Great show. Just didn't appreciate in episode 11 of Season 3 The Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst being in "New Jersery" and the area referred to as " bumble dick New Jersey" when it is the most diverse area in the world. Other than that I love the characters and the story lines shown in the series and how the other boroughs shown are better represented.
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Hitchcoc8 January 2024
Kimmy finally meets her mother who had her when she was 17 and immature and clueless. Kimmy blames her for her kidnapping, but that really doesn't wash. The two of them develop a complex thing right from the start. Mom tries hard but is stuck in her current being with the Universal crowd and some sketchy friends. She is still a kid herself, making riding roller coasters and setting records her life. Kimmy wants her to pay for not watching her carefully when the Reverend came by and stole her. But life isn't alll that clear. Titus is on his way to a cruise chip to do a gig. Jacqueline, for one of the first times in her life, looks globally after attending a Thanksgiving dinner with the man she had hoped to trap. The results are pretty touching. The final show of Episode Two ends with a hook.
S2: Consistently funny even if its structure doesn't always convince
bob the moo27 August 2018
The first season of this show was mostly pretty funny, and I remember it only being weaker when it needed to do something with the overall narrative. Despite this, it was almost three years before I got around to going back to the second season (in which time it has been renewed several times!). Mostly this was my reservation about the show being funny in the moment but not brilliant as a total package, but also the feeling that it had nothing to do now that the mole-woman thread had been played out. In a way this is sort of true, so what the show decides to do is focus very much on the moments and not so much worry about the bigger threads.
So, as a narrative, there is movement forward but it is done in different character threads, and in broad ways, but without the presence of one big direction or plot. This gives the show a bit less structure but funnily enough it means it can play to what it did best in its first season, which is to deliver funny sub-plots and moments. The writing makes it work, with great lines and ideas kicking around. The cast help it greatly with plenty of talent in the main cast of course, but also a parade of talented and funny famous faces doing cameos and characters. This aspects feels a bit like cheating, but the guests are well used, so hard to complain.
Season 2 is better than the first season, as it seems to know that it is stronger in the moment that in the development. Playing to this produces plenty of laughs, but at the same time makes it feel less of a 'proper' show - which is a shame because there is a lot of good ideas and moments in here; certainly enough for me to return for the third season faster than the years between one and two.
So, as a narrative, there is movement forward but it is done in different character threads, and in broad ways, but without the presence of one big direction or plot. This gives the show a bit less structure but funnily enough it means it can play to what it did best in its first season, which is to deliver funny sub-plots and moments. The writing makes it work, with great lines and ideas kicking around. The cast help it greatly with plenty of talent in the main cast of course, but also a parade of talented and funny famous faces doing cameos and characters. This aspects feels a bit like cheating, but the guests are well used, so hard to complain.
Season 2 is better than the first season, as it seems to know that it is stronger in the moment that in the development. Playing to this produces plenty of laughs, but at the same time makes it feel less of a 'proper' show - which is a shame because there is a lot of good ideas and moments in here; certainly enough for me to return for the third season faster than the years between one and two.
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