The first season of “Russian Doll” was a riff on trauma therapy using a time loop, forcing its two protagonists to relive their pain in order to overcome it.
Season 2 digs deeper, interrogating generational trauma through time travel.
Our two heroes, Nadia (Natasha Lyonne) and Alan (Charlie Barnett), accidentally discover the ability to time-travel using a New York City landmark, and it forces them to reconcile more than just their own pasts. The second season takes place four years after the events of season 1, with Nadia looking forward to (and dreading) her 40th birthday.
Then, one day, she accidentally stumbles through the time…The post Russian Doll Season 2 Review: Unstacking Generational Trauma Once More, With Feeling appeared first on /Film.
Read full article