Still a very nice show to watch, but it's starting to feel repetitive. While I am alright with the interviewees being over the top, I wish the "quirky" characters in the main cast were kept within the limits of realism.
Loved the first season, but this one felt very unnecessary. Wasn't anywhere near as funny as the first season either. Still worth a watch though.
Yet another great season from Ricky seeing a simple intelligent man going through his ups and downs and understanding that the way one person see's people isn't the only outlook on life.
Like season 1, this takes a couple of episodes to really become good and I have to say after the beautiful ending of season 1 that was a bit hard to swallow. But then it gets back on track and delivers some great moments. I cannot stand the therapist, though. I don't think he's that funny and it's the only character with no real development or usefulness in the overarching story.
So I binge watched this last night and my initial impressions are that it wasn't as good as the first series and I found the psychiatrist to be annoying in the extreme. This was just a bit over the top and the pub scene where the psychiatrist was with his cronies was cringeworthy. I will probably watch the series again as there were many really poignant and uplifting scenes. Gervais still does a great job of portraying the loss suffered by his character.
Season 2 Ranked: 5/5
Episode 1: 5/5
Episode 2: 5/5
Episode 3: 5/5
Episode 4: 5/5
Episode 5: 5/5
Episode 6: 5/5
I think this 2nd season is better than the 1st. Gervais has found the right amount of drama that fits this show.
Another good season. Just a continuation of the first one and what's wrong with that? Some real brutal moments in there though.
Review by WillBlockedParent2020-05-13T07:49:14Z— updated 2021-07-24T03:54:37Z
MY THOUGHTS ON SEASON 2:
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This was good, it was just shy of great though... Altogether it was funny, witty, emotional and at times even gripping but ultimately it fell short of what made season 1 so incredible. Season 1 had this magic about it; it felt fresh, the story was believable, the emotion felt raw and the jokes were hilarious but with this season everything just fell a little bit short.
I'm not saying this season was bad, it was far from bad, it was really good. Its just that the season wasn't needed in my opinion. Season one had a beautiful story that was written amazingly from start to finish. The ending felt perfect for it and I didn't see the need in continuing the story any further, the idea of this broken man finally finding a reason just to try and be happier was a good enough ending for me.
I understand why they created this season, to carry on with his story but I just really don't think it was necessary and I think because of how unnecessary it was this season took a brief fall for it and it showed in every aspect. The jokes weren't as funny, the emotion wasn't as raw and the story wasn't as gripping. They're more than likely going to create a season 3 and unfortunately I believe each season will slowly get worse and worse until finally the show is cancelled. This series really should have ended with season 1 and it would have been remembered as the amazing show it is. As I said though, it was good... Just nowhere near as good as season 1.