Love and Anarchy: Season 2 | Review

WARNING: From this point on, mild spoilers from season one and two of Love and Anarchy may be found in the text.

How Did It Start?

After arriving at Lund & Lagerstedt during the first season, Sofie soon has her first interactions with Max, who annoyed her with the loud noise of his drill as he was working on fixing the internet connection in the office.

From that moment on, Sofie ended up developing a certain "dislike" for Max, telling him to leave and come back later so he wouldn't test her patience.

When Max came back later to the publishing house, he ended up finding Sofie satisfying her sexual desires after work and filmed her, showing it to the boss the next day, causing her to get angry and force him to delete the video, but Max would only do it for a price.

From that moment on began the main attraction of the series, where the two exchanged notes challenging each other to complete tasks like "I'll delete the video only if you…, I'll give back the lipstick only if you…" and this is how the series sustained itself until the second season.

The New Approach of Love and Anarchy

The second season of Love and Anarchy brought a new approach to the series, stepping back a bit from the comedic and charismatic side of the characters and bringing forth more of the difficulties of life and relationships.

Sad moments, disappointment, and regrets can be found in the second season like loss of family members, spouses, and even jobs.

The jokes and funny moments didn't disappear from Love and Anarchy, but everything is approached in a much lighter and more subtle way, so viewers understand that not everything is roses like the first season portrayed.

Narrative

In the first season, Sofie was hired as a consultant for Lund & Lagerstedt to help migrate the publishing house to the digital era, but that ended up being set aside in the second season.

Even though the goal is still to stay digital, where the masses are these days, Lund & Lagerstedt is going through tough times and is on the verge of bankruptcy, meaning several employees need to be laid off.

Sofie ended up being one of the employees who had to be let go from the company due to lack of financial means to cover her salary, leaving the character even more desolate than before.

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This is because at the beginning of the second season we discover that Sofie has finally ended her relationship with Yohan, now her ex-husband and father of her two children, and finally went on to live her adventures alongside Max.

With a feeling of frustration and financial difficulties, Sofie ends up returning to Lund & Lagerstedt to try to restructure the company, but this won't be an easy task for someone who, besides problems in her life, has certain reasons to get distracted from the company.

The second season also shows a little more about Friedrich's life, a character who has great importance within Lund & Lagerstedt and wasn't explored in the first season. In the second season we can see more deeply his importance and his relationship with writer Vivianne.

Is It Worth Watching Love and Anarchy?

Keeping the essence of the first season, Sofie continues to be an adult character while her father, with an adolescent spirit, is always up to tricks, causing the character to lose direction in her life.

The series comes with the premise of delivering moments of comedy, reality, and plenty of social criticism, and manages to transmit all the sensations it aims for to viewers, even in short episodes of about 30 minutes each.

Love and Anarchy was for me one of the best surprises Netflix has delivered recently, bringing a series from a culture very different from what we're used to seeing in films and series of the genre.