June 1, 2025

🎬 Series Review: Weird City (2019) – Where the Future is Funny, Freaky, and Far Too Familiar
Created by Jordan Peele and Charlie Sanders
Starring Dylan O’Brien, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson, Awkwafina, Ed O’Neill, and more

Welcome to Weird City — population: all of us, just slightly stranger.

Weird City (2019) is a gleefully bizarre, genre-bending sci-fi anthology that holds up a cracked mirror to our world and dares us to laugh, cringe, and squirm all at once. Set in a not-so-distant future where society is divided into “Above the Line” and “Below the Line,” the show explores love, loneliness, tech addiction, and class absurdity with razor-sharp wit and a heavy dose of absurdity.

Each episode introduces a new cast, a new gadget, and a new moral glitch in the system — like dating apps that pre-assign your soulmate, VR fitness cults, or wellness pills that redefine “side effects.” Think Black Mirror, but with more neon, more laughs, and less existential despair.

Dylan O’Brien and Ed O’Neill shine in one of the most unexpectedly wholesome episodes, while Michael Cera’s deadpan delivery in a wellness-obsessed dystopia is instant meme material. Rosario Dawson, Awkwafina, and Laverne Cox all add extra dimension (and occasional chaos) to this surreal cityscape.

The visuals are sleek and stylized, with a pop-futuristic aesthetic that feels equal parts retro sci-fi and Instagram-sponsored dream. Every corridor, gadget, and “SmartFridge therapy session” is laced with commentary — but never heavy-handed.

Final Verdict:
Weird City is weird in the best way — clever, fast-paced, and deeply aware of just how close we are to living in its twisted timeline. It’s science fiction that’s less about flying cars and more about emotional tech, social absurdity, and the strange ways we stay human.
Funny. Freaky. Uncomfortably accurate.