Season 2 premiere last night. People are freaking out that it's a completely different show, and it doesn't spell out the complete backstories of the characters right at the beginning. I think the difference from last year is people didn't start catching on to it until the 3rd or 4th episode, so they could watch those back-to-back and get a clearer picture than just from episode 1.
I thought it was pretty good. The highways and railroads are clearly a part of the story, and overall nice photography. A vox critic who prescreened the first 3 and trashed episode 1 says the next 2 are better, so I'm guessing by episode 4, something epic will happen and people will stop comparing it to season 1.
This is the singer in the bar, she will be in episode 2, and maybe more:
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