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Margo's Got Money Troubles
4.8 feature score
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Dark Matter, Season 2
4.8 feature score
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Pluribus, Season 1
3 supporting reviews
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Slow Horses, Season 6
4.6 overall score
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The production design is praised for supporting the show’s varied worlds, especially the restrained low-tech Chicago setting.
Pros: plot originality, main cast performance
Cons: release schedule, dialogue quality
Detailed sets, a vibrant palette, and retro-futurist online videos give the show a colorful, intentional look.
Pros: episode structure, dialogue quality
Cons: plot twists, season finale quality
Production design is a standout strength, especially the chilly Soviet spaces, surveillance rooms, brutalist buildings, and retro technology. The world feels controlled, drab, and meticulously built.
Pros: cliffhanger effectiveness, main cast performance
Cons: humor, family friendliness
Production design gets a clear standout compliment for rewarding close viewing and deepening the town’s atmosphere.
Pros: episode structure, main cast performance
Cons: family friendliness, language level
Production design and scale help the premise feel global while retaining a distinct Albuquerque identity, with locations, built environments, and physical staging drawing repeated praise.
Pros: dialogue quality, franchise connection
Cons: season finale quality, finale satisfaction
Production design remains a standout. Reviewers praise the accomplished, handsomely produced look of the series and especially the set design of the underground world.
Pros: drama quality, finale satisfaction
Cons: character development, season pacing
The shabby, ordinary environments remain part of the show’s charm, and the premiere’s shipping-container setting received specific praise for its sad, lived-in detail.
Pros: season finale quality, character development
Cons: accent authenticity, product placement
Production design and atmosphere help sell the Savannah setting and prestige sheen. Even a negative review singled out the production design as impressive.
Pros: directing quality, cinematography
Cons: realism, character consistency