There's something mythological about growing old. We've always been told that the fun stops at a certain point in your growth and that you're going to reach an age where it's pretty much impossible to find that lust for fun again. Dark? Yes, but that's just what I thought growing old was like. However, I'd like to think that there's a prettier picture. A picture like the one pointed in "The Kominsky Method," which seems to be about that second chance at life. I was surprised by the first season, but I knew what to expect from it, so this was everything I hoped for.
I was afraid when the episode began because I thought we would be entering a show that would be start all over again where we began in the first season. Luckily, that's not at all what happens here. Sandy and Norman are facing new problems in their lives, with Norman actually rekindling his relationship with an old friend, and Sandy finding out that his daughter is dating an older man. New problems for these characters that don't need to fight with anymore at this point. But the writing is still exciting and fresh, and the idea that there is always going to be something beautiful in everlasting friendship is present throughout the entire episode. It was lovely that the episode felt like it was chopped up into telling the two different stories but doing it through the character work that we'd seen from the first season. None of them are in a particularly happy place, but it seems like things are slowly shining. Well, at least for Norman. Sandy comes across as pretty miserable throughout the whole thing. There are some weird moments of awkwardness in the episode in a scene with Sandy and his acting class that felt like it took a little of the enjoyment away, but that was such a small portion that I was easily able to look past it. We're setting up for a ride through this second season and this is one of the few times where I'm actually happy that I can be able to binge a show.
"Chapter 9. An Actor Forgets" is a great entry into the second season of this show. It has the trademark humor of the show, and the chemistry between its two leads has never been better, and it seems like we're going to see a season that will change it up a little for the better.
I was afraid when the episode began because I thought we would be entering a show that would be start all over again where we began in the first season. Luckily, that's not at all what happens here. Sandy and Norman are facing new problems in their lives, with Norman actually rekindling his relationship with an old friend, and Sandy finding out that his daughter is dating an older man. New problems for these characters that don't need to fight with anymore at this point. But the writing is still exciting and fresh, and the idea that there is always going to be something beautiful in everlasting friendship is present throughout the entire episode. It was lovely that the episode felt like it was chopped up into telling the two different stories but doing it through the character work that we'd seen from the first season. None of them are in a particularly happy place, but it seems like things are slowly shining. Well, at least for Norman. Sandy comes across as pretty miserable throughout the whole thing. There are some weird moments of awkwardness in the episode in a scene with Sandy and his acting class that felt like it took a little of the enjoyment away, but that was such a small portion that I was easily able to look past it. We're setting up for a ride through this second season and this is one of the few times where I'm actually happy that I can be able to binge a show.
"Chapter 9. An Actor Forgets" is a great entry into the second season of this show. It has the trademark humor of the show, and the chemistry between its two leads has never been better, and it seems like we're going to see a season that will change it up a little for the better.
