This is a very clever production which, unfortunately, seems to be much smarter than quite a few members of the viewing audience. In order to fully appreciate "Russian Doll" one needs to have been exposed to literature, philosophy, history and ultimately, the world in general, at some point in life.

Basically: the standard American high-school education "ain't gunna cut it, brah". Not that my friends and I are all that smart. But we do like to discuss what we have read.

Nadia is a thoroughly unlikeable person who, obviously, has committed (and continues to commit) transgressions against God, fate and/or the universe in general. But she means well.