As Apple TV+ nears its first anniversary, our critic explores the second halves of the streaming service's original shows. Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon on "The Morning Show" Ever since Apple TV+ made its debut on November 1, 2019, we here at 糖心Vlog been running reviews of each series as it has premiered. These reviews have in most cases been based on the first handful of episodes. In every case, only a limited number of episodes were made available in advance. In others, embargoes were in play, limiting discussion to only certain episodes in advanced reviews. In the cast of most shows, if three episodes debuted the first week, we reviewed the show on the strength of those first three, because that's all we had to go on. With the first anniversary of Apple TV+ approaching, 糖心Vlog has decided to revisit those shows, watch them to the end, and see the shows got better or worse following those initial episodes. And now that Apple has extended its free year of Apple TV+ by three months, you'll have more time to do a catchup of your own. The Morning Show -- better with time Reese Witherspoon reporting live on "The Morning Show" We were underwhelmed by The Morning Show when it debuted last November, as Apple TV+'s most obvious prestige play. While we had positive things to say about the look and feel of the show, but in the early going, it was somewhat disjointed. But The Morning Show, as the season went along, got a great deal better. The early choppiness, possibly the result of behind-the-scenes shuffling, stabilized as the first season went on, and solidified into a story about a behind-the-scenes war at a cable network. The season also did a great job, with plentiful use of flashbacks, of telling the story of anchor Mitch (Steve Carell) and his downfall at the network. And the series really showed off its top-notch cast, with veteran actor Billy Crudup outshining his A-list cast mates with the performance of his life. After a long coronavirus break, The Morning Show will resume production in October. For All Mankind -- as good as we thought it would be Apple TV+'s "For All Mankind" We loved For All Mankind when it first launched last November, calling it the best of Apple TV+'s opening slate of shows. The series represented a revisionist history of the U.S. space program, one in which the U.S. fell behind the Soviet Union in the original space race. Since then, there's been a glut of space-related programming, much of it on streaming services. Disney+ has a new version of The Right Stuff on the way, following Netflix's recent documentary about the Challenger disaster, and its Space Force series before that. For All Mankind, though, features things none of those shows offer: Ted Kennedy as president, a moon base established in the 1970s, women astronauts inspiring the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, and a very different version of the Cold War. The later episodes also featured a fine, melancholy performance by veteran character Chris Bauer as Deke Slayton. The show paused filming due to the pandemic but is set to resume production soon. Dickinson -- consistent, through the first season Adrian Blake Enscoe and Hailee Steinfeld in "Dickinson," now streaming on Apple TV+. Dickinson may have felt, at the time of its launch, like a bit of a gimmick, but it was at least a very pleasant gimmick. The series, starring singer/actress Hailee Steinfeld as the famed poet Emily Dickinson, told Dickinson's 19th century story with a modern-day sensibility, including anachronistic music and language. We liked the show at first, upon first seeing it at its premiere at New York's Tribeca TV Festival in September of 2019. And we gave it a mostly positive review when its landed on Apple TV+ the following month. The rest of the season is up to the quality of the first portion, in part because it continues to infuse Dickinson's story with modern-day commentary about feminism, racism, and even sexting photos. Special praise goes to comedian John Mulaney, for a dynamite guest turn as Henry David Thoreau. Dickinson was renewed for a second season before it premiered, and is set to return in January. It also, on October 9, became the first Apple TV+ show to get a third-season pickup, so get ready for more "Wild Nights" with Emily Dickinson. See -- no real improvement over the run Apple TV+'s "See" We didn't much like See upon first viewing last year. We found it a boring slog with a limited premise, and worst of all, it didn't make very good use of Game of Thrones veteran Jason Momoa, its leading man. Momoa, as he has shown in movies like Aquaman and in Saturday Night Live hosting stints, is very good at being affable and funny, but a show as deadly-serious as See didn't give him much opportunity to do either. In fact, the character's name, "Baba Voss," was probably the funniest thing about him. In its eight-episode first season, See didn't end up improving much as it went on. The show offered very little forward momentum, and didn't do a great deal to change our first impression that this wasn't a world worth spending much time in. See will be back for a second season, but hasn't begun filming yet due to the pandemic, so don't expect it to show up anytime soon. Servant -- solid start, slow finish Apple TV+'s "Servant" Servant arrived at the end of October, to deliver Apple TV+'s dose of creepy. The series' marketing had M. Night Shyamalan name all over it, and while the famed suspense filmmaker wasn't the creator or show runner, he did direct the first episode. We loved the first three episodes, as Servant set up an extremely eerie scenario, in which a couple (Toby Kebbell and Lauren Ambrose) recently suffered the loss of their young baby. So they have replaced him, as a therapeutic measure, with a doll, and even hired a spooky nanny. But eventually, a real baby appears in the doll's place. One thing great about the opening of Servant is that its premise could go in any number of directions. Unfortunately, the later part of the season doesn't exactly deliver a payoff that's worthy. Servant took its time in getting to its explanation of what was really going on, and once it did, it was underwhelming. Still, Lauren Ambrose's performance is unnerving, as is the show's running gag in which Kebbell's character, a chef, is constantly bringing home grotesque animals. Servant may have felt like a limited series, but it actually got an early renewal, and it recently resumed filming for Season 2 in Philadelphia. Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet -- quality, maintained