'I think you should leave' is an awful sketch show.

When it comes to television shows or movies that are funny, it's not exactly a secret that things aren't looking good at the moment. There aren't really any funny films or tv shows out there currently that would be even remotely worth watching or worth your time. 

After all, the reason that most shows - as unfortunate as it is - are so bad is that they lack even the most basic ingredients that would make them good. There's nothing in them that would give them even a tiniest chance to be about something that would make sense.

So when it comes to one of these current horrible, yet supposedly 'funny' shows, one of them is Netflix's 'I think you should leave'. This is a sketch show that a lot of critics (even in my country) have been raving about and saying that it's the best show in years. 

However, having now given the series a proper look, the problem with the show is that it just isn't any good. Despite the assurances by the critics, the show doesn't work and is easily one of the worst comedy series' that I have seen in a long time.

So when it comes to the series, the biggest issue that I have with it is that the show isn't even trying to be smart or well thought out. It's not even trying to create characters or situations that would be realistic or that would make sense.

Instead, the whole point seems to be that it just tries to be as dumb as possible as it could ever be. Its hacky approach falsely pretends that there's value in being pointless and convoluted without even trying to be remotely coherent.

Indeed, the basic 'formula' (if there's any) is that a sketch starts with some random scenario and then it gets pointlessly more 'cringe' as it goes on. The skit keeps dragging on without really coming up with any sort of decent ideas or structural beats.

For example, on the show there's stuff like a sketch with baby crying on a plane (picture above), which leads to a passenger yelling at another passenger as annoyingly as possibly. That's basically all there is to this 3-4 minute unfunny skit.

Another example is the uninspiring and pointless skit in which a tv lawyer asks the audience for 3 minutes whether something (sueable) has happened to them. This pointless sketch just went on and on and wasn't funny at any point of its duration.

Still, possibly the worst sketch was the one that had to with 'Baby awards'. This 'best sketch ever' (according to avclub.com) with a baby on stage was so banal, pointless, lacking in creativity and empty that I felt embarrassed on behalf of its performs.

So not surprisingly, once I was finally done with the episodes that I watched, I wasn't impressed at all with the series. I simply wasn't sold by the skits and couldn't understand why anyone would voluntarily watch them and think that they're great.

After all, even though comedy is admittedly at least a bit subjective, there should still be some universal standards that apply. Clearly these guys behind the show weren't coming up with anything that would make even remotely sense.

In that sense, when it comes to this show as a whole, if you're one of those who are thinking about giving this show a chance, you shouldn't get your hopes up too much. You shouldn't be getting too excited about the series despite the hype that it has received.

After all, even though critics have been giving this show their seal of approval, that doesn't mean that you should automatically believe them. You shouldn't be fooled by their supposed critical expertise and think that they know better.

In the end, at least in the case of me and my friends, we absolutely positively hated almost every second of the episodes & sketches that we watched together. We hated the sketches and could barely believe how bad they were.

After all, not only were the skits in general extremely poorly written, but there wasn't really anything else that would have redeemed the show. It was totally obvious that this Netflix series didn't work at all and was totally hopeless.

In that sense, if there's any chance that you could watch something else instead, do that. You should do that because there are so many other classic old shows (like Friends on Netflix) that are actually funny and meaningful, unlike this horrible and awful 'comedy' series.

'Chernobyl' is a great mini-series.

When it comes to television shows that matter and that are important, it has to be said that there aren't really that many of them. Most tv shows just aren't good enough to make us think and to make us reflect about how our society works.

In reality, in order for a show to have actual merit and value, it has to be about something real and meaningful. Its premise has to be 'important' and good enough so that we could actually care about the show and its characters. 

So when I noticed that there was a new HBO series called 'Chernobyl', I for once managed to get my hopes up. I knew that there was a solid chance that the series would work, since its premise was so important and real (a nuclear power plant disaster). 

Having now finally seen all the episodes of this mini-series, I can safely said that 'Chernobyl' indeed works. It is easily one of the best mini-series ever made, even though watching it was admittedly a rather harrowing experience.

So the biggest reason that the series works so well is because it looks and feels completely authentic. The series does a really good job in showing all the horrors of the disaster and what happened during and after of the horrific accident.

Indeed, during this five episode mini-series, we go systematically through every aspect of the disaster: the explosion, the rescue operation, the operation to prevent an even bigger disaster, the investigation and the trial for those who caused the disaster.

When it comes to the series, its narrative comes from its three main characters. You have Valery Legasov, a scientist/investigator (Jared Harris), Boris Scherbina, a politburo chief (Stellan Skarsgård) and Ulana Khomyuk, a nuclear scientist (Emily Watson). 

Over the course of the series, they help to give us a good look of what really happened during and after the accident. Their brave efforts (Watson's character is a composite though) help us understand the scientific, political and the human aspects of the case.

Not surprisingly, we get to see that there were so many things that went wrong that lead to the disaster. It took extreme negligence, hubris and secrecy from the leaders of the power plant and the political establishment for the disaster to occur.

At the same time, just because the series brings up these problems and the flaws in the soviet system, the show isn't just about these things. Criticizing the Russians clearly wasn't the main reason that the show was made in the first place.

Indeed, as you watch the series, you can't help but to notice how the main focus is on the heroic efforts that the soviet servicemen and workers did in the aftermath. Many of them risked their lives knowing that they had to do it in order to save their country.

After all, let's not forget that had they not managed to mitigate the fission process that happened during the explosion and its aftermath, millions would have died. The effects of the explosions would have been severe even in western Europe too.

In that sense, when I think about the series as a whole, I'm so glad that those involved with making the series got the story right. I'm glad that they managed to show who the real heroes were and what they managed to do once the disaster happened.

After all, even though there are certainly some bad 'guys' in the story too, they are not what 'Chernobyl' is about. The series is clearly a tribute to all those who sacrificed themselves and did their part to get things right.

In that sense, if you're one of those who haven't managed to watch this HBO mini-series yet, I would certainly recommend it for you. You should definitely give it a chance and not think that the subject matter is something that you might not like.

After all, even though watching the series isn't always easy, that doesn't mean that this is not an important or a rewarding series. You shouldn't be thinking that just because there are a lot of heart breaking moments, it's not worth watching.

On the contrary, 'Chernobyl' as a whole works and shows that when things get bad, as human beings we'll do the right thing. We'll do the right thing and won't give up, no matter what the human cost is or no matter what political repercussions we'd eventually have to pay.