34/13
Attacks by various guests and employees of the luxury resort during the week.. HBO renewed the series for a second season, even though the show was intended as a limited one-season miniseries. The show is said to be an anthology-style series with new characters for each season. HBO has done this before (to widespread acclaim) with True Detective (2014). Featured in Jeremy Vine: Episode #4.175 (2021). Although some of the first season was cringe-worthy. This second season is about as masterful as anyone could hope for. It starts off a little slow, the first episode, but soon finds its feet and impresses again and again and captivates me like I haven’t quite experienced. It feels like a review of every thought I’ve ever had at a resort, many of which I had long since forgotten. On that score alone, it’s a joy, but don’t worry, it’s well beyond flirting with operatic heights of drama and beauty, which is only fitting given its location in Sicily. Considering the excellence of the acting and the seeming ease of the story I have to say that Mike White, this series' god, is some kind of unsung genius. The guy seems oblivious to boundaries and one of the sharpest details I’ve ever seen.
