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Bad isnt the right word, because it doesnt capture how hilarious and striking the show can be.
Good isnt a great fit, either.
In season one that was Me Too, and the Las Vegas shooting massacre, and wildfires in California.
Season twos obvious targets are COVID, the 2020 election, and Black Lives Matter.
Alex and Bradley fight about the presidential debate, but only as a platform for their rivalry.
Who will moderate it?
What will the optics be?
How does all of this look?
Who comes off well?
How will this affect the shows ratings?
Its thatThe Morning Showcant fully commit to that as its guiding worldview.
The action stops, the music swells.
The camera lingers on their faces, and the implication is that this should be moving.
But the show cant stop swerving into moments of high sentiment.
The show wants towantto be a show about caring.
All of that fails to capture the reality that this season ofThe Morning Showis just plain weird.
Its like a medieval illustration of an elephant drawn by an artist whos never seen an elephant before.
Do humans act … like this?
Would this be a reasonable thing for a disgraced TV anchor to do?
The rough outline might be close-ish, but the details arewild.
But her specific actions in almost every scene are utterly bananas.
Everyone involved seems to think this is normal and an effective way to give feedback.)
By the finale, characters are making choices that defy all recognizable human impulses.
An inaccurate medieval illustration of an elephant is still charming, after all.
Or at the very least, entertaining.
Whatever else it may be doing, the second season ofThe Morning Showgives you plenty to watch.
