Naomi Ackie's performance in this particular episode is one of the most beautiful and heart-breaking things I have seen all year, both in television and film. I know this season is different, but I would not say that it is a bad thing, on the contrary. Aziz Ansari has grown so much as a director, and it shows. Yes, the tone, mood, story, characters, and even the cinematography has completely shifted, but I can only say that this is one of the most moving episodes in the whole series.
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Heartfelt
wica935 June 2021
This episode was incredibly hard for me to watch. Medical procedures make me anxious and Naomi Ackie's performance is so amazing that it was (way too) easy to fully empathize with her and feel her feelings. I cried and laughed (mostly the first) through the episode. I understand it feels tedious but it wants to depict how the actual process must feel in real life and this was the best artistic way to portray just that,
wow
Pawelbiedrowski27 June 2021
Tedious
Belgiumania30 May 2021
Warning: Spoilers
I appreciate what MON did with Season 3. It's a timely artistic piece when we need more diverse stories like this one.
But this episode should have been a 15 minute segment within another episode. It's raw to the point of being painful for the viewer, honest to the point of being uncomfortable but not in a challenging way, and ultimately it renders a powerful character one-dimensional. The peak of the episode was the conversation about equal access to healthcare, but that message was lost in a series of tedious and repetitive pedestrian scenes like the one in the laundromat.
I like Aziz's artistic direction and duty to the subject matter, and Naomi Ackie's performance is excellent. But this episode was just off.
But this episode should have been a 15 minute segment within another episode. It's raw to the point of being painful for the viewer, honest to the point of being uncomfortable but not in a challenging way, and ultimately it renders a powerful character one-dimensional. The peak of the episode was the conversation about equal access to healthcare, but that message was lost in a series of tedious and repetitive pedestrian scenes like the one in the laundromat.
I like Aziz's artistic direction and duty to the subject matter, and Naomi Ackie's performance is excellent. But this episode was just off.
One of the best of the show!
gj-y0523 May 2021
Naomi Ackie's acting in this episode was just... phenomenal. The writing of Aziz Ansari and Lena Waithe together is also just incredible and Aziz's directing is spectacular! I really love this season but this episode especially was amazing.
Fu*king garbage!
iquestionmarc27 May 2021
51min of her going to the doctor, crying, waiting for test results.
Just a bunch of boring scenes that do not propel this depressing story any further!
This season should not have been called Master of none. It should of been called master of depressing boredom.
I haven't laughed once this season, and to put this hopeless depressing garbage out during the pandemic is a punch to the gut!
I thought u were a comedian Aziz? An artist?
This is a boring documentary. What's with the minute long shot of her sitting in the laundry mat? What does that mean? What's it for?
This sucks!
Just a bunch of boring scenes that do not propel this depressing story any further!
This season should not have been called Master of none. It should of been called master of depressing boredom.
I haven't laughed once this season, and to put this hopeless depressing garbage out during the pandemic is a punch to the gut!
I thought u were a comedian Aziz? An artist?
This is a boring documentary. What's with the minute long shot of her sitting in the laundry mat? What does that mean? What's it for?
This sucks!
Bad acting poorly filmed
lmemail-551391 June 2021
Very odd, slow and completely uninteresting. The show has not developed this story line enough for anyone to care to watch the painfully slow weird and uninteresting scenes. It's just odd and not clearly stated why these two odd strange characters took over the entire show.
The odd film technique of just long shots of boring dialog is like a sleeping pill. It's like they set up a single camera shot and left for lunch - and told the cast to just act boring and angst. Not a good show in any way.
The odd film technique of just long shots of boring dialog is like a sleeping pill. It's like they set up a single camera shot and left for lunch - and told the cast to just act boring and angst. Not a good show in any way.
Feel bait and switched
anotherloverholeinurhead28 May 2021
This isn't the show I wanted for season three but this episode... chapter 4 was amazing. The heart... the love, the struggle... felt real. And the performances were outstanding. If I ever need medical aid I hope to god I get a nurse like that. Well done... for this episode. Again... loved season one and two and episode 4 of season three.
What a roller coaster of an episode
fraser-simons8 June 2021
So good. The fact that companies don't have a "code" for queer and wanting a baby is so messed up. I doubt a story like this one has been told before. It's a very humanizing episode for all characters, including the brown and black people at the clinic, while also illustrating how the health care system in place serves few, and of them, only the heteronormative.
Incredible
mhedricklca24 May 2021
This show is better looked at as a film in six parts, as one episode is separated in half. We see two people during an important moment in their lives, and that sets us up to learn about these two deeply. This is fantastic, if looked at in the right context. If you watch it looking for the third misadventure of Dev finding meaning in NYC, then you'll be dissatisfied. If you go in with the intention of watching an incredible arthouse film by the same team, then you'll love it.
This is its best passage.
This is its best passage.
A LOAD of my mind
goggin722 December 2021
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