Russian Doll could’ve ended with that final scene of Season 1 and it would’ve been perfectly satisfying. Nadia Vulvokov (Natasha Lyonne) found a way to overcome her issues to connect with people again. She even found her cat, Oatmeal. It works really well as a single unit of storytelling. But there’s plenty of unfinished business […] More
Why is Ariadne important to Russian Doll? Ariadne is a character from Greek Myths who is name-checked twice during the first season of Russian Doll: The name of the video game Nadia designed. In Episode 6 Alan sums up the game’s experience as such: “You created an impossible game with a single character who […] More
(This is part 2 of my coverage of the series. Hopefully, you will read part one before diving in. This article does contain spoilers but do not worry there is still plenty of mystery to unpack all on your own. Enjoy!) Netflix’s Russian Doll has quickly become one of the most talked about shows of 2019 […] More
Welcome to What’s the Buzz, where members of our staff provide you with recommendations on a weekly basis.This week’s entries come from: Will Johnson, Ali Sciarabba, John Bernardy, Bryan O’Donnell, and Caemeron Crain. Will: You, me, myself, I, and all of our parents know we live in a superhero world now. And while most people […] More
Stop me if you have heard this one before. An individual awakens one morning to find that it is not the promised tomorrow, but rather they are starting the exact same day they just completed all over again as if some higher authority has hit a reset button somewhere in the universe. The character soon […] More