Rectify Season 2 returns with Daniel Holden, a free man after 19 years on death row, who now realizes that in order to live, he must do whatever it takes to finally put his past behind him. Daniel';;;;s doctor decides it is time to wake Daniel up from his coma. Teddy has several ideas on how to make more money off the struggling tire shop. Jon Stern visits Hollis, a client who is on death row and has failed an appeal after lying about his DNA, tarnishing Jon';;;;s perfect record for appeals.
We're often accustomed to programs that leap forward through large chunks of time but Rectify is a methodical piece about conversations and moments more than a sprawling narrative.
The joy of last season's discovery has given way to a hope that Rectify's continued strong performances won't be snuffed out by a steady downbeat of characters' lives further unraveling.
An extremely ungenerous feeling came over me as I watched the first three episodes of the second. It was that itch of impatience you get when you would like someone to get over something horrible already, but only because you, anyway, are exhausted by it.
There is nothing else on television quite like it, and for those who have the patience to sit through Daniel's still, slow journey, the emotional rewards are enormous.
Rectify isn't a whodunit, and that frees it up to explore all kinds of big questions about redemption, forgiveness, the double-edged sword that is freedom, the reach of maternal love, the subjectivities of time, and the purpose of religious belief.
