I loved the Young Pope, and the New Pope's first episode was entertaining with all the hallmarks of the previous serious. It took a nosedive however with the second episode (Malovich's boring and inaccurate character, and self-indulgent though boring surrealism) and this one is even worse than the last one. In fact, this is the first episode of both series that I had to skip forward a bit through (the b-plot with the woman and baby). Not much quality control this season. And Meghan Markle references - not just once but multiple times? I suppose this may retrospectively turn out to be this franchise's shark jump.
Review of Episode #1.3
