Trading in the easygoing nature of Kimmy Schmidt’s first four seasons for a country-spanning caper that follows Kimmy and her gay best friend Tituss as they try to beat The Reverend at his own cult-forming game, the show is still defined by its trademark wit, endless supply of jokes, and brilliant cast - which now also includes Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe as Kimmy’s very charming, filthily rich, and delightfully clueless groom-to-be. But after watching it (or playing it, that is), I can safely say that the format works even better for a show with lower stakes. I wouldn’t have guessed that the next franchise to get the interactive treatment would be Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Tina Fey’s uproariously funny sitcom about a woman reintegrating into normal society after spending 15 years in an underground bunker. After Black Mirror: Bandersnatch won the Emmy for Outstanding Television Movie, it was clear that Netflix’s experiments with choose-your-own-adventure storytelling were far from over.
