Riviera Season 2 (2019) Review

So in prep for watching the third season of the show I have now watched the second season of Riviera and here is my review for it. The premise of the season sees after the events on the season 1 finale Georgina keeps hiding lies to keep her relationship with her family alive. 

Main Character 

I thought Julia Stiles was really good as Georgina Clios in the first season  but I think her character is written weaker this season though Stiles tries her best. Stiles is a strong actress and she is still a good lead character it is just Georgina isn't very interesting and it feels like the show wasn't sure how to develop her, I feel like this is more of an issue with the show then Sties herself and I just wish the show had done more to make her interesting. 

Supporting Characters

You know it isn't a great thing when Will Arnett is the best part of your show, he is really great here. He is a fun addition to the cast but he actually gives a strong and likeable performance and as I said he is easily the best character on this show. Lena Olin is back as Irina and I thought she was pretty good too, she shares plenty of scenes with Arnett and they are pretty fun to watch together on screen. But all the other characters are poorly written, All the new characters are dull and uninteresting and the returning characters such as Christos and Adriana are given nothing interesting to do and makes them an uninteresting and unimportant part of the show. 

Story 

The story is really uninteresting, it feels like they had plans for the first season and then got picked up for a second season and they had no idea what to do. The characters are given very little to do and it clearly shows and this season has one of the worst plot twists in a show ever and it makes no sense and really hurts the overall show. There are whole parts of the show that end without mention and as I said it was like the writers run out of ideas and what to do plot wise. 

Script

The script is probably the worst part of the show, as I mentioned in the plot, the show is so unfocused and it is like they had no idea what to do for this season. The dialogue does nothing to help things either, with the characters being uninteresting and the writing for the show being so poor. 

Style

The style for the show still looks pretty good, the Riviera looks beautiful and the show knows it and it is at least nice to look at. But the pacing of the show is terrible, I mean maybe this show could have been 6 episodes but it drags itself to 10 and it took me ages to force myself through all the episodes which says a lot. 

Overall

Overall, this is such a weak second season. I liked the first season of the show but you can just see that it never required a second season and that this show should have always been a one season show. 

Rating - 3/10