Theres a scene early in theseason 2 premiere ofSneaky Petethat sums up everything wonderful about Amazons sly con-man caper.
Shes not moving fast enough, and Chaske swings by her office.
She promises shes working on it, but Chayton knows she probably has no clue what shes doing.
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And then Chayton explains how the money laundering plot fromHell or High Waterwouldnt work anymore.
(The problem is the casino chips, I think.)
Best-laid plans are made, and go horribly wrong, forcing desperate improvisations.
The familys melodrama isnt always involving.
Timothy Olyphants Raylan Givens didntalwayssolve a new crime every week, but heoftendid.
Yosts work has the pleasant quality of upending your expectations on a nearly scene-to-scene basis.
The premiere ofSneaky Petefeatures a fun con sequence that turns tense and then bloody.
Theres also a single-episode subplot that gets at that absurdity I was talking about.
Problems that more expensive crime shows would gloss over become nigh-existential; howdoyou move a dead mans car?
Ribisi continues to give a clever performance thats only ever heroic by default.
Everybody in this family is always keeping secrets!
In season 2, the secrets have secrets, and googlingHell or High Waterwont answer anything.Grade: B+
