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Series in 2026: fewer episodes, split budgets
The eight-episode standard has settled in. But making fewer episodes on the same budget does not automatically raise quality.
Series
The Quiet Season 2: does it keep the first season's silence?
Six of eight episodes are flawless; the last two spend the tension the first season built on a cheap explanation. Still one of the year's best.
Series
Second Floor: good actors, an undecided tone
Ten episodes that re-decide between comedy and drama every single time. The cast saves it; the script strains.
Culture
Stone Court: how does a period drama feel contemporary?
The setting is the 1920s, the subject is 2026. It avoids the genre's biggest mistake: it does not admire the past, it interrogates it.