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Season two of the thriller series Mr. Mercedes which follows the exciting chase between a demented killer and a former detective who has received a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he is able to do this thing again.
7 August 1944
14 March 1959, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
12 April 1953, Grosse Point, Michigan, USA
10 September 1957, Geneva, Switzerland
12 June 1974, New York City, New York, USA
7 December 1955, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
27 June 1975, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
August 23, 2018
Though it's not always successful in what it's attempting to do (a fact that's a little more apparent in season 2), Mr. Mercedes is nevertheless entertaining and driven by compelling performances that it's worth seeking out.
August 22, 2018
The pop culture landscape is crowded with creepy imaginings of Stephen King... Crowded, yes, but it would be downright scary if viewers overlooked Season 2 of Mr. Mercedes.
August 22, 2018
A nice slow simmer is well-suited to Gleeson's talents as an actor who doesn't mind taking his time in further molding a character with a gruff exterior and an old, buttered soul.
August 21, 2018
Lupe's Holly is an example of how an actor can, by actually inhabiting a role, make something better than what registers as a collection of occasionally endearing tics on the page... Lupe makes Holly funny, sweet, sad and surprisingly real.
August 23, 2018
Whether it's because the actors feel a kinship when they get down to business or the writers get excited at the possibility of what Gleeson and Treadaway will do with their material is beside the point. They're electric.
