HBO’s gorgeous dramedy is TV’s sweetest slice of life, with performances that will break your heart and heal it all over again. It really is that special—and that good.
In fact, it weaves between these two genres at such a quick—but completely undetectable—pace, that it’s hard to put it into a box at all. has no shortage of relatability. It’s that stunning empathy that gives this small show its cogent edge. In its second season,replicates everything its first seven episodes did so well, without ever feeling like a retread.
Life hasn’t stopped punching down at Sam, either. Things are in just as much disarray as they were in Season 1. Sam has just gotten better at handling them, thanks largely to Joel and the cast of misfits that he’s brought into her orbit. Joel and Sam are occasionally rooming together, now that Joel found out how lucrative renting out his house on Airbnb can be.
Though the duo is having even more raucous fun together this season, the substantial emotional foundation that the show rests on never falters. Since we last checked in on Sam’s family, her alcoholic mother Mary Jo has had a stroke, and her father, Ed , has left the family farm to visit his brother in Texas. Ed was a lovely, grounded character, full of humor and nuance. Hagerty’s passing is very much felt within this season’s narrative.
In the premiere, this culminates in a moving sequence, where Sam is stricken by the vitality of her father, which still lingers in their barn and on the land, even when he’s away. Anyone who has experienced the stirring, massive sensation of having to sift through a loved one’s belongings after they’re gone, will be affected—and maybe even overwhelmed—by this moment. But it’s the perfect example of what this show does so well, maybe even better than anything else airing right now.
To watch this show is to open your heart to existence as it is: beautiful and ugly, at the same time. No frills, no pretension. This isn’t feel-good television, it’s feel-everything television. The only thing unrealistic aboutis expecting viewers to be content with seven episodes, when we need 700. We’d all be so much better for it.every Tuesday and find out what new shows and movies are worth watching, and which aren’t.
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