This show starts off strong, very quirky but also very enjoyable for everyone who enjoys some depressing catastrophes in their humor. Unfortunately the scenarios keep getting more and more unbelievable and, while true to the books, they are just too far out there to work as a show. Of course the production values are incredible, with Neil Patrick Harris and Patrick Warburton stealing every scene they’re in and everyone else delivering good or great performances as well. Eventually the narrative goes off the rails and once the writers start weaving extreme political beliefs into the core narrative it all comes to a shuddering halt.

Closest comparison: It’s like Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children by way of The Upside Of Anger.

Setting: Tragedy
Plot: Tragedy
Tone: Comedy