Terrace House is one of TV's most radical shows

The New Yorker

"There’s consensus among American critics that the show’s tranquility relative to its siblings in the genre is a balm, and it is; but that unhurriedness also places it among the most radical enterprises on television," says Bryan Washington of the Japanese reality show streaming on Netflix. "In a media ecosystem where most successful programming hinges on competition, subterfuge, discourtesy, and obliqueness for obliqueness’s sake, it’s hard to imagine anything bolder."