I remember the first season (2021) as very entertaining, even impressive, for the solid (but complex) story, the good acting and the inventive design, telling the story simultaneously in three different time-spans. I could say exactly the same for this season 2, albeit that the story has no relation to season 1 and the characters (and actors) are totally different. But again an intricate story of love, friendship, deceit and in the end murder; and again we follow all major characters and the story in three subsequent time-zones, with gradually in each episode unfolding more of the true events and the motives of the characters.
Again the acting is excellent, especially Lexi Underwood is very convincing as the mysterious, mischievous and sensual Isabelle, and I had a soft spot for Griffin Gluck. Sadie Stanley is as Meghan the pivot of the series, and does a fine job too, although I got slightly annoyed by her constant childish giggling in the scenes where she still was meant to be her innocent and untainted teenage self.
If anything, my main reservation concerns the aforementioned shifting through time, however inventive that may be. When you within every episode have to jump forwards or backwards in time every five minutes, this can get a bit tiresome; at times it felt more like working than enjoying, to keep track of the correct chronology. They provided Isabelle and Meghan with changed hairdo's and looks for every time-zone, so that helped a bit (although the change in Meghan was strangely extreme, from giggling goody-two-shoe teen to a slick, pierced, aloof adolescent, I mean, where did that come from?!).
With the very last scene they handed a nice bridge to a sequel; if so, I sure am game!
Again the acting is excellent, especially Lexi Underwood is very convincing as the mysterious, mischievous and sensual Isabelle, and I had a soft spot for Griffin Gluck. Sadie Stanley is as Meghan the pivot of the series, and does a fine job too, although I got slightly annoyed by her constant childish giggling in the scenes where she still was meant to be her innocent and untainted teenage self.
If anything, my main reservation concerns the aforementioned shifting through time, however inventive that may be. When you within every episode have to jump forwards or backwards in time every five minutes, this can get a bit tiresome; at times it felt more like working than enjoying, to keep track of the correct chronology. They provided Isabelle and Meghan with changed hairdo's and looks for every time-zone, so that helped a bit (although the change in Meghan was strangely extreme, from giggling goody-two-shoe teen to a slick, pierced, aloof adolescent, I mean, where did that come from?!).
With the very last scene they handed a nice bridge to a sequel; if so, I sure am game!