What makes Turtles All the Way Down so powerful is that it takes advantage of its form by calling attention to the limitations of its form.
Author: Bee
Review: Imogen, Obviously
The G in Gretchen stands for gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss.
3. Lullaby in Frogland
What makes it succeed is that it’s not about the frog ferry, it’s about the characters.
4. The Ringing of the Bell
The genius of Over the Garden Wall is that it doesn’t have to work too hard to conceal the twists that are coming. It relies on you, the viewer, to make assumptions.
5. The Unknown
As endings go, this is a pretty good place to leave the characters in: content with the present and hopeful for the future, yet tinged with a sense of ambiguity.
6. Songs of the Dark Lantern
Even though the bulk of the action takes place in the tavern, it starts and ends with the Beast.
7. The Old Grist Mill
It plunges you headfirst into its world and sets up the characters astoundingly well, some of them without you even knowing it.
8. Schooltown Follies
This episode firmly establishes the fatal flaw that Wirt needs to overcome—and does—when confronting the Beast.
9. Babes in the Wood
It feels like the one part of the show that’s really and truly for children.
10. Mad Love
It’s an almost too lighthearted tonal shift from a show that’s primarily compelling in its eeriness.