AVClub: With Lina’s 40th birthday looming, Married does what it does best, which is to fulfill our expectations of what such a standard sitcom situation calls for while making each successive plot point ring with original tones. Lina will be depressed about getting older, and do something impulsive to try to seem fun again. Russ will worry that Lina is growing as tired of him as she appears tired of the rest of her life, and will overcompensate in throwing his wife a 4oth birthday party. (Especially since the unexplained specter of the awful 30th birthday party he threw keeps coming up.) A.J., Jess, and Bernie (Bernie’s back, everybody!) will stand to the side and make wry comments about everything that goes wrong. Russ and Lina will find some small, shared moment that makes their return to equilibrium seem okay—for now, at least. The spouse’s birthday is is Sitcom 101 stuff, but “Aftershocks” imbues the ”square peg in a square hole” predictability with its signature comic and dramatic rough edges. “Aftershocks” gets where it’s gotta go, but, as ever, the journey is more interesting than the destination.
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Outer Range Season 2 Review: This season is as insane and slow as the last part and doesn't attempt to answer any questions, while adding on to those of the last one.
Monster Review: While this film delivers elements of horror and thriller, they're only sporadically effective, leaving the overall experience falling short of expectations.
