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Finished the series. It's hard to compare it to first season, since the indictment of the inherent voyeurism of the true crime genre from S1 was surprising, while anyone coming into S2 is going to be expecting social commentary. I liked that they were able to go a different direction with the commentary, and it felt like there were fewer contrived coincidences (eg. Rafferty's trashed office, Mackenzie's 11th hour twitch video) to move the investigation forward. If I'm critical of anything, it's that season 1 had a heavy emphasis on the impact of people's secrets being spread, to the extent where Peter gets admonished heavily by Sara Pearson in the final episode for airing her hookup list out for everyone to see. This season, it's like he learned nothing from that, and is happily engaged in journalistic overreach, even stating that he's trying to drive a wedge in between Lou and Demarcus. Hell, his text letting Grayson know the jig was up precipitated the entire final dump, and no one calls him out on how hosed up that was. It even resulted in a happy ending for Demarcus, and in the resignation of two corrupt teachers. I'm sure the writers didn't want to retread the same ground that was explored in S1 in favor of commenting on people masking themselves and the inherent loneliness that it brings upon us, but it made Peter and Sam feel less like genuine characters and more like storytelling devices. I think I laughed harder this season, and I think there were better one-liners compared to before. I'm just disappointed that Pat Mickelwaith managed to be a running gag for the entire first season, while the contents of Drew's video only got introduced with about 30 minutes left in the final episode.
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Lycus posted:In the middle of 207: Immediately, I'm 99% sure that "Brooke Wheeler" doesn't exist and Jenna was catfished. Seems obvious. 
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Sep 16, 2018 21:22
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It's Bellevue, Washington, though your point still stands. And yes, they didn't retread season 1's themes, or hot janitor would definitely have gotten fired from the school he transferred to for being a student's shroom hookup. The opening credits also reveal the cameo we all knew would come, about 5 minutes into Ep. 8: 
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