50/10
The exploits of various guests and employees of a luxury resort over the course of a week… HBO has renewed the series for a second season despite the show being intended as a limited one-season mini-series. The series is said to be an anthology series with new characters for each season. HBO has already done this (to widespread acclaim) with True Detective (2014). Featured in Jeremy Vine: Episode #4,175 (2021). While some of the first season was cringe-worthy. This second season is as masterful as anyone could hope for. It starts off a bit slow, the first episode, but it soon finds its feet and impresses over and over again, winning me over as if I were not exactly experienced. It feels like a review of every thought I’ve ever had about the resort, many of which I’ve long since forgotten. In that respect alone, it’s a delight, but don’t worry, it goes far beyond flirting with operatic heights of drama and beauty, which is entirely appropriate given its Sicilian setting. Considering the excellence of the acting and the seeming simplicity of the story, I would say that Mike White, this series' a creator, a kind of unsung genius. The guy seems oblivious to boundaries combined with one of the sharpest eyes for detail I’ve ever seen.
