Jen’s Reviews > The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet > Status Update

Sloggish, gets more compelling near the end. Tells everything, shows nothing—no draw-in. The anthropology reads like a list, telling not showing; fascinating material reduced to bullet points. Characters are static, already at their best, with little to learn, so the show’s less compelling than it could be. Tons of queer representation, love that. But the two main relationships are cis het so…😣