Spoiler alert: It was really nice (and totally unexpected) to see Hugh Laurie reprise his role as Richard Roper.
Thing is, I watched the first 2 episodes of Season 2 months ago, and so I decided to wait until all the episodes are released before finishing the whole season, and while at Episode 3, I thought to myself, “You know, it would be fun if the villain won this time, because that would be more realistic.” And I'm glad I wasn't disappointed, so while most people would consider consider this kind of predictability “boring”, to me, it's super fun, because we all know the hero always winning in the end can get really boring pretty fast, especially since it's just an “opium of the masses” kind of thing, meaning it neither reflects nor respects the idea that art imitates life.
All in all, since I'm not a very hard man to please in any way, and I have the tendency to enjoy stuff without constant nitpicking, I give Season 2 of The Night Manager a 10/10, simply because there was never a dull moment. It's nice to see the villain win in the end for a change. Since I'm not Roger Ebert, all I can say is that the cast is awesome, the story is great, and watching footage of Medellin seemed so familiar to my hometown Tetouan, Morocco. No wonder a buddy of mine who has a Colombian girlfriend likes it there. In the words of the Backstreet Boys, “But it all just feels like home.”
Recently, I promised myself to stop learning more about TV shows, anime, movies, etc, online, because sometimes I find myself coming across really cringe opinions from those Bill Burr would call “The Professionally Outraged”, which is why I think it's more fun to just get into a show without being charged with other people's woe-is-me-riddled opinions. Heck, I even stopped using YouTube completely, because I got tired of all the formulaic bullshit, and YouTubers trying to sell you some useless crap from their shady sponsor or crappy store or tell you to sign a petition or vote for some lost cause, so they can feel like they're doing something good for the world despite all the obvious blatant never-ending corruption. Seriously, to hell with all that!
An old buddy of mine was right; it's more fun to watch or play something when you don't learn anything about it beforehand — not even a friggin' teaser! I think that'll be my new philosophy from now on when it comes to consuming media.