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Hil R. - Dec 23, 2025 11:58:28 am PST #7360 of 7365
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

The timeline weirdness in the Scott/Kip story is bugging me -- what were they doing for those three years? -- but other than that, I thought that the last two episodes in particular were really well done, after already enjoying the beginning of the season.

I'm glad they got renewed for a second season, and one interview mentioned the possibility of a third, but I'm curious how they'll split up the remaining books if a third season is still uncertain. Also, I kind of hated how things got resolved in The Long Game, but I'll reserve judgment on the show version until I see it -- I thought the small changes between the book and the show in this season were good choices that added to the story. (Other than the Scott/Kip timeline thing.)


Jessica - Dec 23, 2025 12:13:18 pm PST #7361 of 7365
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

If they're confident about having 3 seasons total, I could see splitting up TLG into 12 episodes and giving some of that time to the stories in the other books. (And by the other books I mostly mean Role Model.)

But only if they are VERY confident of getting renewed, because the fandom would not survive if we ended S2 on a plane incident cliffhanger.


Jessica - Dec 23, 2025 12:14:24 pm PST #7362 of 7365
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

(That said, my reading of "signed for three seasons" is that three seasons is a pretty standard streaming contract and that it's less about the promise of renewing the show and more about locking in actors' salaries while they don't have any negotiating power.)


-t - Dec 23, 2025 12:15:13 pm PST #7363 of 7365
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I do wish this season had more episodes. And that more than one more season was confirmed. I like the idea of the long Shane/Ilya story with everyone else's folded in chronologically but I think it would be easier to pull off with more overall time to tell it

I didn't hate how The Long Game ended but I have some reservations. Which would make it really interesting to have the show go on past the books (potentially the opposite of Game of Thrones)


-t - Dec 23, 2025 12:16:27 pm PST #7364 of 7365
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Yes to all of that, Jess. I shudder to think.


Hil R. - Dec 23, 2025 12:46:19 pm PST #7365 of 7365
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

If there is more time, then I hope we get at least some of Tough Guy, along with Role Model.


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