Solo(s): Krista Franklin

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What Shows Will It Remind You Of? Solos has a vibe similar to HBO’s Coastal Elites, where solo performers essentially monologue for 15-25 minutes, though in the case of the two episodes above, the actors are talking to someone or something, whether it’s a smart home software host or future and past versions of herself.

I'd love to go over each of the themes but it would get spoilerish, but I can say that for those who get this and understand what they were doing with it, the themes are poignant and meaningful and deeply emotional. The Gilded Age': No One is More Disappointed About Susan Blane's and Larry Russell’s Break Up Than Production Designer Bob Shaw The View's Sunny Hostin Suggests Trump Is Using Racist "Dog Whistles" When He Confuses Biden And Obama: "That's What's Happening" Chris Evans' Dog Adorably Interrupts His Interview With 'The View': "He Needs To Be The Center Of Attention"

Uzo Aduba—Sasha

Narcissistic" Matt Rife Faces More Controversy After Assuming People Hate Him Because They’re "Jealous" In Resurfaced Clip And the last episode, with Freeman playing an elderly man named Stuart, holds a bit of a key to this parade of dirges. It’s Stuart’s voice we hear at the beginning of each episode, so he likely has something to do with all of these stories. But do we want to take the six-episode ride to find out that twist? Two episodes in and we’re not all that sure. Southern Charm' Star Olivia Flowers Shades 'RHOBH' Star Crystal Kung Minkoff After BravoCon: "I Thought She Was Rude"

Stream It Or Skip It: 'Christmas at the Chalet' on Lifetime, Where Divorcée Teri Hatcher Explores Love, Purpose, and Skiing in Aspen And that’s the major problem with Solos. When we watched both the Hathaway and Aduba episodes, we never shook the feeling that we were watching acting exercises and not real stories. Don’t get us wrong: The acting that we saw was incredible. But they felt like something you could have seen on a blank stage in the pre-COVID days (or on Zoom these days), with proceeds going to the actor’s favorite charity. They’re fine performances — Aduba’s is especially good — but at no time did we believe that we were watching specific characters existing in their specific worlds. General Hospital' Actor Evan Ellingson Died Of Accidental Fentanyl Overdose, Local Coroner’s Office Reveals While few ideas carry over from episode to episode — despite the show’s best efforts — this haphazard approach to technology as some all-consuming monolith rears its head once again, in a later episode. However, the theme that begins to feel most potent, especially once it’s made explicit by “Sasha,” is perhaps unintentional: the effects of pandemic-era isolation. Robert De Niro Slams Apple And Gotham Awards For Censoring His Anti-Trump Remarks: "How Dare They Do That"A pregnant woman named Nera has a home birth. She worriedly calls her doctor, whose cryptic warnings are cut off by a bad connection. Her son, Jacob, rapidly ages, becoming years older every few minutes. The two at first distrust each other, but Nera bonds with Jacob after describing her lonely childhood as an abandoned baby. Disgraced 'Southern Charm' Alum Thomas Ravenel Fuming Over Craig Conover And Shep Rose's Kathryn Dennis Compliments at BravoCon 2023: "Total Losers" Solos' meaning is about human connection, even though the characters must go through their respective stories alone, much like the storylines in This Is Us. In their most private moments where the characters reflect upon their lives, their focus is always on their connection to other people. Each connected character’s story is motivated by their love for someone else: Leah and Otto’s mothers, Tom’s family, Peg’s high school crush, Sasha’s best friend, Jenny’s babysitting charge, Nera’s baby, and Stuart’s lost son. Even by Solos' ending, when most of these characters would be long gone, they live on in their connection to Stuart’s stolen memories. Solos season 1 is an exploration of the human connections that define one’s life. Mirren acquits herself best as Peg, a willing human guinea pig on a spaceship with no plan for returning to Earth. Hurtling away from everything she’s ever known — and strangely incurious about the purpose of the experiment she’s just signed up for — the septuagenarian chats with the shuttle’s computer system as if she’s having tea with a dear friend. Her journey is familiar — that of an older woman who realizes she didn’t need to be so self-effacing all her life, and vows to be more assertive now — but Mirren’s understated, phenomenally controlled, bittersweet performance distinguishes it from other Pegs you’ve seen before. The themes that echo through each episode, and there are so many, are perfectly timed and toned for an "almost at the end" pandemic release.

James Monroe Iglehart as the voice of the supervising technician overseeing the procedure ("Jenny")Film and TV Projects Going Into Production - Solos". Variety Insight. Archived from the original on May 4, 2021 . Retrieved May 4, 2021. The final episode is so rich and full of meaning and reference... it's astounding. The acting is perfect. Morgan Freeman's subtle face changes are brilliant. The tie-together at the end is almost perfect, except that the episode "Nera" is only vaguely referenced, and also didn't seem to share a mini-connection to any of the others, as the rest of the episodes all seemed to do. It is the most isolated of all of the episodes and has had me rewatching and pondering why. Was it editing that removed its connection from the rest or was it intentional? There is so much about it that doesn't fit with the rest. It does contain nearly all of the themes, but it has a really strong "one of these things is not like the others" feel all the way through it.