Goliath
Season Two 10/10
The
problem was Billy Bob Thornton. I am not what you would consider a
fan of the guy. I need to change that. I am a huge fan of him now
after watching season two of Goliath on Amazon. The first season was
really good and this second one wastes no time saying “Season one
was cute compared to the shit we're gonna show you this season!”
That is not even a knock on the first one seeing as how I gave it a
9/10. The was one character I did not like that affected that score.
But this season gets so intense that it took me two days to finish
one particular episodes because I did not know what the fuck was
going to happen to folks. This is gonna have some spoilers so don't
keep reading if you plan on checking this out. Hell, even if
something gets spoiled you should still watch because this was eight
pure episodes of an amazing show.
I have
been trying my damnedest to get more people to watch this show not
just because I loved it so much but because I want more quality shows
like this made. Thornton is back as lawyer Billy McBride. After last
season he has a lot of cash but still chooses to stay in a hotel and
get drunk every night. He is walked home one night by the owner who
tells him that his gang member sons were shot and killed. His son
ends up being arrested for a second murder who is considered the good
son and asks Billy to represent him. Billy declines but sets him up
with someone else. Next thing you know dude gets murdered in broad
daylight. Immediately Billy knows some shit is up because these
crimes and killings are bigger than they need to be.
Ana de
la Reguera plays Marisol Silva who is running for mayor. I had no
idea that her story was going to be as complicated as it was and
super evil. Not as evil as a couple other people this season but
still. She bad. She wants the kid accused of murder set free because
he was a good example of one of her programs for teens worked. Some
very powerful people want her to drop this shit and she refuses to.
She starts visiting and boning down with Billy. It seems pretty
straight forward until you find out that she is working with Tom Wyatt
played by Mark Duplass. I am gonna get into a bit of spoilers with
this guy right now because something happened that made him by far
one of the strangest, most twisted characters in television.
Okay.
So he gets to his home one day and sits down and grabs a fancy ass
remote. By this point we have seen him lose his temper and attack
someone with a tennis racket, shouts at people, and be petty and cut
some flowers and dump the dirt on Marisol's desk. Anyhoot, so he
comes home and grabs this remote. He requests an H.R. Pufnstuf song
in this makeshift kitchen. I thought it was on a screen but it is
another room. This woman sits in a wheelchair and removes her
prosthetic leg. Next a “mom” comes in and starts rubbing ointment
on her stump. He proceeds to grab some lotion and get to jerking it.
Shit made me drop my remote. I asked out loud “What the fuck am I
even watching right now?!” They end up explaining this and you even
learn where the woman with one leg (the mom has one arm) came from.
You also learn why there are so many people with missing limbs in
this show.
Nina
Arianda returns as Patty Solis-Papagian and I love her in this show
and want to be her friend in real life. Billy gets her involved in
this case and she is not super excited. We get to meet the family
that adopted her and see why she acts the way she does. We also get a
taste of her self sabotaging behavior. Billy's daughter Denise played
by Diana Hopper is back and living in Venice. She wants her dad to
stop drinking and self sabotaging relationships. She loves that he is
with someone she admires like Marisol but of course does not know the
real deal. There is a scene where she ends up leaving some angry
drunk messages and drunk driving like an idiot. I like the
combination of her and Patty keeping Billy in check. They are also
targets that can be used to get to Billy and the more he tries to
protect them the worse shit gets.
One
thing I like most about this show other than the acting, directing,
writing, and music is that I am wrong a lot. I have discovered over
the last few years that I enjoy being tricked by clever writing. Each
time I pointed an accusatory finger at someone I was wrong. They
don't do it in a you'll never figure this out way either. They just
do it so well you don't expect it. There were so many times that this
show could have gone in a comfortable direction and decided not to.
If you have not seen this show I suggest you watch season one an two
and enjoy one of the best seasons of a television ever. There is so
much more I want to say but I want folks to be super shocked while
watching this.
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