When The Vince Staples Show dropped on Netflix last year, it felt like a breath of fresh air. It combined the profound surrealism of Atlanta , the hilarious mundanity of Curb Your Enthusiasm , and the idiosyncrasies of Staples’ own comedic voice to deliver a brisk, breezy TV comedy like no other. Season 2 deftly recaptures the uniquely surreal tone of season 1, but it goes much darker with it. Season 1 dealt with serious subjects like gun violence and racial profiling, but it handled them in a lighthearted way to highlight how absurd they are. Season 2 is a lot angrier.

This season has more of an overarching narrative than the first. Some episodes even have cliffhangers that directly lead into the next one. Season 1 told mostly standalone stories disconnected from one another, b

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