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Season two is both funny and critical, transcending its feel-good genre.
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UnPrisoned is a funny show that deals with some pretty heavy generational issues, and while it still rides on the fantastic chemistry between Kerry Washington and Delroy Lindo, the rest of the cast is getting some meaty material, as well.
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“UnPrisoned” is not so much a show about trauma or healing. Its characters are more than the worst things they’ve experienced, even as their pasts remain present. It’s a show about family, growth, and Black joy and it’s a damn good one.
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A running theme of the [first] season, just below the surface of the action, was Paige’s becoming more comfortable with her heritage. That idea is less present in Season 2, and some of the show’s urgency goes with it. The focus shifts away from the possibility of Edwin’s return to prison, and the effect that would have on Paige and her son, Finn (Faly Rakotohavana), and moves to more predictable sitcom dynamics.
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Even when things can start to feel a little scattered around its leads and a quick succession of sudden developments near the end don’t quite have the impact they should, the season holds together because of the pure charisma at its center.