Entertainment Weekly by Jeff Jensen

Going deep allows Armisen and Brownstein to really dig in--the duo deserve Emmy attention, IMHO--and enhances, not diminishes, Portlandia's winningly weird shine. [9 Jan 2015, p.74]

Newsday by Verne Gay

Brownstein and Armisen move so effortlessly between characters, then execute their riffs, tics, styles and voices with such skilled abandon that before long this doesn't seem like satire any longer but a fun house mirror reflection of intensely real people.

The A.V. Club by John Teti

It’s not that Portlandia has lost its sharp comic edge; rather, it has added a complementary sweetness that is somehow just as funny.

The Oregonian by Kristi Turnquist

[The first 2] episodes are so solid and done with such polish, they're reason to think that Season 5 of Portlandia may be the best one yet.

Under The Radar by Alee Karim

With several seasons under their belt, they effortlessly inhabit the hundreds of characters that populate their vision of Portland. That vision is simultaneously expanding and tightening.

Chicago Sun-Times by Lori Rackl

[An] insightful sketch show.

Slant Magazine by Luis Sánchez

Armisen, Brownstein, and Krisel are effectively crafting a multi-faceted comedy art project, the unfolding of which is both exciting and hysterical to watch.

Slant Magazine by Phillip Maciak

Knowing but not pretentious, snarky but not sneering, Portlandia succeeds both as farce and as faithful representation of a population for whom the dream--of the '90s or anything else, for that matter--is still alive.

Entertainment Weekly by David Canfield

A clever podcast parody and a great Rachel Bloom guest spot prove that the show's bite remains sharp. [19 Jan 2018, p.52]