7.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Easy (2016)
Easy (2016)
Overview
This eclectic, star-studded anthology follows diverse Chicagoans fumbling through the modern maze of love, sex, technology and culture. First dates, friends with benefits, couples with kids. Whatever your relationship status is, it's always complicated.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixRating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Trans: Positive
Viewer Rating
7.3
Overview
This eclectic, star-studded anthology follows diverse Chicagoans fumbling through the modern maze of love, sex, technology and culture. First dates, friends with benefits, couples with kids. Whatever your relationship status is, it's always complicated.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The series explores the complexities of modern relationships, sexuality, and identity through diverse individual stories, often challenging traditional norms and emphasizing personal freedom and self-discovery, which aligns with progressive values without explicit political advocacy.
The series 'Easy' features a diverse ensemble cast across its various storylines, reflecting a wide range of contemporary experiences and identities. Its narrative explores these diverse perspectives without explicitly critiquing traditional identities.
Secondary
Easy consistently portrays LGBTQ+ characters with dignity, complexity, and agency across multiple episodes. Their stories are integrated into the show's exploration of modern relationships, addressing themes like open relationships, dating, and career changes without reducing identity to a source of mockery or misery. The overall depiction is respectful and validating.
The series 'Easy' features a genderfluid character, Chase, in one episode. The portrayal is positive, depicting Chase with dignity and agency as they navigate a relationship where their partner struggles to understand their identity. The narrative respectfully explores the challenges from an external perspective, affirming Chase's self-definition.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Easy is an original anthology series featuring new characters in each episode. There are no pre-existing characters from source material, history, or prior adaptations whose gender could be swapped.
Easy is an original anthology series featuring new characters created for the show. There are no pre-existing canonical or historical characters whose race could be altered, thus no race swaps occur.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.9
6.0
Critic Ratings
9.0
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