After a four-year hiatus, Aziz Ansari's Netflix comedic drama Master of None has returned! But it looks a little different this time.
The show still delivers what it does best — namely, deep-diving into the ugly side of love and relationships — but focuses 100% on the character of Denise (Lena) and her wife, Alicia (played phenomenally by Naomi Ackie).
This is a sensitive time for Aziz and Lena, as Aziz is still tiptoeing back into the spotlight after a sexual misconduct scandal, and Lena has recently seen some backlash over some of her other programming.
Maybe these two creators are at their peak when laying out stripped-down, soul-baring stories of real life and love, which this show has in spades.
The pair co-wrote every episode, with Aziz in the director's chair, and it's a poignant, honest portrayal of thirtysomething life. I laughed, ugly-cried (a lot), and took to Twitter to share the pain. Check out some reactions below.
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Go watch “Master of None” season 3😭!!!It was the most accurate display of a lesbian relationship I’ve ever seen on film(Lena Waithe) and I literally couldn’t believe how beautiful and poetic it was. It felt so good to be represented properly.
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I’d like to think that Aziz Ansari was so shaken by charges of toxic masculinity that he wrote season 3 for atonement-he took out all masculinity from the entire series, appearing in a cameo only as an object of pity. And threw in an issue that millions of women identiy with
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Watching the Twitter salt mines flow as folks who've enjoyed decades of representation in hohum TV are up in arms about Denise & Alicia taking center stage. I'm here for every awkward, witty, painful, spectacular minute. WOW. #MasterOfNone3 #MasterOfNone @AzizAnsari #lenawaithe
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season 3 of Master of None is damn good, lena waithe & aziz ansari wrote & directed tf out of this season & it has me feeling all the feelings
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Lena Waithe is a combination of every ex boyfriend I’ve ever had in the third season of #MasterOfNone3
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The new season of #MasterOfNone3 is just *chef’s kiss*! Perfection from writing, to direction, colour correction, and perfectly lighting black people of different shades! @azizansari and #lenawaithe outdid themselves 👏🏿 👏🏿 👏🏿 👏🏿 👏🏿
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Master of None S3 is very good. Kudos to @azizansari, props to Lena Waithe for expanding the character, and to Thimios Bakatakis for the cinematography.
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I'm really digging the vibe. Lena Waithe is ALL.
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S3 of Master of None starring Lena Waithe, directed by Aziz Ansari and both of them wrote every episode
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My most favourite episode of #MasterOfNone3 was the Episode 4! The groundbreaking portrayal of in vitro fertilization of Alicia was simply wonderful. I loved the performance of Cordelia Blair as Nurse Cordelia and Alicia (Naomi Ackie)! @azizansari #lenawaithe #netflix
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Lena Waithe used up every dime of the shoe budget on Master of None S3.
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my new and only dream is just to live in Lena Waithe's house from the new season of master of none
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“When success goes away it’s like someone tapping you on your shoulder and telling you, ‘You gotta go to hell for a little while.’ Hell wouldn’t be as bad if I didn’t know what heaven felt like.” - Lena Waithe #MasterOfNone3
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I thought "master of none" was boring until I really started paying attention. Lena Waithe dropping gems
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Slay me but Lena Waithe’s S3 of Master of None was beautiful
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this season of Master of None is making me like Lena Waithe a lil more
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I knew that the focus of Master of None season 3 was gonna have drastic change in whom the focus of the show was gonna be, so I found myself putting it off. I haven’t been the biggest fan of Lena Waithe’s work outside this show, but she and Naomi Ackie really smoked this season.
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Damn Lena Waithe you ain’t have to go off like this in Master of None: Season 3 😩 got me all in my feels
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Just finished Season 3 of @MasterofNone and it is far and away the BEST thing I’ve watched so far this year! 🙌 #MasterOfNone3 https://t.co/obRNeKGVLq
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@beverleywang honestly the best thing i watched last week was still Lena Waithe in season 3 of Master of None, legit 😭😭😭
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Master of None 3rd season... Wow, just wow! @azizansari and Lena Waithe have taken this thing on the next level, and beyond. #MasterOfNone #Netflix
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Master of None Season 3.. so beautiful .. the music, the locations,the story, the actors.. absolutely loved it all @azizansari #lenawaithe thank you ♥️ season 4 can we check in on Arnold and Brian?