Created by Joe Swanberg (a linchpin of the “mumblecore” movement), is not a show you binge for cliffhangers. It is a show you sit with, like a glass of red wine on a rainy Tuesday. Released on September 22, 2016, the eight-episode season is a mosaic of lovemaking, fighting, texting, and existential dread set against the hip, gentrified landscape of Chicago. The Anthology Structure: A Connected Universe Unlike Black Mirror or American Horror Story , Easy uses a unique hybrid structure. Each episode focuses on a different couple or constellation of characters, but they all inhabit the same world. The tattooed bartender from Episode 2 might walk past the bickering married couple from Episode 5. This creates a voyeuristic thrill: Chicago itself becomes the protagonist.
If you like Richard Linklater’s Before trilogy or Lena Dunham’s Girls , you will find a home here. If you need plot, run away. Easy isn't about what happens next. It's about what is happening right now. Easy - Season 1
In the golden age of “peak TV,” where plots often hinge on life-or-death stakes (dragons, cartels, political coups), Netflix’s Easy dared to ask a radically boring question: What happens after the door closes? Created by Joe Swanberg (a linchpin of the
For viewers tired of superheroes, Easy - Season 1 offers something rarer: a quiet, honest, and deeply human look at the people we become when we stop performing for the world and start fumbling with each other in the dark. The Anthology Structure: A Connected Universe Unlike Black