A postmodern twist on memento mori, each episode reminds us that carpe diem is more than just a cliche. Perhaps Netflix’s most philosophic offering to date, Russian Doll is a provocative metanarrative that will make you laugh and weep within the span of a few minutes. As she attempts to unravel the temporal conundrum of recurring fatalities, she crosses paths with a stranger who is similarly caught in a loop of back-to-back deaths. Each death forces her to relive the night of her birthday party again and again, along with an alternate array of the hours that follow after. Opening at a birthday party for Nadia (Natasha Lyonne), the show’s narrative begins, ends, and begins again with Nadia’s untimely and unending deaths.
Netflix’s is a brilliantly dark comedy about life, death, and existential dread.
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