Few things feel as preordained as HBO Max’s The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion, especially during a year that saw several iconic TV casts (minus the Friends) come together to remember good times and provide comforting, feel-good entertainment to homebound fans.
What does surprise about the special is how moving, even cathartic, it is, reuniting Will Smith with Janet Hubert-Whitten, who played Aunt Viv until she was replaced by Daphne Maxwell Reid after the third season, for the first time in 27 years.
Much of the special finds the 1990-1996 series’ core cast — Smith, Reid, Tatyana M. Ali (Ashley), Karyn Parsons (Hilary), Alfonso Ribeiro (Carlton) and Joseph Marcell (Geoffrey) — gathered on a recreation of the series’ living-room set..
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