The second season of La legge di Lidia Poët (The Law According to Lidia Poët) is less sparkling than the first season.La legge di Lidia Poët remains an extremely entertaining television series. However, Matilda De Angelis's performance is much less extroverted than in the first season. Moreover, the story is less spectacular. Fortunately, certain successful elements have still survived. Think of the relationship between Lidia and her brother, in which Lidia uses all her charms to get her way. The complex relationship with Jacopo also continues, although this relationship is much less explosive. Not that there aren't challenges in their feelings for each other, but the storylines are less sharply developed. Even a male rival with his own story, who makes Lidia doubt, does not really increase the tension.
What is also retained is that each episode delivers a neatly completed case, with Lidia always in a central role. In addition, attention is paid to her private life, although the fight against the male stronghold to appoint her as a lawyer is unfortunately less prominent. This ensures that the series becomes somewhat further removed from its historical source. There is still a thread carried over from the first season that puts Lidia's life in danger. However, I thought the outcome of this was a bit poor, even for a series that is mainly aimed at fun and entertainment.
La legge di Lidia Poët continues to score highly when it comes to costumes and the setting in which it takes place.
La legge di Lidia Poët continues to score highly when it comes to costumes and the setting in which the story takes place. It produces a beautiful color palette, full of colorful details and attractively designed locations. It is a pity that the images are regularly blurred, which in my opinion does not produce the desired effect. The biggest surprise in the first season was the extrovert performance of Matilda De Angelis, but this time she gets less of a chance to do so. Yet there are still plenty of moments to enjoy, especially thanks to her facial expressions and the scenes in which she uses all her charm to get her way. In addition, the acting is generally excellent by the entire cast.
Unfortunately, the second season is slightly less strong than the very nice first season. Yet it remains a great series to dream away for a while. The interplay, the visual splendor and the time period in which it takes place certainly contribute to this. Although there is some criticism to be made about a number of parts, La legge di Lidia Poët remains recommended. Especially for fans of costume dramas or historical crime scenes with a wink.
About the writer, Karzal
Mike (1995) has been a member of MySeries since 2016 and is mainly active on the English version of the site. Since 2018, he has been actively translating news articles, columns, reviews and basically everything that ends up on the Dutch site. The original articles, columns and reviews were actually written by others. During the week Mike can be found at IKEA, where he is a national systems specialist and occasionally also in the classroom to teach an English lesson. In addition, Mike logically enjoys watching series and has actually been spoon-fed this from an early age. The genre doesn't matter, there is a place for everything in the otherwise busy life.
Maybe not the place to write this, but Miss Scarlet and the Duke is a similar series! Highly recommended!