Los Espookys

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 14, 2019
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
6.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 15
  3. Negative: 3 out of 15
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  1. metabad
    Jul 6, 2019
    5
    It's a typical Fred Armisen show with the humor you might have gotten to know from his other shows.
    There's a fair amount of funny and quirky stuff in there (the wooden fan that has no power and one of the female leads has a job spinning it manually :-))) )
    It's about a group of friends who start to make a living out of spook gigs. And, by the way, the show is in Spanish with English    It's a typical Fred Armisen show with the humor you might have gotten to know from his other shows.
    There's a fair amount of funny and quirky stuff in there (the wooden fan that has no power and one of the female leads has a job spinning it manually :-))) )

    It's about a group of friends who start to make a living out of spook gigs.
    And, by the way, the show is in Spanish with English subtitles.
    Armisen plays a minor role and it's fun to watch him speak Spanish (he can do it, his mother is from Venezuela).

    The characters a likable and enthusiastic, just like the entire show, but you regularly wonder how they pull of their gigs.
    Given the money and technical equipment they have (or more like the lack thereof), I can't see how they're supposed to be able to do all this.

    To be fair, there are more things, more plotlines involving other characters going on in each episode than just the spook gigs and they have a quirky charm.
    However, I didn't find them neither compelling nor funny enough.
    They always hint at something funnier, but it simply doesn't happen.
    Fans of Fred Armisen will probably like this show no matter what.

    I must admit that I overdose on Fred Armisen's humor fairly quickly, so you have to take my review with a grain of salt.

    All in all the show has it charms, but in all that it offers, it isn't quite enough to feel it worth my time.
    I'm not sure whether I'll continue to watch it.    … Expand

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25
#25 Best TV Season of 2019

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Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Rebecca Nicholson
    Nov 1, 2021
    100
    To say Los Espookys is easy to watch might sound like damning it with faint praise, but it takes serious skill to conjure up a world this strange, and make it look so easy.
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Kristen Baldwin
    Jul 3, 2019
    91
    The jokes are fast-paced and tinged with absurdity; at its best, Los Espookys can feel like a half-hour telenovela assembled in the 30 Rock writers’ room. ... For all of its fantastical foolishness, Los Espookys is, at its heart, a comedy about friendship, following your passions, and fighting the urge to fit in.
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  3. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Emily Nussbaum
    Jul 1, 2019
    80
    Torres and Ciangherotti are magnetic, and Velasco is a treat as the bubbly Renaldo. But it’s Fabrega, as Tati, who feels like the true original. Her performance evokes weirdos like Reverend Jim, on “Taxi.”
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