‘Mother, May I Have A Kidney?’ Review: A Light, Inoffensive Six-Episode Comedy Is A Perfect Quick Watch [Tribeca]

“Mother, May I Have a Kidney?” It’s spelled out in the title. With such an attention-grabbing question attached to a lean, six-episode series, each entry ranging anywhere between 12 and 17 minutes total, it speaks to the breezy ease with which to digest such a show, as disposable and straightforward as it may be. Doug (Doug Andrews) needs a kidney. We learn this swiftly, as quickly as it’s revealed how dismissive his high-and-mighty mother, Rhonda (Tina Benko), has treated him all his life, seen best in an opening scene where an outwardly uncaring Rhonda soon dismisses a young Doug’s (Ace Wild) nosebleed. Continue reading ‘Mother, May I Have A Kidney?’ Review: A Light, Inoffensive Six-Episode Comedy Is A Perfect Quick Watch [Tribeca] at The Playlist.

Jun 10, 2025 - 12:05

‘Mother, May I Have A Kidney?’ Review: A Light, Inoffensive Six-Episode Comedy Is A Perfect Quick Watch [Tribeca]

“Mother, May I Have a Kidney?” It’s spelled out in the title. With such an attention-grabbing question attached to a lean, six-episode series, each entry ranging anywhere between 12 and 17 minutes total, it speaks to the breezy ease with which to digest such a show, as disposable and straightforward as it may be.

Doug (Doug Andrews) needs a kidney. We learn this swiftly, as quickly as it’s revealed how dismissive his high-and-mighty mother, Rhonda (Tina Benko), has treated him all his life, seen best in an opening scene where an outwardly uncaring Rhonda soon dismisses a young Doug’s (Ace Wild) nosebleed.

Continue reading ‘Mother, May I Have A Kidney?’ Review: A Light, Inoffensive Six-Episode Comedy Is A Perfect Quick Watch [Tribeca] at The Playlist.