S02.E01

[HerkyJerky]

Elliot travels to Ireland in search of answers about his past.

[Paloma]

I was eager to see what they would do in a second season, but so far (first episode) I'm not impressed. I do love the Ireland scenery, but the plot and new characters seem mostly like a rehash of the first season: unknown brutal villains after Elliot for as-yet unknown reasons, cop with weird issues, and worst of all Ethan is back in the story.

I'm also not crazy about Elliot and Helen being a romantic couple--I liked it better when she was his friend and ally. At the end of season 1 she just got out of an emotionally abusive long-term relationship, and she also was angry and/or feeling betrayed after finding out that Elliot had apparently done some pretty bad things. Even if she still cared enough about him to send him a burrito emoji, it's a big jump from that to having a committed loving relationship. It would be nice to have a flashback or even some exposition to show how they got to this relationship, but I suspect we are just supposed to accept it.