Palm Royale Review | First 3 Episodes | Apple TV+ 

Will you be watching Palm Royale?

IDK I just finished the first 4 episodes and the fact that it’s a slow burn is actually what I love about it, there’s a bit of mystery, and intrigue about it all. I also am loving Kirsten’s character, I think the fact that she just keeps moving forward makes her extremely relatable. Her character is completely unhinged in an Oliver Quick so of way. I also loved the touches of humour within the drama of the story. It’s definitely more of a dramatic parody than a full on drama and one that’s going to unfold like an onion as the series progresses. It has a sort of Real Housewives trainwreck type quality to it.

Just to clarify, on Apple TV it is only labeled as a drama series. Any other source describes it as a period comedy series!

Great review. Colloquial, candid, interesting organization of thoughts. This young reviewer is one to watch. Seriously, nice job.

Thank you for this honest review. There are many reactions online similar to your sentiments. Unfortunately on RU-vid I've noticed it's mostly fawning uncritical sycophantic ones. Yours was a breath of fresh air. I love how you said it seemed like an SNL sketch gone awry. I also will finish it but I made it through 7 so I will see it through. But I fell asleep and had to go figure out where I fell asleep to it. Episode 7 just seemed to drag on. There are moments of superb acting but the writing / plot leave much to be desired. I think Carole Burnett, Allison Janney and Bruce Stern were the best so far and I love Laura Dern, especially in Big Little Lies, but some of her characters' plot and dialogue are so absurd it takes away from her performance. Also there's a whole heck of a lot of some sort of anti-aging cinematography which is off-putting at times.

I loved it! But I love camp. I think that was the goal.

Yeah, I’m struggling with this show. The plot writing is paper thin.

Watched the 1st 2 episodes (I might have started the 3rd), but I agree with your sentiments and the cast is great and their talents are definitely being underutilized. Hoping it picks up or I’ll have to tap out lol. Kristen Wig is doing so well with her acting that I am genuinely getting 2nd hand embarrassment when she’s on the screen like it’s definitely cringey seeing her character being so desperate to fit in where she clearly isn’t wanted.

Totally agree with you. I was so looking forward to this new series. And the 1st three episodes kind of fell flat. I do think it's supposed to be sort of a dramedy. Maybe because the characters are so completely absurd but don't realize it themselves? Really hope it gets better.

I’m 1.5 episodes in, and I can’t see having the patience to keep going, slow burn or not. It’s not funny (apparently it’s not a comedy anyway), but it’s also not interesting. It just seems like a waste of talent. If you’re feeling that way at episode 3, I think that’s all I needed to know!

It’s called satire.