TV review: CastleRock season 2
The first season took a-esque approach to the world of Stephen King, tip-toeing adjacent to famous characters and names from the horror maestro, while still spinning a completely original central story. It was a mixed bag — though Sissy Spacek absolutely deserved an Emmy nomination — and, for me, it took too long to focus on the main plotline rather than coy references.
. There's no period of wondering what the season's big-picture story is. It's a superfluous, occasionally spooky, somewhat superficial origin story made watchable mostly by some very good performances and the series' commitment to tangible New England atmosphere.season isn't actually an origin story for the Annie Wilkes whom book and movie fans remember for her faithful devotion to novelist Paul Sheldon.
Certainly Caplan benefits. At times her mannerisms and costumes seem to be adapted directly from Kathy Bates' Oscar-winning performance, as the character maintains Annie's rigorous morality and proclivity for euphemism — brace yourself for multiple "dirty-bird" callbacks. There are only hints at Annie's surface-level kindness, because this version is constantly at the wrong end of a pharmaceutical cocktail and Caplan plays that worrisome intensity to the hilt.
Wherever Annie's story fits into what we know about her, it's only half of the season's plot. The other part also revolves around established King names, though not nearly on the Annie level. Tim Robbins plays "Pop" Merrill, owner of Castle Rock's Emporium Galorium. A minor local crime figure, Pop is dealing with unrest between his nephew Ace and adopted children Abdi and Nadia .
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