Having raced through the first season of Brassic, inspired by the adverts for this second run. We powered straight on into a second set of episodes that held more drama than the initial lot, but also more humour.
With Terence McCann (Ramon Tikaram) aware that he has faked his death, Vinnie (Joseph Gilgun) spends some time in hiding, before the pair eventually come to a loose accord - revolving around the ownership of the boys weed empire and Vinnie doing some work for the gangster. Erin (Michelle Keegan) and Dylan (Damien Molony) are very much broken up still and are both in separate relationships, meanwhile Tommo (Ryan Sampson) has his eyes on taking over the town's stripclub.
I felt the first season of "Brassic" was good, but this second season was a step up in all areas. There's a bit more drama to this run (a few more consequences) and a little less reliance on the "heist" plot structure. Performances are still excellent, with Gilgun really a standout - particularly in episode four, which is almost like a standalone one, involving Vinnie staying overnight at the pub and trying to recover from some of the mental pressure he's been under. But I don't want you to think that it's suddenly developed into a drama, it's better all round and that includes the writing, which is much funnier than before. Existing supporting characters are expanded at the expense of the first season's reliance on episodic guest stars. This leads to some great moments for the always underrated Steve Evets and for some (seemingly improvised) scenes between Gilgun and his GP, played by Dominic West.
Improving on already solid ground, season two of "Brassic" was excellent, and I only hope the global pandemic doesn't lead to a premature end for the series.
With Terence McCann (Ramon Tikaram) aware that he has faked his death, Vinnie (Joseph Gilgun) spends some time in hiding, before the pair eventually come to a loose accord - revolving around the ownership of the boys weed empire and Vinnie doing some work for the gangster. Erin (Michelle Keegan) and Dylan (Damien Molony) are very much broken up still and are both in separate relationships, meanwhile Tommo (Ryan Sampson) has his eyes on taking over the town's stripclub.
I felt the first season of "Brassic" was good, but this second season was a step up in all areas. There's a bit more drama to this run (a few more consequences) and a little less reliance on the "heist" plot structure. Performances are still excellent, with Gilgun really a standout - particularly in episode four, which is almost like a standalone one, involving Vinnie staying overnight at the pub and trying to recover from some of the mental pressure he's been under. But I don't want you to think that it's suddenly developed into a drama, it's better all round and that includes the writing, which is much funnier than before. Existing supporting characters are expanded at the expense of the first season's reliance on episodic guest stars. This leads to some great moments for the always underrated Steve Evets and for some (seemingly improvised) scenes between Gilgun and his GP, played by Dominic West.
Improving on already solid ground, season two of "Brassic" was excellent, and I only hope the global pandemic doesn't lead to a premature end for the series.
