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Scribbles About TV: The Santa Clarita Diet Season 2

So I watched this a while ago... when it first came out actually and I liked it a lot... but I didn't want to bingewatch it and I ended up bingewatching it all in one day... so I wanted to go back and watch it a little bit at a time... and then review it.

And of corse... by that time I forgot to review it- so that's why I'm reviewing it now lol. This might be one of my favorite comedies on Netflix... I think I like it more than Grace and Frankie but less than Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. I thought the first season was really great and suspenseful... although less violent than I thought it would be. This season I think was a little bit more violent and a little bit more suspenseful... but honestly... a little bit more funny.

I think they kind of did a lot this season too... I didn't think we would find out what exactly caused Sheila's sickness... I didn't think that the serum they were working on last season would work right away... but I was kind of happy about that. We still don't really know everything about the past behind Sheila's sickness... and there were still a few things that weren't solved like what's the deal with Mr. Ball-Legs and we have the guy from Happy Endings and his wife that were looking for Sheila... I feel like this show probably won't last all that long... but they do have some things in for next season.

The thing that really makes the show perfect is the relationship between Sheila and Joel... and Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant are perfect together! I think their comedic timing just sort of makes sense together and they just play off of each other really well... and their chemistry is great. I think Olyphant is particularly hilarious throughout the series... and he isn't really known for his comedy... so I just think he's surprisingly amazing.

And Drew Barrymore is obviously amazing... I just like her a lot. I think she's gorgeous and funny and talented... and I want to meet her because I feel like we'd be friends... and she's incredibly famous but she never really acts stuck up or anything.

I kind of mentioned yesterday in my Love, Simon review how much I loved the friendships in the movie... but this show showed some great friendships too... and a lot of it was developing unlikely friendships. They have Joel's friendship with Gary... which is just really funny and down to earth. And Sheila's friendship with Anne... who is an amazing cop that has all but figured out what Sheila and Joel have been doing... and she becomes very important at the end of the show.

This also kind of shows Sheila and Joel's morals. They feel like they could solve their problems if they killed Anne, but they can't because she's a good person and Sheila's friend. They also could kill Gary... but they struggle with that... and it's just kind of a nice structure to the show- in my opinion. I liked it a lot.

So overall... I really liked this season. I thought it improved the series a lot and it added some good elements and it made the show better!

Hope you guys like this review!

Byeee!
-Shannon

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