* Dispatches From Elsewhere: This defies summary so I won't try. I was intrigued by the puzzle of the first couple episodes. Then I got annoyed for a few; it felt like they were doing wackiness for the sake of wackiness instead of putting together something that would come together, and it felt cheap and silly. But I was wrong about where they were going and it ended up being a sweet story about loneliness and community and making amends. (There was even a romance that didn't make me gag, and that doesn't happen often!)
BUT THEN! The final episode was so self-indulgent that it calls itself out for it. It also distanced us from the emotional impact of the previous few episodes. It might hit differently if you know and care who Jason Segel is, but I don't, and would strongly advise stopping before the last episode.
* A Man on the Inside: A lonely widower takes a PI job spying on a nursing home. It's primarily a comedy but, like the above, has a lot to say about finding community when feeling alone, and is sweet without being saccharine.
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