as unapologetic and funny as ever. Broad City season two is simultaneously old and new, with the same madcap stoner hilarity and a handful of fresh new faces.... But even these great comedic actors never distract from who is really in charge.
  6. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matthew Poland
    Jan 12, 2015
    88
    As with the first season, the organization of each episode is loose, less a tightly plotted chain of events than a constellation of sketches organized around a central premise.... It's that exuberant depiction of female kinship as being inextricably bound to the anarchy of daily living that gives the series its unexpected sweetness.
  7. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Matt Zoller Seitz
    Jan 14, 2015
    80
    Nothing in the first few episodes of the new seasons rises to that level of madness [in the first season], but give the show another week or two, and I'm sure it'll get there.
  8. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Brian Tallerico
    Jan 13, 2015
    80
    It’s something different, something stranger, something more relatable and bizarre at the same time. Not all of Jacobson and Glazer’s bits work, but I love that they’re constantly trying new things to see what does.
  9. Salon
    Reviewed by: Sonia Saraiya
    Jan 14, 2015
    70
    Broad City is still very funny. That being said, though, the second season is where the flaws in the show’s premise start to become more apparent, as more and more pressure is put on the structure.

Awards & Rankings

10
#10 Best TV Season of 2015

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User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 117 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 98 out of 117
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 117
  3. Negative: 17 out of 117
  1. wigwam69
    Oct 5, 2015
    0
    "We're girrrrrrrrls! But we're not like other girls! We smoke weed! And talk about sex and our vaginas! LOL OMG We're so quirky and not like"We're girrrrrrrrls! But we're not like other girls! We smoke weed! And talk about sex and our vaginas! LOL OMG We're so quirky and not like other girls! This show is PAINFULLY UNFUNNY. I've tried to watch it and I didn't laugh one time. It says that it's a comedy show, but they neglected to include any actual comedy. These girls must have connections because there's no way their (lack of) talent was enough to get them this show.

    You can tell that a show isn't good when it has universally positive reviews. When they fall all over themselves telling you how great something is, you can guarantee they're working together to prop up an inferior product.    … Full Review »
  2. aka2k
    Mar 4, 2015
    0
    This is a real mystery for me: how this garbage of a series can be acclaimed by everyone? Has the standards of these days dipped that low? WeThis is a real mystery for me: how this garbage of a series can be acclaimed by everyone? Has the standards of these days dipped that low? We are presented with this two women that does not resemble any real person at all. Ok to escape from reality, but this series pretends to be hip and to nail modern society with an acid critic. Instead, you are left wondering where the laughs are? And what the critics saw of so funny and clever about it? There's no acid critic here, there's no real punch line, there's no laughs - or a chuckle at least - or any redeeming quality. There's only those two whores loose on NYC, banging everything that move and trying to win in life by being sleazy and unfunny. How can so much people enjoy this garbage? I just had to say this. I'm not old yet to have lost touch with the reality. Perhaps that's the kind of mediocrity that will be the staple mark of the Obama generation. The generation that think that Zach Galifianakis is a comedian. Has these people made a deal with the Devil or something? Can't find any explanation for why so much bland comedy and comedians are called funny or genial.… Full Review »
  3. KingCassius13
    Jan 26, 2015
    10
    The first season of Broad City was hilarious. So far this season 2 has not disappointed. Abbi and illana are a natural duo who go togetherThe first season of Broad City was hilarious. So far this season 2 has not disappointed. Abbi and illana are a natural duo who go together like Lamb and tuna fish, no I mean Spaghetti and Meatballs. The Point is they have a perfect chemistry to the point that it almost seems like there not acting as if they were best friends in real life. I hope this show gets renewed for a 3rd season.… Full Review »
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