Jocelyn (Lily-Rose Depp) is a broken woman.
If the first episode of The Idol only gave us glimpses of her inner turmoil through mentions of a dead mother and a subplot about a leaked intimate photograph, Episode 2, “Double Fantasy,” revels in the pop star’s physical and emotional bruises.
Shots of Jocelyn’s bloody feet and inner thigh are interspersed with images of smeared make-up, washed away by tears.
None of them, however, are as interesting as the moments in which the show’s protagonist is allowed to show her emotions through her own actions, whether by calling out her dead mother in the middle of a video shoot or by insisting on doing the same take over and over again.
It soon becomes clear to everyone around her that Jocelyn needs a support system — she needs a surrogate family now that her mother is gone.
But the family that…
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