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The Guy didnt want a radically different style, just a bit off the top.
In the first episode of this new season, something tragic but vague has happened in New York City.
At the end of last season, The Guy mentions in passing, If Trump wins were all moving.
I have a Masters.).
The violence Americans feel under Trump and the paranoia pot users feelunder Jeff Sessionsare palpable throughout.
Familiar characters now gather to make protest signs and discuss the racial politics of their social circle.
One returning focus ofHigh MaintenanceisNew York real estate.
These two are swiftly becoming a bellwether for whatHigh Maintenancewants to say about the changing face of rent.
Every episode, The Guy delivered to someone elses private space and shared a unique moment with them.
In this, the second season of the shows run on HBO, private spaces have also changed dramatically.
A post-Trump New York City transforms private spaces to shared meeting and organizing areas.
The result is characteristically touching and challenging stories, occasionally with some truly great sitcom chaos.
High Maintenances format allows it to tell these kinds of variegated stories.
For many of the characters on the series, getting through the day requires weed.
The 2016 election has created a new urgency forHigh Maintenance.
For its characters who dwell in white, gentrified bubbles, marijuana may no longer be enough to maintain.
Season 2 ofHigh Maintenancepremieres on HBOtonight at 11:00pm.
Photo by David Giesbrecht/HBO.
Harry Waksberg is a writer and lazeabout based in Riverside, CA.
He is the creator and writer of the web seriesDoing Good.
