Frumpy but fatal middle-aged assassins Fran and Jamie are back for a second season of socially awkward contract killings. The daffy but deadly duo have somehow resolved the bad blood between them and their former employer, Mr K (how is never discussed) and now work for a mysterious new employer. They've never met "Mr V", but Fran is hugely excited by the opportunity he presents, as he is providing them with higher-profile, more notable jobs that could help them make the step up to the big leagues of international assassination.
Jamie is more ambivalent about this. So when she bumps into old friend Kat at their high school reunion, and Kat mentioned a job opportunity to her, she begins to wonder if maybe she would be better suited to another line of work.
Which to be frank, she probably would. But in the meantime, Fran needs her help to kill people, and nothing could ever come before their friendship, right?
Season two of Hitmen, sometimes billed as "Hitmen: Reloaded", is that rare animal: a much improved sophomore offering. Whereas season one was mildly amusing but more or less a 'one joke' offering, this second batch of episodes provides more variety, more depth, and most importantly of all, more laughs.
Season two of Hitmen, sometimes billed as "Hitmen: Reloaded", is that rare animal: a much improved sophomore offering. Whereas season one was mildly amusing but more or less a 'one joke' offering, this second batch of episodes provides more variety, more depth, and most importantly of all, more laughs.
The addition of a stronger season arc really helps in this regard. Fran's ongoing resentment of (and suspicions about) Kat's renewed presence in Jamie's life provides a central core around which the individual episodes can be weaved, giving the show an extra layer. This is definitely something that it lacked before.
The episode by episode scenarios are also more varied and imaginative. This is true both in terms of the initial setup - the reliance on 'Fran and Jamie have the target, but must now wait before killing them' is gone - and in terms of the location of the kill and how the hit plays out. The writers seem to have been allowed to get a little bit more over the top, and that works well. The episode where the target is a movie producer is a particularly fun bit of absurdity.
I'm not sure if the series' concept has much more juice in it, at this point,. Certainly, as far as I know, no third season has been announced. If this is the show's send-off, though, it's a good one.
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