Atlanta - Season 2, Episode 09: North of the Border
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'Alfred Miles' (Brian Tyree Henry) is a new hot rapper trying to understand the line between real life and street life. 'Darius' (Lakeith Lee Stanfield) is Alfred's right-hand man and visionary. 'Van' (Zazie Beetz) is Earn's best friend and the mother of Earn's daughter.
At their current trajectory, the split was bound to happen. But, of course, Earn has to fuck it up a little bit more, in what ultimately becomes a master-class performance in six parts.
And there it is: the serialized story that had been hiding in plain sight all along among the seemingly random short stories Atlanta has been telling throughout this superb second season.
After a string of existential one-offs for the characters of Atlanta, "North of the Border" sees the show's central posse reconvene for a somewhat normal episode.
Figuratively, [Earn's] been stripped bare, can't see due to his own poor choices, with his manhood humiliated, and dancing to another man's merciless tune. All that's missing is "Laffy Taffy" playing over the fight.
