![]() The makers of this 2020 Danish Mads Mikkelsen starrer might appreciate the insufficiency of Hulu classifying it under “comedy, action”: “Riders of Justice” delights in swerving around expectations, starting with that title. If the streamer is in need of spinoff ideas, it could do worse than starting with those two. With the charming Poorna Jagannathan as our heroine’s protective mother, Nalini, and the highly entertaining Ranjita Chakravarty as her grandmother, Nirmala. Even if you’re left unsatisfied by the conclusion of the Team Ben (Jaren Lewison) / Team Paxton (Darren Barnet) “dichotomy,” or Devi’s college search, the series delivers a poignant, never-less-than-necessary reminder that failed AP classes, botched auditions, and embarrassing dates will (mostly) be forgotten, while the friendships we forge stay with us, and sustain us, long after the final bell rings. ![]() Senior year doesn’t disappoint, with humorous riffs on losing one’s virginity, prom and, most perceptively, the torturous modern college application process, which leaves Devi and her friends Eleanor (Ramona Young) and Fabiola (Lee Rodriguez) higher-strung than Lindsay Weir. For all the milestones “Never Have I Ever” marked in its four-year run on Netflix - depicting Hindu traditions, fighting “model minority” stereotypes and representing immigrant kids of all stripes - Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher’s comedy about Sherman Oaks overachiever Devi Vishwakumar ( Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) and the band of freaks, geeks, stoners and jocks in her orbit has always succeeded on the strength of its high school hijinks, deployed with a tongue-in-cheek, San Fernando Valley-shaped twist (and John McEnroe’s voiceover narration).
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