Aziz Ansari‘s Master of None, might be the best New York comedy of them all. It’s almost certainly the smartest; what’s surprising isn’t how funny it is but how often the show is willing to put humor aside to be poignant.

Co-created by Ansari and Parks & Recreation writer Alan Yang (with help from the late Harris Wittels, who wrote for the series and receives an executive producer credit), each episode of Master of None focuses on a specific topic (examples include fidelity, the portrayal of Indians on television, and subtle sexism) while maintaining a narrative throughline tracking Dev (Ansari), a commercial actor with moderate ambitions about making it big.

Like Louie, the show doesn’t shy away from experimenting with structure (stylistic nods to ’70s-era Woody Allen abound), but Master of None only does so in service of driving home a point.

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