Sick Note – Season 2 Review

Sick Note

Binging this show is a bit weird, since there’s no story gap between Seasons 1 and 2, making the Season 1 cut-off feel out of place. There are definitely some major shifts that take place in Season 2, though. The Kenny West character leaves, thank God. His cartoonish vulgarity was too much. And then we have Lindsay Lohan to replace him. It’s great to see her acting again, although she does seem a bit rusty. The biggest disruption, however, is the arrival of Will. I think Will would have worked better as an online-only presence that still managed to screw with Daniel. Showing us Will in real life was a mistake, mostly because Will is just as unlikable as everyone else on this show.

So Sick Note is one of those shows where every character is either a selfish asshole or unrealistically daft, making it hard to like, root for, or empathize with anyone. While I enjoy mean comedies like Always Sunny and The League, the scenarios have to be somewhat grounded, and the characters’ terribleness needs to affect them more than it does their neighbors. In Sick Note, however, the shenanigans at play—cancer fakeouts, drug deals—keep getting more and more people killed. Sure, I get that this is a dark comedy, a British Breaking Bad parody if you will, but it’s not dark enough and not funny enough to pull it off.

Sick Note is more of a comedy of errors. The only reason Daniel and Dr. Glennis get away with anything is because the universe continues to shower them with lucky coincidences that can be pretty aggravating for the viewer. I think I still enjoyed the show overall, though. It’s hard to tell, because, in the age of streaming content, this is quintessential “binge and forget it” material. It’s amusing and fast-paced and strings you along with legitimate cliffhangers, but I say that with only a hint of praise. It’s not particularly clever or particularly memorable. Rather, it passes the time when nothing else is on. And, frankly, that’s where we are with Netflix shows now.

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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.