Netflix series Locke and Key, Based on the comic of the same name by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez, it had a difficult first season. The goal of faithfully adapting a story with a strong fandom and also creating an engaging production didn’t seem easy. And in fact, it wasn’t. The show faced divided criticism and to the discomfort of the fans due to the necessary changes to the source material. Also, the fact that the argument in general lacked the solidity and dark beauty of its original.
By the time the renewal arrived – and Netflix took its time to confirm it – the big question remained. Could the second season solve the apparent flaws of the first? Would he finally pay tribute to a comic celebrated for its sinister elegance? To the joy of fans and viewers, the new chapters finally manage to celebrate the essentials of the comic. But also create a new realm about your characters and their atmosphere.
The second season of the Netflix series of Locke and key it corrects the flaws in its previous chapters and enhances, in a surprising way, the original material. The flimsy plot manages to climb the slope of its criticized script failures and the entire atmosphere of the narrative, manages to find a new level. After what turned out to be a disappointing presentation of a powerful story, Locke and key seems to have finally found its right tone. One that also grows more exciting, intelligent and brilliant as the chapters mesh a whole new vision of the origin story.
‘Locke and Key’, now yes, a sophisticated look at the sinister
If something is appreciated about the new season of Locke and key it is to preserve the good elements of the first and finally to refine its rhythm and atmosphere. Criticized for its inability to create the mysterious look on a complex story, the new chapters take on the challenge of building a discreet inner darkness.
Finally, the Netflix series takes the time to carefully and patiently relate a complicated plot. The story begins three months after the previous season finale and makes it clear that during that brief period of time the Locke family changed. What does the change consist of? The series makes it clear that the mystery is more than just an eventuality and has deeper roots. Of course, the fact of the massive and dangerous deception of the demon Dodge is still there. And the script shows it as a turning point in what will happen soon.
The decision allows to implement and link the new chapters with the original story. Of course, the central point of the story continues to be the Locke family. Only this time, and at least during the first few sequences, he has more earthly problems than demonic battles. Tyler (Connor Jessup), Kinsey (Emilia Jones) and Bode (Jackson Robert Scott) must deal with life together. And try to achieve it, in the middle of the conception of the abnormal and the singular of what they lived and what they need to begin to rebuild.
One of the great virtues of the second season of the series is its ability to reconstruct the confusing points of the previous one. So the plot goes back and forth to narrate with careful precision a new insight into magic. and how terrifying. Up to now, Locke and key it seemed to have been a substitute for fantasy fiction with a youthful air instead of the gloomy work that it really is. The second season emphasizes creating a new conception of the dark, as well as moving away from its previous and fragile vision of evil.
The change is especially noticeable in Keyhouse, which ceases to be a mechanism of the mysteries to become a power element. Also, the conception of magic undergoes a significant change and achieves a link with something more dangerous. But most importantly in the new season of Locke and key it has a direct relationship with time. The family must face the fact of growth no longer as an idea that encompasses a physical change. Actually, the conception of magic and its relationship with childhood becomes more elaborate and consistent.
The highest moments of the season are found precisely when danger becomes realistic rather than allegory. In fact, the perception of the fearsome changes completely in the middle of uncomfortable terrain. What happens now with the conception about the danger of a family destined for the unsettling? Locke and key, which during its first season seemed to ramble excessively about good and evil, now analyzes terror in its purest form.
Magic has no moral character, so it is shown in the series as a consequence. But in contrast, evil exists and therefore, it is analyzed from the fact of confronting order against chaos. It’s a brilliant formula that takes the series away from its more youthful air and brings it closer to real moral questions posed by the comic. For better or worse, the locke family has grown (spiritually and intellectually) and that has a fundamental weight. And so has its increasingly complicated environment.
The condition of time and the consequence of evil
From his villains – Dodge’s move from Laysla De Oliveira to Griffin Gluck turns out to be brilliant – to his suffocating surroundings. Locke and key he finally knew how to find the balance between something more voracious. Also hold it up as a firm and conceptually clearer line from its confusing first season. Far out of the air as Harry Potter how much was he criticized, the second season of Locke and key it is a celebration of the mysterious.
Of course, there are still few elements of the original comic. Or not as much as most fans would like. But this time, the reformulation is much more competent. The adaptation found its personality and abandoned the generic style that so irritated a large part of the audience. For a series based on a combination of the dark and a certain audacity of proposals about the fantastic, it is a gigantic step. One that raises expectations for a possible third season and what could be a brilliant conclusion to this Netflix series