Jeff Bridges“Returning to FX for Season 2 of” old man It was always going to be a tough call for the show to get a near-perfect critical response for its first season. That proved to be the case as the first episode of the new season received a divided opinion from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, earning a 50% rating on the Tomatometer. While there have only been six reviews so far, that’s a significant drop from the 97% the first season received.
old man The series premiered in 2022 to strong viewership and an exceptional set of reviews. The first season, which leveraged the star power of Bridges and John Lithgow, may have offered a slow-paced drama, but the sheer power of its main stars was enough for many to go along for the ride. However, despite the “old men” spending more screen time together this time around, it seems they haven’t been able to wow viewers in quite the same way they did in season one of season two.
It seems that while ShockerAmin Arzoo pointed out that the season benefits from “to be significantly more established” while Audio Visual ClubSamantha Nelson of The New York Times said the series still has some staying power, though. “Savagely distinctive battles” The show seems to lean towards long storytelling relative to others, which means the opening episode is very slow. Kaya Shunya from Roger Ebert.com He says that the series “It keeps getting worse as it goes on.” Thanks to the absence of the world “A culture that was interested in sponsoring longer television seasons.” Nick Shager from Daily Beast“Too many errors in the calculations” From the first appearance of the second season makes it “A stark shell of its former self.”
Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow finally share screen time in The Old Man season 2
Although they are industry veterans, prior to their pairing, old manJeff Bridges and John Lithgow had never met before. And even when they finally got together on the show, the first season didn’t give them much of a chance to work together either. As Lithgow explained to TVLine:
We barely worked together in the first season. That was part of the real power of the first season: I knew these two parallel lines were going to come together, and they did.
Most of the time, Harold Harper (Lithgow) and Dan Chase (Bridges) only communicated by phone, and even then, according to Lithgow, the only person listening to their phone calls was the script supervisor, not Bridges. However, the second season addresses this issue by bringing the two series leads together on a “crazy mission.” Lithgow said:
Chase had been living a settled life in Vermont, and [Harper has] “I was working in an office in Washington. And so we were thrown into the wilderness on this crazy mission to find this young woman who had been kidnapped, a needle in a haystack. We were thrown into this whirlpool, and I thought it was very exciting.”
Whether the public will comply old man But it remains to be seen whether the season will be as exciting and suspenseful as it gets, and the promise of more action as the season progresses may be enough to make some early reviews seem a bit premature.
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New episodes are released on FX/Disney+ (Star), depending on your region, every Thursday.
