History YMMV / Review

!!For the Red Letter Media web series:

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Most episodes are just candid (but entertaining) conversations between two RLM cast members, but "Our Least Viewed Episode Ever.", which focuses on Jerry Springer and features 15 minutes of Mike reading real Springer show titles and Rich Evans laughing at them, manages to make even the most low-effort conversation a laugh riot.
** The normally stoic (or drunkenly numb) Mike can't help but crack up at episode titles like "A Ghost Threw Me Down the Stairs" and "Adoption Reunions Gone Bad". The one that fully breaks him, however, is [[spoiler:[[CrossesTheLineTwice "Child Alcoholics".]]]]
** Rich explodes into laughter when Mike explains that Jerry Springer's political career as mayor of Cincinnati ended with a major scandal in which he had sex with a prostitute and was caught because he paid her with a check.
** The episode ends with Rich jumping up from his chair and pretending to throw a punch at Mike.

!!For the television series:

** Forrest's [[spoiler: denial of the show being canceled could be a case of him being driven into insanity the minute he found out about the cancellation moments after he vetoed Suzanne's review request.]]

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Averted at the last second of season one, when Forrest [[spoiler:finally seems to realize that his wife is more important than his show.]] The following two seasons unfortunately ramp it up, with Forrest taking increasingly destructive and sadistic reviews that utterly destroy any chance of hope for him in the future. This is taken at its limit during the finale, where [[spoiler:he is (possibly) manipulated by his producer to throw away the last chance he has in order to "review forever", only to be told that the show is to be canceled afterwards, with the implication that he will KILL himself once he moves past his denial that it is a prank.]]
** Played with in-universe as this seems to be what led to [[spoiler:the show's cancellation]]. It could be argued here too, however.

** The normally stoic (or drunkenly numb) Mike can't help but crack up at episode titles like "A Ghost Threw Me Down the Stairs" and "Adoption Reunions Gone Bad".
** Rich explodes into laughter when Mike explains that Jerry Springer's political career had a major scandal in which he had sex with a prostitute and was caught because he paid her with a check.

* IronWoobie: Forrest. There's also a lot of JerkassWoobie, as he often begins to revel in his own degradation or constantly does immoral and cruel things that weren't even called for in the review.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Averted at the last second of season one, when Forrest [[spoiler:finally seems to realize that his wife is more important than his show.]] The following two seasons unfortunately ramp it up, with Forrest taking increasingly destructive and sadistic review's that Utterly destroy any chance of hope for him in the future. This is taken at its limit during the finale, where [[spoiler: He is (possibly) manipulated by his producer to throw away the last chance he has in order "review forever", only to be told that the show is to be canceled afterwards, with the implication that he will KILL himself once he moves past his denial that it is a prank.]]
** Played with in-universe as this seems to be what led to [[spoiler:the show's cancellation]] It could be argued here too, however.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Averted at the last second of season one, when Forrest [[spoiler:finally seems to realize that his wife is more important than his show.]] The following two seasons unfortunately ramp it up, with forrest taking increasingly destructive and sadistic review's that Utterly destroy any chance of hope for him in the future. This is taken at its limit during the finale, where [[spoiler: He is (possibly) manipulated by his producer to throw away the last chance he has in order "review forever", only to be told that the show is to be canceled afterwards, with the implication that he will KILL himself once he moves past his denial that it is a prank.]]
** Played with in-universe as this seems to be what led to [[spoiler:the show's cancellation]] It could be argued here too, however.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While the finale painted Forrest as a tragic character one shouldn't go as far as to consider him a sympathetic individual. Especially when his downfall was the result of him putting the show above his family and his marriage.

* FunnyMoments: Most episodes are just candid (but entertaining) conversations between two RLM cast members, but "Our Least Viewed Episode Ever.", which focuses on Jerry Springer and features 15 minutes of Mike reading real Springer show titles and Rich Evans laughing at them, manages to make even the most low-effort conversation a laugh riot.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Averted at the last second of season one, when Forrest [[spoiler:finally seems to realize that his wife is more important than his show.]] The following two seasons are significantly less hopeful, however.
** Played with in-universe as this seems to be what led to [[spoiler:the show's cancellation]].

* {{Crowning Moment of Awesome}}: In the last few minutes of the last episode of season one, [[spoiler:when Forrest punches his producer after his producer had spent the whole season prodding Forrest to do increasingly destructive activities.]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Thanks to the events of the Season 2 finale, it has become apparent that it really wasn't Grant whom has been orchestrating Forrest's misfortune -- but A.J Gibbs, who wanted Forrest out of the picture just so she could take over as the host of Review. She never planned for Grant to get in the crossfire, but at least she'd have a scapegoat.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Averted at the last second, when Forrest [[spoiler:finally seems to realize that his wife is more important than his show.]]
** Played straight in-verse as this is what led to the show's cancellation.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Thanks to the events of the Season 2 finale it has become apparent that it really wasn't Grant whom has been orchestrating Forrest's misfortune but it was A.J Gibbs. She wants Forrest out of the picture just so she could take over as the host of Review. She never planned for Grant to get in the crossfire but at least she'd have a scapegoat.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Averted, at the last second, when Forrest [[spoiler:finally seems to realize that his wife is more important than his show.]]
* JerkassWoobie: Forrest to a T.

* MagnumOpus: Regarded as Andy Daly's opus by some critics, especially after [[EvenBetterSequel Season 2]].

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Thanks to the events of the Season 2 finale it has become apparent that it really wasn't Grant whom has been orchestrating Forrest's misfortune but it was A.J Gibbs. She wants Forrest out of the picture just so she could take over as the host of Review.

* {{DarknessInducedAudienceApathy}}: Averted, at the last second, when Forrest [[spoiler:finally seems to realize that his wife is more important than his show.]]

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{{Crowning Moment of Awesome}}: In the last few minutes of the last episode of season one, [[spoiler:when Forrest punches his producer after his producer had spent the whole season prodding Forrest to do increasingly destructive activities.]]