Gentefied

The family drama and central characters are compelling enough, but “Gentefied” really struts its stuff in two bottle episodes. These standalone episodes are a remnant of the web series, which told each episode through the eyes of seven different characters.

A bold, beautiful show about people trying to play a game in which they don't make the rules.

“Gentefied” has a lot to say, and it can turn didactic in its urge to say all of it. But the show’s likability carries it through its rougher patches. This series puts a lot on its plate, and somehow, it all comes together.

Pleasant enough and will only get better once it starts building out its own world.

Once the series gets past some of its blunter instincts, it reveals some real nuance. While the stories of Ana, Eric, and Chris develop in interesting ways over the season’s 10 episodes, the most compelling storyline belongs to their grandfather and the intergenerational conflicts over Boyle Heights’ rapid gentrification.

Gentefied is a smart, warm-hearted show. And because it arrives at a time when TV is already home to Vida, One Day at a Time (which Pop TV rescued after Netflix canceled it), Los Espookys, On My Block, Alternatino with Arturo Castro, and more, it doesn’t have to function as a grand unified Latinx field theory. It can just tell its stories, and tell them well.