D goes off on a tear, risking everything for the person he loves. That crazy DA is psychotic and sees Chance as his number one adversary. He is a killer like a shark with the emotionless eyes. Nicole is back and refuses to have anything to do with her mother. We have a sentencing hearing coming up and that will be a tipping point. Unfortunately, it doesn't look so good. Bring on #10.
3 Reviews
Episode 209
bobcobb30128 November 2017
Warning: Spoilers
Chance has had a strong, under the radar second season. I wish the fight scene with D was a little bit longer, but it also makes sense that he quickly disposed of his foe and did not have an overly theatric battle.
I am not sure how they will deal with Dr. Chance in jail. Will there be a time jump in a potential Season 3? It doesn't matter now though because they have me curious about the season finale next week. After that, then we can start worrying about a potential third season.
I am not sure how they will deal with Dr. Chance in jail. Will there be a time jump in a potential Season 3? It doesn't matter now though because they have me curious about the season finale next week. After that, then we can start worrying about a potential third season.
"A Madness of Two" Season 2, Ep. 9 SPOILERS
hilaryjrp22 November 2017
Warning: Spoilers
MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE
Faith. Love. Hope. Yes, it sounds like a religious sermon, and, unless the finale totally messes up this ninth and all preceding episodes of this season, this show will do you more good than reading whatever holy book your particular belief system uses for inspiration.
First: All is Lost. This isn't a spoiler, not for anyone who watched the previous episode. Second: Ethan Suplee needs to be recognized by his industry this year. Early in "A Madness of Two," he and Chance have a long conversation that will break the hardest heart. Darius Pringle "never even took Lorena" to a movie. But he had Chinese food with her. He had pie with her. And in this episode, he gets a toy with their Happy Meals. The way Suplee manages to mix the most extreme violence of this series with Boy Scout purity of motive is way more important to Lorena than going to a frickin' movie.
"A Madness of Two" has to be about faith, because of how dire the situations of all Season 2's heroes--Chance, D, and Nicole--are. And Chance as usual tries selflessly to conform with social expectations. Lucy, who becomes a real hero herself in this episode, says at one point to him: "You've got to figure out a way to *be* in this world, Doc." The dark truth for men or women like Chance, who want to respect social norms but be good and have integrity, is that there is NO way for such people to "be in this world." At least as of Episode 9, there isn't. So everything that Chance does or reacts to here at the twenty-fifth hour is an act of faith.
Love: If you don't get a tear in your eye at, like, a dozen points in this episode, you have no heart. An encounter between Chance and Nicole is textbook, How to be a Dad. The fact that his offspring is female is even more significant, considering the prospects the naive girl has in her fairy-tale haven. This is the only weak part of the episode: Nicole's segue from wilderness to civilization. But if any series deserves to be cut some slack in the despair department, it's "Chance." And a shout-out to Greta Lee in her role. Lucy isn't a major character but in all her episodes this season, Lee gives the role of prickly millennial depths that make you want to see her again, and that's what limited series are all about.
Charity: Aside from Lucy--very little. Velerio turns out to be a worthy successor to Hynes, as does a new detective from out of town; and for a very short time, it looks as if Lambert at least will go down instead of Chance. A touching and ironic sequence within a courtroom shows how much Chance's avenging goodness has meant to certain people; and the failure of an accuser to show up to testify for the prosecution only argues more strongly that Chance should be treated with mercy. But just as we're gullible enough to believe the world will work in a way that will let him "be" in it-- The world, the flesh, and the devil step in and show that all the mercy in the hearts of powerless people means absolutely nothing. Darius Pringle, survival artist extraordinaire, the Boxer incarnate, is right: Might is the only Right.
Whatever the words of your particular holy book, if you have one, regarding the way men and women of courage should act when all is lost: "A Madness of Two" exemplifies them. Brilliant.
Faith. Love. Hope. Yes, it sounds like a religious sermon, and, unless the finale totally messes up this ninth and all preceding episodes of this season, this show will do you more good than reading whatever holy book your particular belief system uses for inspiration.
First: All is Lost. This isn't a spoiler, not for anyone who watched the previous episode. Second: Ethan Suplee needs to be recognized by his industry this year. Early in "A Madness of Two," he and Chance have a long conversation that will break the hardest heart. Darius Pringle "never even took Lorena" to a movie. But he had Chinese food with her. He had pie with her. And in this episode, he gets a toy with their Happy Meals. The way Suplee manages to mix the most extreme violence of this series with Boy Scout purity of motive is way more important to Lorena than going to a frickin' movie.
"A Madness of Two" has to be about faith, because of how dire the situations of all Season 2's heroes--Chance, D, and Nicole--are. And Chance as usual tries selflessly to conform with social expectations. Lucy, who becomes a real hero herself in this episode, says at one point to him: "You've got to figure out a way to *be* in this world, Doc." The dark truth for men or women like Chance, who want to respect social norms but be good and have integrity, is that there is NO way for such people to "be in this world." At least as of Episode 9, there isn't. So everything that Chance does or reacts to here at the twenty-fifth hour is an act of faith.
Love: If you don't get a tear in your eye at, like, a dozen points in this episode, you have no heart. An encounter between Chance and Nicole is textbook, How to be a Dad. The fact that his offspring is female is even more significant, considering the prospects the naive girl has in her fairy-tale haven. This is the only weak part of the episode: Nicole's segue from wilderness to civilization. But if any series deserves to be cut some slack in the despair department, it's "Chance." And a shout-out to Greta Lee in her role. Lucy isn't a major character but in all her episodes this season, Lee gives the role of prickly millennial depths that make you want to see her again, and that's what limited series are all about.
Charity: Aside from Lucy--very little. Velerio turns out to be a worthy successor to Hynes, as does a new detective from out of town; and for a very short time, it looks as if Lambert at least will go down instead of Chance. A touching and ironic sequence within a courtroom shows how much Chance's avenging goodness has meant to certain people; and the failure of an accuser to show up to testify for the prosecution only argues more strongly that Chance should be treated with mercy. But just as we're gullible enough to believe the world will work in a way that will let him "be" in it-- The world, the flesh, and the devil step in and show that all the mercy in the hearts of powerless people means absolutely nothing. Darius Pringle, survival artist extraordinaire, the Boxer incarnate, is right: Might is the only Right.
Whatever the words of your particular holy book, if you have one, regarding the way men and women of courage should act when all is lost: "A Madness of Two" exemplifies them. Brilliant.
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