Voice-over by Keith Morrison of Dateline fame: What Ms. Hutchings did not remember about this pie was that it is a multi-step endeavor, with one such step being an Italian or Swiss meringue, a ‘cooked’ meringue if you will, and she was unprepared.

For runner-up Mario, merely “making it to the finale” was enough, he said in his finale voice-over, per Variety.

In voice-over narration, Angela communicated directly to the audience and shared her innermost thoughts — sometimes eloquent, sometimes inane but always authentic to the volatile experience of being a teenager.

The intimate style of voice-over that made “My So-Called Life” so groundbreaking became almost a prerequisite in subsequent female-centered shows, from “Sex and the City” and “Fleabag” to “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

Kirchheimer doesn’t call upon talking heads or voice-over to explain the higher purpose of graffiti artists; he merely photographs the trains, gliding over the boroughs on elevated tracks like rolling canvases, accompanied by the appropriately chaotic music of Charles Mingus.