Don't bother with this.
Sadly, I have to admit season 1, despite being predictable and tediously riddled with teenage angst and sophomoric drama, was not abysmal. Honestly, despite the incomprehensibly stupid narrative structure, bizarre (and largely inconsistent) internal logic, and desperately trite dialogue, the acting is actually decent enough to create a few sparse points of poignant tenderness.
However, the second season forgoes all the subtle nuances of the first season, instead choosing to amplify the crude adolescent melodrama into a soap-opera-esque mess of dumb.
I can't tell if the failure is the expansion of the budget or merely the inevitable conclusion of the faults of the first season--either way, a mediocre start collapses into a steaming pile of stupid.
Sadly, I have to admit season 1, despite being predictable and tediously riddled with teenage angst and sophomoric drama, was not abysmal. Honestly, despite the incomprehensibly stupid narrative structure, bizarre (and largely inconsistent) internal logic, and desperately trite dialogue, the acting is actually decent enough to create a few sparse points of poignant tenderness.
However, the second season forgoes all the subtle nuances of the first season, instead choosing to amplify the crude adolescent melodrama into a soap-opera-esque mess of dumb.
I can't tell if the failure is the expansion of the budget or merely the inevitable conclusion of the faults of the first season--either way, a mediocre start collapses into a steaming pile of stupid.