After the events of the first film, Vicky is slowly learning how to cope with her destructive notions of love and intimacy as well as coming to terms with her abandonment issues. Stuck between Matias and Dani, Vicky years for a life with both, moving from one world to another. What and whom will she choose?
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Envious Season 2 Netflix Cast
Griselda Siciliani, Esteban Lamothe, Benjamín Vicuña, Pilar Gamboa, Violeta Urtizberea, Bárbara Lombardo, Marina Bellati, Martín Garabal, Lorena Vega, Susana Pampín, Leonora Balcarce, Adrián Lakerman
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Envious Season 2 Series Director
Gabriel Medina
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Envious Season 2 Writer
Carolina Aguirre
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Envidiosa
The series has 11 episodes, each with a runtime of around 30 minutes.
Envious Season 2 Review
When it comes to Envious‘s Vicky, I think it helps to know this person for an extended period of time. After the frustrating events of season 1, I am well acquainted with her chaotic insanity. Now, does it help with not tearing my hair out? Not really, but it somehow makes for a more entertaining season. It also helps that Esteban Lamothe’s Matias is a darling and half of the runtime is spent rooting for him so that he doesn’t end up imploding his life.
As mentioned, Vicky continues to be a tornado, destroying anything and everything in her path. In Season 2, is somewhat understands why she does what she does, but the problem is that she doesn’t stop herself from doing these things. She sees a situation and jumps head-first into it with the first thought that comes to her mind. Now, this would’ve been acceptable if she were a teenager, but at 40 years of age, you don’t feel any sympathy or empathy for the situations that she constantly creates. Vicky’s problem is that she doesn’t think and after ripping through it all, she musters a few weak sorry-s to make up for it. It’s infuriating to watch and hard to digest, more so because, after 23 episodes, things just don’t look up.
Listen, I get it — people, especially women, are subjected to so many outside pressures constantly that we are almost always on the brink of a breakdown. But the adult thing that we all learn to do is to not hurt those around us because we are selfish. Envious‘s Vicky just doesn’t seem to have an ounce of realisation in this respect. She constantly hurts herself and others, uses people and throws them away, and comes to a sad realisation but immediately after does the same selfish thing again. And I get it, she’s a broken human who is finding herself but how long are we expected to see and follow this person make one terrible and hurtful decision after another? When is it enough?
It’s also so sad to see her be this way. Like, there’s this one scene where she constantly brings around a new guy to Matias’s restaurant to make him jealous and I get that they love each other but in spite of the laughs, you can’t help but feel so much pity for her. It doesn’t make you laugh, it’s just cringy. I don’t know why she is not allowed to have any character growth at all, she is forced to be stuck in this circle of hatred running round and round.
However, I will give this season that at least gives her some outlet to change, especially towards the end of the runtime. Fernanda is the most real person in this series but that’s a given because she’s the therapist. I am happy that we see some changes this season, however small, and that makes the season just so bingeable. I don’t know whether it’s the frustration or the promise of change (probably a mix of both), but the season does a great job of entertaining us thoroughly. Griselda Siciliani is fantastic once again as the rather insane Vicky and is half the fun of watching the series. However, my favourite is Esteban Lamothe, who brings out the quiet push and pull of Matias so well that you can’t help but feel for him.
Final Thoughts
Envious Season 2 is somewhat more of the same, but just a tad bit easier… maybe because I am familiar with Victoria’s frustrating ways. Maybe this is what being in an emotionally abusive relationship is — getting used to being in the eye of the tornado constantly. I think it’s really telling how the series makes Vicky out as this old woman who can just be fixed by love if only the right person comes around. The thing is, unfortunately, that’s often not how these things go. It’s not anyone’s duty to fix or help Vicky regulate her complicated and explosive emotions and I feel like the series doesn’t showcase that well. People are constantly around her to help her regulate herself and she never seems to face any consequence. It’s such a surreal watch, but one that is damn bingeable.
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