Tarantula

This was a show that got cancelled too soon; a bit of stoner comedy that I really dug. The whole show has this heavy Thomas Pynchon vibe, from the Doc Sportello-like protagonist to the town that would nestle comfortably between Gordita Beach and Vineland in Pynchon's fictional California geography. Hell, the whole thing feels as if someone loosely adapted 'Vineland' into a cartoon series. It's mellow, it's meditative, each episode is like a Zen koan (I especially liked "Mushroom Valley", "Frog Flog", and "Shabzinzo"). If you're a fan of the Big Lebowski or Inherent Vice, and are looking for something in that vein, this is, at least for the moment, the best you're gonna get.

Great show with good writing and likable characters. I'm very sad they didn't make another season or two at least.

This show has a tone and a pace I'm having trouble finding anywhere else in other TV series. It's its own thing. It's slow in all the right ways and it runs more like honey rather than water. If you do plan to get into it, you shouldn't do it for the plot or the witty-ness, but rather for the way it makes you feel, I started watching it in stressful times and it was like some sort of twisted yet eerily breautiful ode to swimming with the current and just processing and experiencing the magic of life. And Echo has kickass storytelling abilities. That's the thing, the story doesn't even have to be good, but he interacts with the world, processes and then shares his experiences and feelings in such a cool way. It's a bit lik being dragged in a separate dimension, but a very calming one.

I just created an account on IMDB to review Tarantula because I liked it so much. It's a show that is surprisingly wholesome and has a loving message behind it which is something that has been lacking in a lot of tv at the moment. It's characters are all flawed but well meaning. It's really beautifully written and in 10 episodes I fell in love with the characters and their struggles to survive and get by.

The main character of Echo is brilliantly written as well and the last episode where you begin to find out more about him brings the series together in a somewhat sad way.

It's maybe something you need a certain outlook to appreciate but it's a nice change to see a show about the people who are struggling day to day at the bottom of society and showing them as the complex humans that they are.

Hopefully they decide to renew for a second season because Tarantula is a special show. Well worth your time.

It's felt like a long time since Iv'e enjoyed a series like this. Acho's character is charming, witty and always knows how to uplift the atmosphere no matter how big the situation.