Dinosaur

I was so lucky that Hulu recommended this show to me. It was such a terrific combination of sweet, funny, and heartfelt. The show revolves around Nina, a late 20-something post-doc autistic woman who works at the museum in Glasgow as a paleontologist. She has an incredible relationship with her sister, and Nina's structured life is about to come to an end when her sister announces her engagement to a guy she has only been dating for 6 weeks.

The story and the acting was just wonderful. The creator and actress playing Nina is Ashley Storrie, who is autistic. She handles the balance of entertainment and neurodivergence beautifully. She is so personable and likeable that I was sincerely sad when I finished the last episode. I actually binged the entire thing in one sitting, and it definitely left me wishing for a second season. It's doubtful because this wrapped up beautifully, but I will definitely be looking for more of Ashley Storrie's work.

It was produced by "Fleabag" producer Two Brothers, and it shows. Fleabag is a brilliant show.

Watch this series. It's really excellent. (And Fleabag too.)

Adored this show, it has honest represention of nerodiverse characters which you don't see often on TV. It is quite different to anything I have viewed before which was surprising and delightful. The central character has autism , but it shows so many more layers to her personality . It is brilliantly funny, with unmistakable Scottish humour. I especially liked the side relationship between Nina and her brother, which is mainly about them insulting each other affectionately. The series was short and subtely sweet and leaves you wanting more. Highly talented comedy cast and Glasgow also looking gorgeous.

Is it me? I really just didn't get this television programme. I kind of like that important issues are being raised by the writers but then they make the comedy sound so out of date in a really cringey way. There was literally nothing here that made me laugh out loud. If I'm watching a comedy show I expect a couple of belly laughs at least but they didn't come. A few smiles yes but my overall experience was not a good one. I was a bit disappointed because I really wanted to like the show after seeing trailers for it but I just didnt enjoy it. But it's a new show so it could get better as it progresses but I don't think I'll be watchin it again. Some of the actors were good so that's a plus.

I came across this by chance on BBC I Player and was curious to watch it. I'm glad I did as it's fast become one of my comfort TV programmes to watch when I need a laugh and gentle viewing. It's a Joy to watch.

It won't have you belly laughing, but that's not a bad thing for me. Its soothing, comforting viewing to me and I feel a lot of people can relate to Nina who aren't Autistic who are rocked by sudden changes to their life's, which aren't always a bad thing.

Really hope the BBC commission more homegrown comedies such as Dinosaur:not everything has to be loud, in your face, controversial comedy, sometimes heartwarming and comforting shows are very much needed.

Very corky characters who all demonstrate positive personal growth through a roller coaster of silly encounters and happenstances. Nina's character is brilliant, she conveys a person with autism so well. All the little things she did through the series just had me chuckling at how often I do the same. It was fun to feel seen in a television show and relate so well to the main character. I hope they continue to make more seasons of the show. I know that's rare these days with so many single season streaming shows but this one really deserves multiple seasons! If nothing else, all the actors deserve more gigs after this.