I'm in the minority, but I've been besotted with the 2nd season. To me, it's a ratcheted up, even high-stakes story and the expanded canvas has been stunningly realized. Of course holes self-present. The dystopia Atwood created arrives with many questions (you could spend hours parsing how the economy works, i.e, the Fruit Loops make it to Canada, but did Kellogg's move there? Once you start...) The show reminds me of "The Leftovers," in that a set of new sensibilities took a brilliant construct and while honoring it deepened and widened its canvas. I forgive any of the lapses, because the moment to moment nuances are breathtakingly complex, and the society portrayed so brilliantly realized (Episode 3, with the Muslim econofamily forced to hide June just took my breath away). So much of it is thoughtfully worked out, so many scenes already have an iconic, culture-and era defining quality, it's just unmissable. Bruce Miller and team have created something that will forever be a marker of these times, but also a stunning piece of narrative storytelling. I'm in awe, and only hope they can sustain. I suspect they can.
"Support?" Ha! In high praise of Warhovksy, Bledel, and the simply heart-stopping work of Samira Wiley.
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
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