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Season 2
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 62 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 55 out of 62
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 62
  3. Negative: 2 out of 62
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  1. JimB.
    Aug 1, 2007
    3
    I just have to support "sean w", one of the only reviewers of both professionals and public that I actually agree with. Season 2 is so far inferior it is frightening. I say frightening because up to that point everything Gervais & Merchant had done was of such a high caliber that I felt convinced they had their finger firmly on the pulse of not only what makes a comedic concept work but I just have to support "sean w", one of the only reviewers of both professionals and public that I actually agree with. Season 2 is so far inferior it is frightening. I say frightening because up to that point everything Gervais & Merchant had done was of such a high caliber that I felt convinced they had their finger firmly on the pulse of not only what makes a comedic concept work but also of the pitfalls so typically experienced by other successful comedy creations that they seemed determined never to fall into it. That is, of fearing the loss of greater public appeal and so resorting to cheap clichéd one-joke formulas to replace genuinely intelligent and insightful comedy. But incredibly after episode 1 which actually maintains the same level of quality and intellect of all of Season 1, the rest of the Season 2 descends into committing this very crime Gervais (semi-autobiographically through Milman) identifies. Every subsequent episode features the scenario of Milman going to the next level of utter humiliation in the most extreme and absurd of circumstances. David Bowie breaking into song of the sorry state of Milman… Expand

Awards & Rankings

7
#7 Best TV Season of 2006
84
#84 Most Discussed TV Season of 2006
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#36 Most Shared TV Season of 2006

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Metascore
88

Universal acclaim - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    80
    [It] passes quickly but gleefully.
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  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    80
    [Season 2] is far better than the good but uneven first year of the show.
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  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Ray Bennett
    60
    There's more humiliation than comedy.
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