a fine sophomore slump, sure, but it really didn’t even feel like the same show. i enjoyed laughing at how stupid austin and ashley were, and how mean and lame josh and lindsay are, but that was about it.
the social commentary? ehhh, flaccid at best. the whole chairwoman thing? patently absurd.
decent enough to rip through on a sick day. but doesn’t leave me hopeful for s3
i liked it more than season 1 but i'm definitely in the minority
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[deleted]4 days ago
+4
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TannerNewcomb4 days ago
+5
Steven Yeun f****** rules
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Cheap_Wishbone_97344 days ago
+3
I liked the first season, but I didn't think it was the masterpiece everyone made it out to be. What bothered me is that it starts off strong but loses steam in the second half. This second one was more consistent.
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Turbulent-Let-11804 days ago
+2
Yeah i think season 1 had a strong start, strong middle, weak finish. Season 2 had a slower start, strong middle, strong finish.
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AccomplishedWear20334 days ago
+1
yeah i'm with you on that one. season 1 felt way more grounded and the characters actually had depth beyond just being walking stereotypes. this one was like watching rich people be cartoonishly awful for 8 hours straight.
still binged it in one day though so what does that say about me lol
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GGTheEnd4 days ago
+1
Same here.
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soupjaw4 days ago
+1
I wonder the breakdown of people who liked S2 better across marital status? I'm guessing If you like S2 better you're more likely to be married
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southpaw_balboa4 days ago
+2
why?
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TannerNewcomb4 days ago
+3
idk I wasn't really that crazy about season 1. it was good. I liked season 2 a little more. I like Oscar Isaac and Cailee Spaeny a lot so I'm sure that's part of it.
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Phoam_4 days ago
+3
As someone who didn't see season 1, I think it started off okay, but the more the season progresses, the less bearable it becomes. The entire korean arc completely pulled me away and the only character shown with actual morals (whether they were a performance and part of his people pleaser persona is a different convo) decides to become a weirdo in the last couple episodes and in the end joins the rest of the cast at being horrible people while most likely condemning an innocent woman to death. Don't get me wrong, I like characters with flaws and skewed moral compasses, but there is not one redeemable character (except maybe Josh at the very very end), most of them are absolutelly impossible to like/root for (especially Ashley, even though she probably has the most "good" reasons to be the way she is).
That said : fantastic cast, great score, and I like how the show looks. But I've seen a lot of people said season 1's direction was much different so I'll probably just watch that and I'm almost certain I'll enjoy it much more.
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urgasmic3 days ago
+1
If you watch season 1 please let me know your thoughts lol
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Phoam_3 days ago
+3
Well I just finished it like 5 mins ago, and I was right : I liked it way more.
Much more grounded (even though I feel like the death is completely gratuitous, the motel sex scene with Amy doesn't provide much to the table, and Isaac's awfulness is not really believable at times), the chemistry between Yeun and Wong is incredible, the finale episode (and ending) is so much better than the one from season 2 (the whole trauma bonding on the brink of death sequence especially), focusing on only 2 main characters and then intertwined side characters works a lot better than 4 main characters, there is a lot of parallelism with season 2 regarding some of the characters' dynamics but having now seen season 1 I feel like season 2 has even more of a reheated nachos kind of flavor, and ultimately I feel like I even enjoyed the overall cast and score more in season 1 than I did season 2. And more importantly there were times when I could feel for Amy and Danny, which almost never happened in season 2.
Side note, I wasn't sure if it was only season 2 which felt like that for me, but now I feel like season 1 also has the same issue but... isn't there some weird misogynistic undertone in the way women are written in both seasons ? If you look at Paul/George from S1 or Austin/Dr. Kim from S2, compared to Amy/Naomi/Jordan (or even Veronica if we take Edwin's word for granted) from S1 and Ashley/Lindsay/Chairwoman Park from S2, I feel like there is a clear writing bias towards the men (which outside of maybe Danny are shown as incompetent losers, driven to fault/mistakes basically "because" of women in their lives making their choices for them, when women are shown as cunning, manipulative, opportunistic, and overall more prone to evilness and selfishness). Idk, I could be reading too much into this.
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urgasmic3 days ago
+1
I definitely enjoyed season 2 quite a bit and it's better than most forced anthologies/continuations of limited series. But it still feels mostly unnecessary and I sort of hope the creator just moves on.
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Phoam_3 days ago
+1
I agree, now that I’ve seen both, the amount of stuff that already felt similar despite a completely different setting and wider set of characters makes me feel like there is simply not enough gas to make a third one. Weirdly enough, I’d have liked if it wasn’t an anthology because I feel like by the end of season 1, Amy and Danny really had grow on me and I’d have loved to see where their dynamic was headed. Even the couple vs couple with in-fighting from season 2 would have worked better with an already established duo of characters who we knew had bonded and loved through this trauma and rage VS this newly wed couple who didn’t fight.
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Chordata14 days ago
+4
I started it on a plane. I don't know if I can finish it. You are so right with White Lotus Jr. There was a clear fight/beef in the first season. This is just all over the place. I liked seeing the characters escalate it last season and how it got so big. There is no beef here it's just shitty and stupid people having blackmail over other shitty people.
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urgasmic3 days ago
+1
I would say there were definitely some similarities. I did enjoy it though
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fma_nobody4 days ago
-4
It came out already? Netflix really has to do something about their shitty release schedule
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southpaw_balboa4 days ago
-3
ya
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Johnny_Blaze_1234 days ago
-18
I quit watching it the second Carey mulligan threw the dachshund on the floor right at the beginning. F*** that.
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tetoffens4 days ago
+10
That didn't happen the way you're describing it and the couples love for their dog is one of the most important things in the season. Blaming each other for the dog they loved getting out is basically the last straw to why they divorce.
In fact, the saddest scene of the season is people mourning at the violence to a dog that did not come from Carey. It was a coyote.
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Johnny_Blaze_1234 days ago
-7
watch it again.
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+2
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dUjOUR881 day ago
+1
omg the humanity!!
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southpaw_balboa4 days ago
+5
yea that’s not really how it happened tho
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Chataboutgames4 days ago
-9
Well that's a real turnoff from watching
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Johnny_Blaze_1234 days ago
-11
especially since i recently lost my beloved 17 years old sausage dog. Regardless of that, anytime there's animal abuse, I'm out.
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