43/47
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, even though the show was originally intended to be a limited one-season miniseries. The show is said to be an anthology-style series with new characters each season. HBO already did this (with great success) with True Detective (2014). Featured on Jeremy Vine: Episode #4.175 (2021). Although some parts of the first season were disturbing. This second season is about as masterful as one could hope for. It starts a little slow, the first episode, but it soon finds its feet and impresses again and again, captivating me like I wasn’t used to it. It feels like a review of all the thoughts I had on vacation, many of which I had long forgotten. It's a pleasure for that alone, but don't worry, it goes far beyond that and flirts with the dramatic heights and beauty of opera, which is entirely appropriate given the setting in Sicily. Given the excellent acting and the apparent simplicity of the story, I have to say that Mike White, the creator of this series, is something of an unsung genius. The man seems to have no sense of limitations, coupled with one of the sharpest eyes for detail I've ever seen.