Broad City's smartest move was allowing its free-spirited characters to get old

Slate

"Seasons 4 and 5 admittedly haven’t been Broad City’s funniest; the show, still one of the wittiest and most inventive on TV, no longer seems to defy gravity," says Inkoo Kang, in marking the Comedy Central series' finale Thursday. "(There’s a reason most comedies peak by Season 3 and rarely retain their freshness thereafter.) But watching Abbi and Ilana grow up has been a moving and surprising treat—and in retrospect, a necessary chapter that made the characters more relatable and fully fleshed-out. It was their itchy youths that made us fall in love with Broad City, but it’s also been a bittersweet delight watching Abbi and Ilana evolve."

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