User Reviews

Messy, surreal, chaotic start to season 2 of what was, back in 2020, pretty much the only COVID-era hit TV show. This episode successfully creates a sense of displacement in time and space. Cassie certainly leads a busy life, doesn't she? It also seems a bit more serious than the first season, which I like, as I thought that was just a tad too frivolous. 8/10.

Cassie confesses that she lives in LA, dates Marco, is a part-time waitress, is still flying and is 2 days from her AA one-year chip. A novel setting, with the potential to irritate, expertly sets the scene without feeling contrived. We quickly meet the key characters, some familiar and some new. Then ...

A crescendo of action as Cassie is immediately embroiled in an exciting, escalating mystery. She is in jeopardy throughout, right up to an intriguing final cliff-hanger.

Production wise, the use of split-screen is much better and I love the new Warhol/Escher kaleidoscope opening credits.

A superb opener, indeed a masterclass on how to do it!

Having "turned her life around", Cassie sets out to be the heroine that even the CIA just has to admire, although she continues to think and act as she did when she was actively drunk, lying, screwing up and dismissing Everything she does with a simple and lame, "I'm sorry, I know I screwed up".

This episode is Extremely Predictable rendering it without mystery or drama.

It also has its share of absurdities such as a bright red coat while inconspicuously following someone through half of the city and not being noticed, not to mention a complete cast of dim-witted characters who believe everything she says and do as she asks, never so much as scolding her, even when she breaks CIA rules.

Production wise, one can grow as tired of the split screen as we did of the non-stop circling camera which some director think that its the greatest thing since sliced bread.