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Critic Reviews
The Daily BeastMay 1, 2023
Season 3 Review:
The comedy has some of the smartest satirizations and possibly the firmest grasp of the zeitgeist of any TV show airing today. ... There is almost an entire episode of Cary’s audition attempts this season, and it is riveting. Given the opportunity, I’d watch another 30 minutes of it.
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ColliderMay 1, 2023
Season 3 Review:
Thanks to a playful, cutting blend of humorous commentary from co-creators, directors, executive producers, and writers, Kelly and Schneider, The Other Two defies sitcom convention for a series that comes with a unique sensibility. With its laugh-out-loud writing, charming casting, and surprisingly tender undercurrent, there is no other show out there quite like The Other Two and we’re all the better for it.
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Jan 24, 2019
Season 1 Review:
The Other Two is so smart and so funny about celebrity, success, family, pop culture, relationships, and the various kingdoms of Andy Cohen’s reality-show empire. It’s a star-making vehicle for Heléne Yorke and Drew Tarver. ... The Other Two is TV’s first can’t-miss comedy of 2019.
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The PlaylistMay 1, 2023
Season 3 Review:
Some big swings set up an emotionally charged second half of the season, showcasing how inventive and insightful the writing and performances are. These siblings still care what other people think, and while the success they crave still eludes them, “The Other Two” continues to fire on all cylinders.
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Aug 23, 2021
Season 2 Review:
The savage humor is tempered by the underlying sweetness of its characters. After watching the six episodes made available for review, my only quibble is that we don't get enough together time with the Dubek clan. ... But I'm not worried, because everything else about The Other Two remains a total delight.
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Aug 19, 2021
Season 2 Review:
The second season balances the two siblings’ moments of genuine sentimentality with off-kilter humor, as they grapple with professional opportunities. Regardless of how successful Brooke and Cary are in these new endeavors, The Other Two season two is a resounding win for Kelly and Schneider.
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IndieWireJan 24, 2019
May 4, 2023
Season 3 Review:
One-liners of the 30 Rock variety whiz around each episode at a lively speed, a heady tumble of pop culture references that feel genuinely fresh, rather than playing as mere repetitions of already tired Twitter jokes. ... But the defining energy of the series is the zip and pepper of what many sitcoms used to be. What a fitting show—so mordant about Hollywood rot, such a gleaming testament to fine writing—to premiere at this very moment.
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Aug 26, 2021
Season 2 Review:
There’s a fine-tuned-joke-machine quality that’s less prominent in the 10-part second season; the flawless one-liners are ever-so-slightly fewer and further between. But this iteration still hits just the right note of parodic effervescence, punctured occasionally by the shock of unresolved trauma.
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Jan 24, 2019
Jan 24, 2019
Season 1 Review:
While the premise is plenty clever, it's the writing -- courtesy of former "SNL" head writers Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider, who created the show -- that consistently generates laughs, from the title of Chase's hit song ("I Want to Marry You at Recess") to a red-carpet line interviewer who earnestly follows up the question "Boxers or briefs?" with "Israel or Palestine?"
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May 2, 2023
Season 3 Review:
Season three continues to serve up The Other Two’s patented biting one-liners, clever sight gags, and wild celebrity cameos. And if you’re drawn in by that carrot, be prepared for the stick: This batch of episodes isn’t an easy watch. But we’ll take daring character development over easy appeal any day of the week.
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IndieWireAug 26, 2021
Season 2 Review:
So while “The Other Two” can still slice Blake Lively, Vogue, and “The Big Bang Theory” jokes with relative ease, this season has some extra tears and introspection, too. Maybe not everyone in the Dubek inner circle has found what they’re looking for, but the show smartly keeps giving them new and illuminating ways to try.
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May 4, 2023
Season 3 Review:
The Other Two is so dense with jokes, even if not every single one hits, it’s consistently, reliably funny. Between the industry humor, the gifted physical comedy, and the characters who are ever-evolving, the show is still reliably sharp, dark, and full of surprises.
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Aug 26, 2021
Season 2 Review:
It’s even better than the first. The scripts are sharper and more focused — I’ve seen six of the 10 new episodes — and there’s more of Molly Shannon as their mother, which is a good thing. There’s also more character development, as we go further into the individual struggles of Brooke and Cary.
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Jan 28, 2019
Season 1 Review:
The series is acutely keen satire with a pantomathic cultural IQ, dropping references to the most-online personalities (from Logan Paul to Tomi Lahren), the indignity of post-internet fame (“Burger King is ripping him apart,” Cary says, wincing, after Chase’s botched performance is lampooned by the brand on Twitter), and the strange composure of Generation Z amid all this absurdity.
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Jan 24, 2019Jan 23, 2019
Season 1 Review:
It’s a witty and sufficiently demented comedy created and written by Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider, former “Saturday Night Live” head writers. ... There are plenty of jokes about the fickleness of Chase’s fame in the social media age, but Cary and Brooke are the show. ... Together, they’re a milder version of Billy and Julie in “Difficult People.”
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Jan 14, 2019
Season 1 Review:
The comedy is smart about its focus and targets. ... Comedy Central’s new show keeps itself timely by not relying on clichés to sell the absurdity of the situation. Instead, it relies on the wit of its writers to prove why this show, out of all shows, can handle it.
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TV Guide MagazineJan 31, 2019
Season 1 Review:
A raunchy comedy of soul-degrading envy and desperation, with an unexpectedly sweet core. [4-17 Feb 2019, p.13]
Jan 23, 2019
Season 1 Review:
While the punchlines of The Other Two only erratically tickled my funny bone, there are things here that some viewers will find nonstop hilarious. ... Even if I was frequently annoyed by the show's needless underlining or topping of its own jokes, there was enough I was enjoying to keep going along with the show, and enough that I was enjoying in the serialized story it was telling.
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Jan 23, 2019
Season 1 Review:
As you might expect from the concept, there’s a lot of cringe humor, sometimes too much. (In those moments, I would pause the screener in hopes that when I hit play again, Cary or Brooke’s mortification would have already passed. Reader, it turns out that’s not how storytelling or technology work.) But Tarver and Yorke and the creative team turn the sibs into appealingly three-dimensional and vulnerable characters for whom we want good things, even when they’re giving into their worst impulses.
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Jan 24, 2019
Season 1 Review:
[In] fleeting moments, the series reveals qualities in Brooke and Cary which amount to more than mere generational punchlines. Mostly, though, The Other Two is determined to define the siblings by their age bracket, and amounts to yet another portrait of underachieving, navel-gazing ‘80s babies.
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