EPISODE
SEASON
Treme - Season 2
Season 2 opens with Antoine contemplating a move, while LaDonna resisting one. Davis moves in new directions, personally and professionally. Toni worries about Sofiaʼs emotional distance. Colson contends with the return of crime to New Orleans. Annie returns from a national tour...
12 August 1965
5 November 1982, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
10 January 1956, Vermillion, South Dakota, USA
April 24, 2011
The second season, beginning in 2006, about a year after the last, will probably not change minds among lovers or haters. There's somewhat more capital-D drama to the early episodes.
April 24, 2011
It remains, stubbornly and triumphantly, what it was: an unhurried exploration of the aftermath of a city's catastrophe, told through the experiences of those who didn't have the luxury of shutting off CNN when they'd had enough.
April 24, 2011
"Treme" is the perfect HBO show, inasmuch as those who love it aren't likely to get that itch scratched anywhere else.
April 24, 2011
Some aspects of this show work better than others, but, in its generally excellent second season, the drama has cohered into a compelling, if sprawling, portrait of the Crescent City.
April 24, 2011
If you stick with them, you'll see Treme becoming a well-paced work of fiction rather than see Treme spending too much effort speaking truth to an indifferent power.
April 24, 2011
With none of the conventional plot techniques TV viewers are accustomed to, it is a collection of rich moments and poignant characters that loosely adds up to something quite powerful.
April 24, 2011
It takes a while to adjust to the dissonance, but the muted naturalism of the superb cast draws us in.
April 24, 2011
In season two, the strengths of Treme remain strengths, while some of the show's weaknesses have been much improved.
April 24, 2011
Treme is a many-splendored triumph of slow-cooked storytelling and hot, humid music.
April 24, 2011
It was last year, and remains so this year -- one of TV's very best.
