Psychoville

So season 2 of Psychoville has finished and I thoroughly enjoyed it and hope it is back for a third season soon. It’s a described as dark humour but this season really notched up the thriller/drama element with a compelling yet increasingly implausible plot. I have to say I liked it more than the first season because of the drama and familiarity with some of the characters, pretty much everyone from season 1 get their story ‘developed’.

As a fan of League of Gentlemen who drifted away from it after the Christmas special, Psychoville is more complex and layered for me, even down to the huge amount of additional detail on the website (and character microsites). Lots of nods to other media that you can geek out on if you spot them. Spaced was the daddy when it comes to pop culture references.

I didn’t really take to Hattie from season 2 but I enjoyed Peter from Hoyti Toyti, can’t resist saying “Hello Hoyti Toyti’s” in my best mock cheery voice. Lots of people have flagged the Tina Turner dance from Maureen this season and whilst it is great, the Silent Singer has to be my favourite. It evokes images of Aphex Twin and his ‘Come to Daddy’ video as well as being genuinely unsettling/disturbing, particularly when you first see him and in the final episode.

There are enough plot threads wrapped up and left open that its self contained and feels complete yet with room to continue the story.

Moments like David on the bench with his cold beans and the ‘can I touch your breast’ exchange are wrong yet weirdly touching and Mrs Ladybird Face’s look in response to Andrew’s Russian is an example of the detail that goes into the programme – good, good stuff