Something to watch tonight: Tuesday 2 April
Tales from the Loop (Halpern, 2020)
Some of my colleagues at RNZ have joined me to recommend some TV from the ‘long tail’ on the streaming sites. Today it was my turn, and I’m boosting it here because, you know, metrics.
The small mid-western town of Mercer sits on top of an experimental physics facility known as "The Loop". Somehow, the Loop is causing weird anomalies above ground that disrupt our understanding of space and time. The show, and the characters in it, are uninterested in the how and why of all of this, just the impact on their lives and relationships.
Two teenagers swap bodies and court catastrophe when one doesn't want to swap back, young lovers stop time around them but eventually tire of each other, and a grieving father enlists the help of a trash management robot to try and keep his family safe.
Each episode is a stand-alone story, focusing on different but related characters, and their choices have drastic unintended consequences later on as the stories knit themselves together.
There’s more details – and reasons why Tales from the Loop is worth your time, in the rest of the article.
Other shows that have been recommend on the feature so far include Samurai Gourmet, Malcolm in the Middle and The Walk-In, so it’s a pretty eclectic selection.
Where to watch Tales from the Loop
Aotearoa, Australia, Canada, USA & UK: Streaming on Prime Video
Further listening
Last Thursday night, I chatted with my pal Emile Donovan on RNZ Nights about Rachel House’s new family movie The Mountain, the long running Aussie political satire, Utopia and Lucky, which is streaming on Brollie in Australia and New Zealand.