![]() The first season introduced itself as a sharp, shaggy comedy before evolving into a moving and uncompromising portrait of family grief, as Devi came to terms with the untimely death of her father. More always lurked beneath the clever surface. ![]() The performances-particularly those of Ramakrishnan, a slapstick revelation in the lead, and Jagannathan, somehow both the funniest and saddest part of the show-emerged uniformly strong. Right from the Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher-created series’s 2020 debut, Never Have I Ever’s scripts were punchy, dense with genuinely funny jokes and setpieces. And Never Have I Ever, as it enters its third season (all 10 episodes have been screened for critics), can now count itself at the top of that class with more certainty than, well, ever. Of course, some shows handle the familiarity better than others. NEVER HAVE I EVER BOOK SERIALSpinning these rom-com plates marks standard fare for serial comfort TV-the overlapping content of soaps and sitcoms, the stuff that keeps us invested season after season. Basically every character on the Netflix comedy has some kind of romantic prospect waiting in the wings-even, in a more platonic sense, Devi’s mother Nalini ( Poorna Jagannathan), who realizes she might need a new friend, and meets one in a nutritionist played by Sarayu Blue. Her cousin, Kamala ( Richa Moorjani), has detoured from an impending arranged marriage to figure out what-and who-she really wants. Her best friends Eleanor ( Ramona Young) and Fabiola ( Lee Rodriguez) are flustered by fraught new (potential) relationships. Devi ( Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) is officially dating the school’s most popular jock, Paxton ( Darren Barnet). ![]() As if we’d want it any other way, love is in the air as Never Have I Ever’s third season begins. ![]()
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