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Raw and impactful, the new season will keep viewers on their toes in more ways than one.
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Life & Beth, though, struck enough of a chord that it’s back this week for another 10-episode season — and one that’s even better than the first.
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Moments of narrative candor can and do get lost amid scenes when those hilarious guest stars (including Cole Escola giving us a twist on Marie Kondo that involves the word “squirt”) stretch the show’s comedy into way-too-broad territory, often for nothing more than a quick laugh. At its best and when it hits its stride—namely, when it manages to artfully thread its comedic sensibility with its more dramatic tenor—Life & Beth can be quite affecting.
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Life & Beth generates periodic laughs and some genuine drama, but its center remains frustratingly uneven. Like Beth herself, it probably could use a reset.