, with back-to-back episodes, as brilliant as ever, with its cultural specificity, magic realism, sense of place, impeccable performances and strangely heartbreaking comedy writing all in place. The first season created a world strong enough to survive the fact that the four young protagonists, once banded, are for the moment splintered.
But perhaps the greatest joy of these first episodes comes from the rivalry of elder recurring players Gary Farmer, as Uncle Brownie, and Wes Studi, as Bucky, who work out old business in a sideways fashion, ending in a nice tribute to Tom Petty. —thrashes with goodness. The Netflix movie takes the familiar framework of high school outsiders banding together for competition and makes something fresh, original and fun.
Nothing will ever make me want to go back to the office. Remote or die.