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Bored to Death

Jonathan Ames’s Jonathan Ames is channelling a Raymond Chandler detective novel in this wacky series, so why not have him commit to the role in black and white? If the monochrome had been built in, the show could have dropped large hints that the lack of color was only in Ames’s mind, but as it stands, we think it would make for a fun re-viewing, the seriousness of black and white both undercutting and enhancing the goofy story lines.