Maestro in Blue Season 2 Review: Confusing But Profound Season Makes You Question Its Point

After the events of the first season, we see everyone associated with Haralambos’s murder going through the motions of their new lives and trying to move on. As Klelia and Orestis make their way to Athens to start afresh, the rest of the residents of Paxos are left to pick up the pieces of a secret murder. Meanwhile, a police officer is hot on the tail to solve the very confusing and mysterious murder in the quaint and picturesque town.

Maestro in Blue Season 2 has 6 episodes, each with a runtime of around an hour.

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Maestro in Blue Season 2 Review

The tension is brewing in the second season of the series, with several things happening at the same time. Although everyone is on high alert, there is a shocking amount of deception and lies that is keeping everyone distant and unhappy. However, at least people are trying to move on.

We closely follow Klelia and where she is after the problems of the last season as well as her mother Sofia’s difficult situation as she tries to move away from Fanis’s corrupt ways and live for her own self. And then we have Orestis, who is also traumatised from the encounters of the last season but is handling it by drowning himself in his music as he prepares for the birth of his daughter with Alexandra.

The series focuses heavily on the relationships between the different characters and every intimate thought and feeling that they have. It’s showcased in an all-consuming manner that is very hard to come out of. Every character has some very heavy trauma from their past that comes out altogether after the traumatic events surrounding Charalambos. Viewers will find themselves being drawn to the consequences of the characters’ actions as they try their best to move on but that doesn’t seem to be very possible.

People who were lost in the forbidden romance from last season will find themselves disappointed because there is hardly anything of that sort. But, I can’t say that it lacks passion and romance – it’s just showcased in a very different way than you’d imagine. However, the season is more serious than raunchy and it sets a very grim tone throughout the runtime because the crime might come to the surface at any moment as well as Fanis’s illegal operations ruining everyone’s lives.

Then there’s also the healing journey for all of these people who have been put through the wringer thanks to the choices of the few. Most are stumbling around trying to figure out how to find themselves and this journey is extremely relatable and heartbreaking. There are moments that will put you through an emotional upheaval as you are left thrilled and wondering whether or not anyone will be caught with respect to the murder.

However, that’s where the thrills and emotions end and the confusion starts to set in a bit – why are we here again? Maestro in Blue Season 1 was pretty cut and dry and the ending, although ambiguous and not a happy one, seemed fitting for the story. However, in the second season, there is only a ton of confusion about who will get caught and that’s about it. There is no passion of the first season and neither is there any true thrill. There are several moments of long dialogues between characters that are unnecessary in the grand scheme of things and bog the runtime (~68 minutes!) down thoroughly.

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And that is probably the downfall of this season – it doesn’t have the passion or the thrill of the first season. It’s an emotional watch for sure and the performances are top-notch as usual, but it constantly makes you wonder why you’re watching it. There’s too much talking that feels forced and too little action taken that really bogs the runtime down. I mean, it’s nice to watch Orestis and Klelia getting together as friends and Maria finding herself but for how long?

However, I will mention here that there is a moment in the series where the plights of women and what they go through in their lives are showcased through the lives of the female characters in the series which is not only heartbreakingly sad but also extremely haunting and relatable. There are scenes that truly reflect the hidden pains that women must live with only because they are women and only because of how society sees them – that conversation is nothing but important.

Final Thoughts

The second season of this fan-favourite show has its heartwrenching and relatable moments with profound conversations but it makes you wonder the point of its existence more often than not and takes forever to get to the point.

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