Casual
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Universal acclaim- based on 13 Ratings
- Summary: The comedy returns for a second season of the lives of Alex (Tommy Dewey), Valerie (Michaela Watkins) and Valarie's daughter Laura (Tara Lynne Barr).
- Genre(s): Comedy
- Season 2 premiere date: Jun 7, 2016
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Casual may seem like another snarky commentary on modern romance, but its dirty little secret, and the reason it more than sustains itself in a second season (and, Hulu willing, many more to come), is that the main characters quixotically believe they can fix themselves.
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Watching their [Alex and Laura's] relationship deepen is a highlight. [3 Jun 2016, p.102]
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Casual still stands out among this group [of lo-fi dramas] because the writing and performances are so specific and so smart that it doesn't feel like a spin-off of six other shows.
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Season two proves emphatically (having seen six of the 10) that the first was no fluke.
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Casual leans a little too easily into some familiar elements. Still, the psychological through-lines hold up, allowing the series a bit of leeway while sifting through territory a bit beneath its overall ambition.
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All in all, Casual’s thematic restart is one that broadens the show in the best of ways. It allows the characters to wade in interesting new waters, without skimping on the bad behavior and quips about Treme that attracted audiences to the show’s first season.
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Casual proceeds from a place of diffidence, of setting up the mildest of jokes and seeing how softly the show can make them land.
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