Best for supporting cast performance
Slow Horses, Season 6
5.0 feature score
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Ted Lasso, Season 4
4.8 feature score
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Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, Season 1
21 supporting reviews
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Margo's Got Money Troubles
4.4 overall score
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The broader ensemble is a major asset, with reviewers praising the cast as award-worthy and crediting supporting players with sustaining interest.
Pros: plot originality, main cast performance
Cons: release schedule, dialogue quality
New and returning supporting players were widely praised, with several reviewers saying the additions strengthen the ensemble. Harry Lloyd, Lenny Rush, Kyle Soller, MyAnna Buring, and others drew especially positive...
Pros: season finale quality, character development
Cons: accent authenticity, product placement
The new ensemble is a major bright spot, led by especially strong praise for Tanya Reynolds and solid notices for Faye Marsay, Abbie Hern, and Jude Mack.
Pros: cast chemistry, supporting cast performance
Cons: episode structure, realism
The supporting cast earns strong praise, especially Kate O’Flynn and Stephen Root, who reviewers say make the town’s oddballs memorable.
Pros: episode structure, main cast performance
Cons: family friendliness, language level
The supporting ensemble is widely seen as a major strength, especially Cowell, Peake, Lourdes, Henshall, Wren, and Muhafidin. A few critics question some supporting characterization, but the performances themselves are...
Pros: screenplay quality, cinematography
Cons: accountability handling, character consistency
The ensemble is described as excellent, with enough range to support the show’s workplace, political, and family tensions. Even outside the leads, the cast gives the world a serious dramatic...
Pros: cliffhanger effectiveness, main cast performance
Cons: humor, family friendliness
The ensemble is frequently praised as stacked and layered, with strong notices for Kinnear, Graham, Harden, Kidman, Normington, and Rico Nasty. Some critics argue several supporting women never become full...
Pros: episode structure, dialogue quality
Cons: plot twists, season finale quality
Supporting performers are well regarded, especially Karolina Wydra, Samba Schutte, Carlos Manuel Vesga, and Miriam Shor, who give Carol’s isolated story needed contrast and texture.
Pros: dialogue quality, franchise connection
Cons: season finale quality, finale satisfaction
The expanded ensemble is a major strength this season. Critics single out Zukerman, Henwick, and the supporting Silo 18 players for carrying more of the show without making the new...
Pros: drama quality, finale satisfaction
Cons: character development, season pacing
The supporting cast is widely seen as a strength, with Lily Collias, Joe Anders, CCH Pounder, and others adding texture to the family and institutional drama.
Pros: directing quality, cinematography
Cons: realism, character consistency
The supporting cast draws broad praise for Murray Bartlett, Dolly de Leon, Jake Johnson, and the coworker duo, though the writing for those roles is more divisive. A few reviewers...
Pros: acting quality, main cast performance
Cons: family friendliness, age appropriateness