In all honesty, I'd forgotten that "Miracle Workers" was going to anthologise itself, as it was a little while before I remembered that they were going with an entirely different premise for the second run, and not just the characters from the first cosplaying or at a renaissance fair, or something. The second season was reasonably solid, though perhaps could have done with more of a narrative drive, like the first season had.
Alexandra Shitshoveler (Geraldine Viswanathan) sees more for her life than her simple peasant upbringing, and their Nominative Deterministic culture. She considers education and reading to be her escape route. Prince Chauncley (Daniel Radcliffe) is also unsure about his future, as he's son and heir to King Cragnoor (Peter Serafinowicz), violent and evil ruler of the Kingdom. Soft and timid, Chauncley is not in his father image and his future is only complicated further when he meets and falls for Alexandra.
A little different from the first season, the premise now lends itself to making jokes about modern life though the prism of medieval existence. Some of it works reasonably well, Jamie Demetriou joins the cast as a towncryer who slips into a morning news anchor cadence, for example. Much like I thought about the first season, it's never funny enough that it's going to be anyone's favourite show, but it's funny enough that it kept my attention for the run. It's nice, the cast are still likable and the show is fine. I do feel like it could have done with more of an overall story arc than it has. The first season had the ticking clock of god ending the world, unless they could bring the couple together, this has some ideas that run for more than one episode, the Valdrogian invasion, Chauncley's growing love for Alexandra, and her desire to leave the village - but nothing with quite the focal point of the first seasons plot.
It's decent enough, and if a third season is ever produced I'll watch that too.
Alexandra Shitshoveler (Geraldine Viswanathan) sees more for her life than her simple peasant upbringing, and their Nominative Deterministic culture. She considers education and reading to be her escape route. Prince Chauncley (Daniel Radcliffe) is also unsure about his future, as he's son and heir to King Cragnoor (Peter Serafinowicz), violent and evil ruler of the Kingdom. Soft and timid, Chauncley is not in his father image and his future is only complicated further when he meets and falls for Alexandra.
A little different from the first season, the premise now lends itself to making jokes about modern life though the prism of medieval existence. Some of it works reasonably well, Jamie Demetriou joins the cast as a towncryer who slips into a morning news anchor cadence, for example. Much like I thought about the first season, it's never funny enough that it's going to be anyone's favourite show, but it's funny enough that it kept my attention for the run. It's nice, the cast are still likable and the show is fine. I do feel like it could have done with more of an overall story arc than it has. The first season had the ticking clock of god ending the world, unless they could bring the couple together, this has some ideas that run for more than one episode, the Valdrogian invasion, Chauncley's growing love for Alexandra, and her desire to leave the village - but nothing with quite the focal point of the first seasons plot.
It's decent enough, and if a third season is ever produced I'll watch that too.
