With a smaller cast and less subplots, Suburgatory’s third season feels more centered than ever. This season’s storyline is focused on Tessa’s search for home – in the physical sense (Chatswin vs. NYC), the familial sense (Mom vs. Dad), and the personal sense (coping with who she is and who she wants to become). Tactfully, the show combines these profound themes with lighthearted humor toWith a smaller cast and less subplots, Suburgatory’s third season feels more centered than ever. This season’s storyline is focused on Tessa’s search for home – in the physical sense (Chatswin vs. NYC), the familial sense (Mom vs. Dad), and the personal sense (coping with who she is and who she wants to become). Tactfully, the show combines these profound themes with lighthearted humor to create a comedy that never has a deep sense of urgency but is always moving in a specific direction.
Tessa’s character continues to shine with tastefully humorous snark, intellectually derived independence, and delicate undertones of feministic empowerment. Due to the newly smaller cast, her benign eye-roll-with-a-smirk personality takes on a greater role than ever before – wonderful news for the viewers who were becoming tired of the show’s growing dependence on stereotype and modern culture gags in the second season. Don’t get me wrong; those jokes are still there. The first episode revels in taking stabs at upper-echelon accountants and twerking, to name a few. However, those jokes are seldom overwhelming and rarely detract from the episode’s progression. In short, Suburgatory's third season fails to disappoint.
FINAL SCORE: 77.5 (pretty good ---------------o----- excitingly great)… Expand