Don’t Watch ‘Fleabag’ Season 2 Unless You’ve Got Fresh Batteries in Your Vibrator

You’re going to hear a lot about how great Fleabag Season 2 is, and it is. But the shocking part about it all is HOW great it is. Like, unbelievably great. Perhaps the best six consecutive episodes of a television show you’ll watch all year. And without a doubt, the sexiest.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge returns to cement her genius status as the creator, writer, and star of the series that finds her character, Fleabag, continuing to grapple with the death of her best friend Boo (Jenny Rainsford). If she’s coping in healthier ways this time around, well, that’s up to you to judge, but suffice to say if she was completely, we wouldn’t have this wonderful new batch of episodes. She’s also working on repairing her relationship with her sister Claire (Sian Clifford, who is excellent this season as well), and continuing to destroy her relationship with her brother-in-law Martin (Brett Gelman, who is brilliantly terrible and capitalizes on every opportunity to be bitchy and creepy).

But it is her unique friendship with a “cool priest” played by Andrew Scott that is sure to have audiences buzzing (pun intended). The actors have worked together in theater productions before, so there’s a natural chemistry between them already. But the way the spark between the characters bursts into a fire from episode to episode is nothing short of a masterpiece. It’s one of the most unique and investing relationships in a TV show, and the way things ebb and flow between the two as they get to know each other allows for this season to not have one weak moment amongst its six perfect and surprising half-hour episodes.

Anyone who remotely liked Season 1 of the Amazon series is nearly guaranteed to love this season just as much, though likely much more. The details are all there, in the effective, funny, and razor sharp dialogue that keeps each episode moving along swiftly. It feels as though we get even more straight-to-camera glances from Waller-Bridge, a knowing confirmation that she’s feeling what we’re feeling in those moments, too. And that Fleabag didn’t just wipe away the grief that underlies so many decisions she makes (good and bad, really) only helps us to care even more about her and those in her life.

It’s nice that there’s even more family stuff this time around, and that we’re able to see the functioning of the dysfunctional relationship with her sister who is given much more (and more fun) to work with this season. Plus, Olivia Colman as Godmother is used absolutely perfectly here. As is, really, the presence of religion which is never shoved down viewers’ throats, but used to illustrate Fleabag’s often questionable (but always highly entertaining) moves. It’s the perfect reminder that after viewing this season, you might want to go to Confession too — and it will be so, so worth it.

Because, again, it’s the incredibly complicated moments between Waller-Bridge and Scott on-screen that will have you screaming – literally and figuratively. He is a dream of an acting match for her and you won’t want to tear your eyes away from watching them for a single moment. In an era where many second seasons of streaming series stumble, Waller-Bridge once again makes it look like a hilarious, sexy breeze. Overall, Fleabag Season 2 is as unapologetic as its leading lady and about as flawless of a season of television one could ever hope for. That we get to watch it with our very own eyes is proof that we are truly #blessed.

Fleabag premieres May 17 on Prime Video.

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