Tag: Never Have I Ever
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‘It Lives Inside’ Review: A Generic Horror Movie Tries to Mine Scares from the Complexity of Being a First-Generation Immigrant
Horror films are uniquely effective at giving tangible shape to our most abstract demons, and so it often feels somewhat perverse when a genre exercise chooses to subvert its own potential by creating a monster we can’t really see. Dull and disappointing as the actual results might be, Bishal Dutta’s “It Lives Inside” at least…
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The Best Teen TV Shows, from ‘That ’70s Show’ and ‘Riverdale’ to ‘Never Have I Ever’ and ‘Daria’
The perils and plights of adolescence have long been a source of fascination for television audiences. That’s particularly apparent nowadays with Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Showtime, FX, and others vying for zeitgeist dominance with teen-focused dramas playing to a variety of creative strengths. As narratives have gotten more sophisticated overall across the TV landscape, it makes…
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This High School Series Shows How To Succeed Beyond Four Seasons
There is somewhat of a curse for teen shows nowadays, as they either lose their charm over time or have a limited run of three to four seasons. Although some modern high school series such as Never Have I Ever and Derry Girls had solid endings, we can’t help but miss teen shows that made…
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This Is ‘Never Have I Ever’s Best Pairing
Never Have I Ever may focus on Devi Vishwakumar (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) and her personal drama, but she is far from the only person trying to find herself and fall in love. The show includes plotlines surrounding her family and friends, expanding the cast beyond Devi and her boyfriends. In the four seasons, each character had…
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‘Never Have I Ever’ Foreshadowed This Moment Long Before Season 4
Devi Vishwakumar’s (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) relationship dramas are a central part of Never Have I Ever, where over four seasons she goes from dating the hottest boy in school to realizing that getting a boyfriend isn’t actually the solution to all her problems. Over the course of this journey, there is one boy that has always…
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‘Never Have I Ever’ Season 4 Left Its Best Character on the Sidelines
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Never Have I Ever Season 4.Never Have I Ever may center around Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan), but her friends and family are an important part of the series. Though much of the story centers on Devi’s high school experience, her complicated home life plays a role. Especially after the…
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‘Never Have I Ever’ Season 4 Totally Forgot About Aneesa
Editor’s note: The below contains spoilers for Season 4 of Never Have I Ever.Everyone who’s anyone in Never Have I Ever was present for Nirmala (Ranjita Chakravarty) and Len’s (Jeff Garlin) wedding at the end of Season 4. All of Devi’s (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) friends and core family members attended the event, which served as a…
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‘Never Have I Ever’s Finale Was Too Predictable
Editor’s note: The below contains spoilers for the series finale of Never Have I Ever.Let’s face it: we all knew Lang Fisher and Mindy Kaling’s Never Have I Ever was going to have a happy ending. No fan of the Netflix hit teen series was expecting it to wrap up its final season on a…
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Netflix’s ‘Never Have I Ever’ Had a Perfect Ending – and That’s Not All
There aren’t a whole lot of comparisons between Netflix’s teen rom-com “Never Have I Ever” and the HBO drama “Succession”, but the disparate series wrapped their fourth and final seasons within weeks of each other, both sticking the landing.Finishing a TV show is an inherently gargantuan/intimidating/daunting task, and very few achieve the holy grail of…