The Other Two

The Other Two

An absurd and scathing satire of the entertainment industry, and one of the funniest shows on TV

The Very Best

8.7

TV Show

United States of America
English
Comedy
2019
Case Walker, Drew Tarver, Heléne Yorke
21 min

What it's about

A former professional dancer, Brooke, and her brother, an aspiring actor, try to find their place in the world while wrestling with their feelings about their 13-year-old brother Chase's sudden rise to internet fame.

The take

With a masterful sense of character and its finger firmly on the pulse of pop culture, this dark comedy—about two thirtysomething siblings desperately trying to hold on to success in the shadow of their teen brother's fame—manages to be both incredibly specific and instantly timeless. As a comedy, there might not be another show with a greater laugh-to-minute ratio than The Other Two, as a razor-sharp cast fully commit to playing characters stumbling into opportunity then debasing themselves to protect it. And the ensemble's work is only elevated by dynamic direction that knows exactly how best to deploy an insane comic set piece.

But under the surface, there's something gleefully twisted about how the characters gradually lose their souls in their pursuit of the spotlight. As the titular "other two" siblings abandon their values, pander to every audience, and become hooked on arbitrary signs of success, the tension in their family only tightens, too. The show knows it has a big heart deep down—and it's so very good at chipping away at it for the sake of a great laugh.

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