Friends From College – Season 2 Review

Friends From College

I really didn’t care for Season 1 of this show, but I’m always curious if bad TV can learn from its mistakes. The opening scene of Season 2 certainly seemed self-aware of its own awfulness when a character sums up the previous year as an “epic shitshow” that nobody liked. With Season 1’s big affair out in the open, the characters aren’t quite as terrible as they once were, though it’s hard to forgive/forget what the inciting incident was leading into the new season. These episodes are all about the fall-out of the affair and how it ruined pretty much everyone’s lives. Which, again, begs the question… why is this show called “Friends” From College?

Season 2 actually is better, though. I’ll give them that. There were some fairly funny sight gags and word play throughout, but when the show goes for broader humor, it’s still really cringey. Not Office or Curb cringey, just… blatantly trying too hard to be funny. This kind of humor feels even more out of place considering the rest of the show wants to be a serious drama. Some of it works, but most of the time, it’s hard to feel any sympathy for people who haven’t done much to redeem themselves. They still don’t get along with each other. They still use people and sleep around. But it’s supposed to be okay now because they’re more honest about it? Baby steps, I guess…

Reviewer

Clark
I love gaming so much, I wrote a book about it.

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Clark

I love gaming so much, I wrote a book about it.