Julia
Julia Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 8.6 | |
| S2 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.3 |
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About
"A joyful ode to late-blooming ambition"
Julia dramatizes how Julia Child, an unlikely TV pioneer in her fifties, talked her way onto public television and changed how America cooked. It's a warm, character-driven period piece set in 1960s Boston, more interested in kitchens, marriages, and public-broadcasting politics than in dramatic incident. The pace is gentle and conversational, carried almost entirely by a performance that captures Child's booming enthusiasm and steel underneath. Expect food, friendship, and quiet feminist undercurrents rather than tension or twists. It's comfort viewing with substance, the kind of show you put on for its company as much as its story.
the lead performance, which makes Julia Child's warmth and stubbornness feel entirely lived-in.
you want plot momentum rather than a leisurely character study.
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