I liked the first season of "The Flight Attendant" but one of the things I liked about it was that it felt like a self-contained story, with its Murder/Mystery being resolved across the run time. I didn't think that the second season would be able to get away with yet more amateur sleuthing and, whilst I certainly didn't hate this run, I think I was about right.
Having relocated to Los Angeles and approaching one year sober, Cassie (Kaley Cuoco) is moonlighting as a CIA asset. In Berlin, a target she has been following is murdered in a car bomb and a woman who looks uncannily like her becomes the prime suspect. Annie (Zosia Mamet) and Max (Deniz Akdeniz) come to visit Cassie, only to become embroiled in that murder and what connection, if any, it has to Megan's (Rosie Perez) defection to Korean.
I mean, I can't stress enough that this was certainly reasonable enough entertainment. The performances are good, especially from Cuoco who gets to delve even more into the alcoholic aspect of her life than she did previously. There's an excellent guest turn from Sharon Stone as Cassie's mother. Stone is very deserving of the career renaissance that she's having. This season adds some great new cast members, like Cheryl Hines, Mo McRae, Mae Martin and Jessie Ennis. Everyone does well.
I couldn't shake the feeling that it was all a bit unnecessary though. Maybe that's the wrong terminology, what TV is "necessary"? Maybe it's more that this story was told and this second season felt more like a remix than a genuine continuation. It was reasonably clever how some of the aspects were hit again but others felt crowbarred in.
Again, don't get me wrong, this was alright. But I don't feel like we needed it and I certainly don't feel like they should make any more.
Having relocated to Los Angeles and approaching one year sober, Cassie (Kaley Cuoco) is moonlighting as a CIA asset. In Berlin, a target she has been following is murdered in a car bomb and a woman who looks uncannily like her becomes the prime suspect. Annie (Zosia Mamet) and Max (Deniz Akdeniz) come to visit Cassie, only to become embroiled in that murder and what connection, if any, it has to Megan's (Rosie Perez) defection to Korean.
I mean, I can't stress enough that this was certainly reasonable enough entertainment. The performances are good, especially from Cuoco who gets to delve even more into the alcoholic aspect of her life than she did previously. There's an excellent guest turn from Sharon Stone as Cassie's mother. Stone is very deserving of the career renaissance that she's having. This season adds some great new cast members, like Cheryl Hines, Mo McRae, Mae Martin and Jessie Ennis. Everyone does well.
I couldn't shake the feeling that it was all a bit unnecessary though. Maybe that's the wrong terminology, what TV is "necessary"? Maybe it's more that this story was told and this second season felt more like a remix than a genuine continuation. It was reasonably clever how some of the aspects were hit again but others felt crowbarred in.
Again, don't get me wrong, this was alright. But I don't feel like we needed it and I certainly don't feel like they should make any more.