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By Lex Briscuso/July 11, 2022 12:00 pm EST
The third season of a television show is often when things start to drag, if they’re going to drag at all. When I think of legacy third seasons that were tough to pull through, I think of some of my favorite shows, “Lost” and “Breaking Bad,” where I had to really kick myself into high gear and power through to the other side, where I knew things would pick back up. Season 3 of “Solar Opposites” thankfully has the complete opposite effect; The new season of the Hulu comedy is bright, bold, and, frankly, bananas in the best way. It follows in its own exciting footsteps and compounds on the tactics that made it great in the first place, which is something every good show should do — and at no point does it crawl, even in its most deliberately slow moments. The series continues to be a powerful voice in animated adult comedy pushing through the saturated streaming landscape to showcase bigger and better with each season. It’s heartfelt, genuine, genuinely funny, and totally raucous whenever it feels the need to be. What more could you ask for from your animated streaming comedy?
Picking up where we left off from season 2, the wall (yes, the one a bunch of humans who were shrunk down live inside) is as dangerous as ever in the Justin Roiland and Mike McMahan comedy, but the Opposites may finally get to leave that behind by getting their spaceship back into orbit for the first time. But as the shenanigans on this series usually go, it’s gonna be more complicated than that. From there, the season diverts again, as it has for each prior season — which, let’s be real, is a major part of the show’s appeal. The adjacent wall plot this season is as compelling as ever, mixing in action, adventure, a bit of tension and romance, and tons of twists and turns. There is a lot of meaningful progression for the walk folks, to the point where their society faces major upheaval. It’s a great juxtaposition to what’s happening in the show’s other main timeline. On the Opposites’ side, the focus throughout the season is more on the family unit and what that can mean for four aliens who have no foundational sense of what family truly means. The five extraterrestrials — Terry, Korvo, “daughter” Jesse, “son” Yumyulack, and, of course, the little pupa — spend 11 episodes adapting to and embracing how to be human in all of its complexities. They’re slowing down, by their standards, while the wall folks are speeding up.
Picking up where we left off from season 2, the wall (yes, the one a bunch of humans who were shrunk down live inside) is as dangerous as ever in the Justin Roiland and Mike McMahan comedy, but the Opposites may finally get to leave that behind by getting their spaceship back into orbit for the first time. But as the shenanigans on this series usually go, it’s gonna be more complicated than that.
From there, the season diverts again, as it has for each prior season — which, let’s be real, is a major part of the show’s appeal. The adjacent wall plot this season is as compelling as ever, mixing in action, adventure, a bit of tension and romance, and tons of twists and turns. There is a lot of meaningful progression for the walk folks, to the point where their society faces major upheaval. It’s a great juxtaposition to what’s happening in the show’s other main timeline. On the Opposites’ side, the focus throughout the season is more on the family unit and what that can mean for four aliens who have no foundational sense of what family truly means. The five extraterrestrials — Terry, Korvo, “daughter” Jesse, “son” Yumyulack, and, of course, the little pupa — spend 11 episodes adapting to and embracing how to be human in all of its complexities. They’re slowing down, by their standards, while the wall folks are speeding up.
Solar Opposites is back and as good as ever
“Solar Opposites” season 3 hits Hulu on July 13, 2022.
