Season 2 completes the series with Tom, who tries to do Greg's tasks with inhaling waste at ATN. In those moments, Greg wonders about some of the things that have to do with the split media port and tries to find out if it's right for him. On the other hand, Connor and Willa host a party during that period to mark their return to New York, and Shiv tries to attract Tom through an episode about her future at Waystar.
Armstrong's series blends genres smoothly, stretching out the propulsive slew of insults found in Armando Ianucci's political satire while trimming the fat from David Benioff and D.B. Weiss' bloated fantasy universe.
The second season feels like a contemporary Shakespearean play with hints of Hamlet, King Lear, and even Macbeth which this show is really striving for.
The jockeying for favor can be devastating in its degradation, but also horribly amusing, with pungent writing and cunning performances that elevate familial blood sport to a profane art form.
With Logan Roy fully operative, Season 2 of HBO's anti-wealth drama picks up right where it left off and dives even deeper into the dark pit of its central family.
The series may be a gripping family drama, but much of its power comes from a tendency to view that familial dysfunction from an angle that magnifies the show's darkly comedic sensibilities.
