TV #3 of 2021:
Kim’s Convenience, season 2
A slight improvement over the first year of this Canadian sitcom, both by making Appa a bit less caustically opinionated and by finally introducing some plot developments at the end of the season that speak to exciting shake-ups ahead. For now, though, it’s a lot of status quo, with little sign of the ongoing storylines or character growth that usually help draw me into a series. (I hate the sense that a show’s episodes could basically be watched all out of order to no detriment or confusion, and that’s roughly the case here.) I’m still enjoying most of these half-hour installments individually, but the program has yet to really wow me as a whole.
★★★☆☆
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