Of all the post Fleabag shows where a British female made a
half hour show with limited amount of episodes starring themselves, Back to
Life clicked with me the least. The lead character was just too unlikeable and
may have been better off in prison where she spent eighteen years, half her
life for luring her best friend to her death, even though there was more to that
story that was explored in the first season.
When season two starts, it has just been six weeks since Mari
was released from prison. Right after
being released from prison, she gave herself some hideous bangs. She upped that bad hair for the season season
by pulling out her old crimping iron which disturbingly manages to stay for the
entire season. It has not been three
weeks since she has talked to her mother despite still living with her parents.
Her father remains the best part of the season as he attempts
a social media campaign to help the environment. But he does have some competition this season
in a cop who would like any chance she can find to put Miri back in prison for any
reason. While the show is a bit funnier
in places, it does get much darker at times.
The second season does improve on the first, but still not something that
fully clicks together.
Back to Life airs Mondays at 10:00 on Showtime.
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