Its good to be the King, and these past few years more than ever the King is good.
Scratch that:Stephen Kings doinggreat, whatever screen youre looking at.
(Side note: Were all still in agreementThe Dark Towernever happened, right?)
Credit: AT+T Audience Network
But for my money,Mr.
Mercedes premiering tonight at 10 p.m. Thankfully, the first few episodes of season 2 dispel such fears; if anything,Mr.
Mercedeshas actually grown more gripping in the wake of Bradys capture.
They got off on each others attentions, and it was toMr.
Mercedes great credit that it never sugarcoated the deviancy of such a dynamic.
That transformation, one theMr.
Mercedesteam honors, is frankly at odds with the awards-worthy performance Treadaway turned in last year.
One gets the sense he voted, and not for Hillary.
All of this is to say Brady terrified so ably because you believed he was out there somewhere.
What he wasnt was a mind-controlling supervillain, and turning him into that deniesMr.
Mercedessome of its rough-hewn relevance.
But, at least in the early going, its a little strange.
Still infallible are the actors, who remain rooted in the same bleak but recognizable humanity that madeMr.
Mercedessuch a treat in its first season.
Mercedeswill find more natural ways to fold them into its story.
Mercedesone of the most sturdily constructed thrillers on television.
