Netflixs duplicitous family drama, Bloodline, returns just as dark and dysfunctional as before.
Youre not roping me into anything.
Thats what familys for.
Second seasons are tricky.
Unfortunately,Bloodlineseems to suffer from many of these same issues for its sophomore year.
Huge cliffhangers are great if you know how to recover from them.
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The tagline for the first season of NetflixsBloodlinewas, Were not bad people.
But we did a bad thing.
Well this second season argues that maybe the Rayburnsare bad people after all.
Maybe theyre kind of the worst.
But I guess thats what this show is all about; the past is never really buried.
The show does a good job at playing Johns idealized version of himself against cold, hard reality.
Hesnotas in control as he thinks he is, and hes in constant repression and denial.
This complex that hes building pushes him further off the edge and makes him less and less empathetic.
A lost Kevin asks John, We had to do it, right?
Then when movementdoeshappen, it doesnt feel earned, either.
Even with less time to fill theres still plenty of fat.
Spacek does incredible work as she finally opens her eyes towards her mistreatment of Danny.
Bloodlinessecond season definitely ends on an apathetic shrug rather than the WTF posture-straightening that last year did.
Honestly, maybe the best thing at this point is to start locking this family up.
Its meant to be a moment that ties them together and hints at the rocky road ahead of them.
All ten episodes ofBloodlinessecond season are now available, only on Netflix.
This review is based on all ten hour-long episodes ofBloodlinessecond season
Rating:
2.5 out of 5
