Season 2 of “Russian Doll” lives up to the high expectations set by its predecessor.
Season 1 of Natasha Lyonne’s Emmy-nominated Netflix series “Russian Doll” was riveting, original, and had a good ending — so it seemed like it was tempting fate to give it a second go-’round.
Her path crossed with Alan , a depressed man who was also stuck in a time loop, and they realized they had to help each other. The show was strange, funny, and moving, and it captured a version of New York that didn’t feel like “TV New York,” but a grittier, realistic version of the city, riddled with quirky characters who often reacted to odd events in nonchalant ways.Time loops aren’t a novel invention, of course. From “Groundhog Day” to “Happy Death Day” toit’s a common sci-fi concept.
This show is only sci-fi insofar as it plays around with time travel; it’s not remotely concerned with the mechanics of explaining how time travel works. Season 2 goes even further into the characters’ psyches by sending Nadia on a deep-dive into her family’s past. Somehow, the 6 train sends her back to the year 1982, where she soon realizes that she’s in her mother Nora’s body, pregnant with herself.
The camera cleverly shows us Lyonne most of the time, but when she looks into mirrors, her reflection
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