I enjoyed the first season, not having read the book. This season is quite awful. The production is above average, the scenario is mediocre and the acting is painful (apart from the actor that plays the Poe AI, who's the best in this troupe, followed by the German actor (great accent btw!) who plays the bad colonel; these two are doing a great job, obviously as a way to make ends meet or to become more famous).
Will watch the whole season if I won't find something more interesting to do, perhaps like cutting my toenails or doing the laundry.
Review of Nightmare Alley
