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| Sundance | SundanceTV | Sundance Now | Season Premiere Date: February 14, 2022 |
Summary:
Ellen and Scott (Patricia Clarkson and Brendan Gleeson) stop at a Connecticut coffee shop before their weekly marriage counselling sessions to discuss and argue over a variety of topics in the second season of this 10-part short-form comedy series written by Nick Hornby.
Genre(s):
Comedy
Season 2 Episodes
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S2:E10. The Last Box
Air Date: February 23, 2022
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S2:E9. Kopi Iuwak
Air Date: February 22, 2022
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S2:E8. Facetime TV
Air Date: February 21, 2022
Feb 14, 2022
The season gets better as it goes along, and by the end, thanks especially to the appeal of stars Brendan Gleeson and Patricia Clarkson, it has a lot to recommend it — and nothing so much as how easy it is to coast past a stretch of so-so episodes when they’re only 10 minutes apiece.
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Feb 14, 2022
State of the Union continues to be a fascinating peek into the psychology of marriage. Even if the specifics of Scott and Ellen’s situation don’t speak to the watcher’s particular experience, there are plenty of feelings between the two that are relatable and resonate because of Gleeson’s and Clarkson’s performances.
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IndieWire
Feb 14, 2022
Ben Travers [B+]: I found most every episode to be as engaging, sharply written, and splendidly acted as Season 1.
Steve Greene [B-]: When Season 2 locks into an honest conversation about what they want from the future (instead of surface-level spats about things out of their control), Clarkson and Gleeson really take all of that swirling anxiety and channel it into special moments. I just wish it felt more like a natural progression for both of them.
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The Guardian
May 24, 2022
It is unusual, in a dramatic sense, in that it feels slovenly and sticky when it is all about conflict, but vastly improves when the tension between Ellen and Scott dissipates. Once they begin to have more even-handed chats – about the nature of intimacy and sex; about what they expect from life, now that they have reached this point; and about what it means not only to be happy, but to pursue happiness – then it becomes endearing, and plays to everyone’s strengths.
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Seasons & Episodes
- Series Overview
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Season 2
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Season 2 Overview
Air Date: February 14, 2022
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S2:E10. The Last Box
Air Date: February 23, 2022
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S2:E9. Kopi Iuwak
Air Date: February 22, 2022
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S2:E8. Facetime TV
Air Date: February 21, 2022
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S2:E7. The Road Most Travelled
Air Date: February 20, 2022
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S2:E6. Intimacy Kit
Air Date: February 19, 2022
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Season 2 Overview
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: September 8, 2019
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Season 1 Overview