12/17
Using various guests and staff at 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 miniseries. The show is said to be an anthology-style series with new characters for each season. HBO has done this before (to general acclaim) with True Detective (2014).. Featured on Jeremy Vine: Episode #4.175 (2021). While 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 it soon finds its feet and impresses again and again, captivating me as if I wasn’t quite seasoned. It feels like a review of every thought I’ve ever had about a vacation resort, many of which I’d long since forgotten. From that perspective alone, it’s a pleasure, but don’t worry, the flirtation with operatic peaks of drama and beauty is something quite appropriate considering it’s set in Sicily. Given the excellent acting and effortless storytelling, I’d say Mike White, this series’ creator, is some kind of unsung genius. The guy seems to know no bounds, along with one of the sharpest eyes for detail I’ve ever seen.