People say that it’s difficult to write about something you enjoy and I am feeling that acutely this week. “Payday” might end up being one of the best High Maintenance episodes because it’s an example…
High Maintenance 3×03 Review: “Blondie”
Last week, I noticed that the whole personality of High Maintenance, as it were, was split in half over the first two episodes. The first episode was mostly heartfelt vulnerability, the second was sur…
High Maintenance 3×02 Review: “Craig”
The first two episodes of High Maintenance’s third season are the first episodes to be directed solely by one of the co-creators and they ultimately end up splitting the show’s qualities into two dist…
High Maintenance Season 3 Premiere Review
After a year away—a blessedly shorter time apart than what separated seasons one and two—the third season of High Maintenance returns in comfortably familiar fashion. While the prior two HBO season pr…
High Maintenance Season 2 Finale Ends with Love and a Solar Eclipse
Several weeks ago, I was worried that this High Maintenance episode, “Steve,” would be the series finale. Fortunately, season three was confirmed midway through season two, but “Steve” would have defi…
High Maintenance 2×09 Review: “#goalz”
There’s a lot to love in this week’s High Maintenance, mostly because they’re giving us so much to start with. I’m pretty certain that this is the first episode of the series to give us three distinct…
High Maintenance 2×08 Review: “Ghost”
After a strong middle section of the season, it feels like High Maintenance is gradually settling back into its usual routine. The familiar structure returns this week, with a little over half of the …