Years and Years2019

[Russell T Davies] aerates the heaviest, most fraught issues (from the insidious nature of tech, to income inequality, to the rapidity with which events can become both ancient history and rapidly repeated) with wit and optimism, so that they are no longer a burden, to us or the narrative, but grist to the mental and dramatic mill.

Bonkers. So bad it's almost good. Some genuinely funny moments. It's like a terminally online lefty's fever dream. Unlikable cast of characters. A rambling plot with a bunch of disconnected stuff that happens with very little narrative payoff. Granted there's some perspicacity in those beats. But it's hard to take seriously with such clunky, pontificating dialogue.

“Years and Years” is one of the best shows of 2019 so far — worth going back and experiencing it in your own way. While remaining a deeply absorbing family story, as good or better than any season of “This Is Us,” “Years and Years” is depressing on top of depressing. ... My praise for the show is not unqualified, however, as Davies (whose previous work includes the British version of “Queer as Folk” and a successful revamp of “Doctor Who”) stumbled greatly with Monday’s series finale.