Since youre EWsofficialAtlantareporter, youve been the regular recipient of my weekly post-screener-viewing freakout.
I appreciated the ticking-clock structure get to the plane on time!
and loved how writer Stephen Glover and director Hiro Murai found room to spotlight everyone inAtlantas cast.
Credit: Curtis Baker/FX
The scene at Lotties school was funny, and existentially despairing.
The opening scene in the Lyft car is now the defining Lyft sequence of the modern age.
What were your thoughts about about Earns golden-gun con, Chance?
And how did you generally feel about this finale?
CHANCELLOR AGARD:As with most episodes this season, I loved the finale.
That was both frustrating and exciting at times, given how serialized and binge-conscious television has become.
However, Ive found season 2 a bit tighter in this regard.
You feel Earns anxiety about his tenuous relationship with Alfred (among other things) throughout the entire episode.
Thats probably the most decisive thing hes done since the series began.
Remember how Alfred had to push him to get their money in season 1s The Club?
But I love thatAtlantadidnt just leave it there.
Was it because Clark made him do it, or did his manager volunteer to take the grenade?
Given his low-key ruthless behavior in Money Bag Shawty, I think its former.
Paraphrasing here: Yeah, my manager had a gun in his bag.
The cops got him.
The gun looked cool!
[Greets adoring fans, continues neverending Tracy Flick-ish ascension to fame.]
TheRobbin Seasonconceit was dazzling, feels brain-teasing in the best way.
Like, cue the subreddit: What was robbed this year, and did it ever even matter?
Tracy stole some shoes, but the store had a no-chase policy.
Vans phone was stolen (I think?)
and then reappeared, because Fastnacht.
That last robbery reallywasan origin story, it turns out.
With a little help from cousin Young Al, Earn got to eat (while Devin got eaten).
We get a mirror of that here in the finale, when Earn helps Cousin Al.
Impossible question, Chance: Can you pick your two standout episodes from this season?
I say two because I assume Teddy Perkins is one of them.
CHANCELLOR:You want to know the 50th reason I know Teddy Perkins is an astounding episode?
I cant even fathom being a contrarian and saying it isnt one of my two picks.
As a former performer, I found it incredibly poignant.
Everything that happens in the fraternity house is downright cringeworthy, in the best way possible.
But enough about what we loved about this season.
Im inclined to say, however, that we couldve used more Darius.
soliloquy about Stevie Wonder.
I expected, wrongly, that wed get a spiritual sequel to season 1s B.A.N.
Truthfully, Im disinclined to say the show needed to doanythingmore.
The dreamy-satiric moods ofRobbin Seasonbeggar easy description.
Even in this finale, there were moments of pure laugh-out-loud sketch comedy.
Toward the middle of the season, I actually started wondering if we were watching the end ofAtlanta.
What do you thinkAtlantawill be when (if?
no,certainlywhen!)
it returns, Chance?
And whats the over-under on the season 3 premiere date?
Ill say May … 2020.
(Message toAtlantacast and crew: Ill take it sooner!)
Great art might not need to come from pain, but it does take time.
