The change in scenery between the 1st and 2nd season worked really well. Both season are different, but both are really good. I loved the acting, the story and the subtle (sometimes absurd) humor. The series handles some big taboos and things are not too predictable and mainstream and that's a big plus.

The acting maybe good. However, the story is so black and dark that it is thoroughly depressing. It you are entertained by such then you will enjoy

Waste of time. Some great actors but a convoluted plot which is unbelievable and not well tied together. I would not recommend watching even if you enjoyed Season 1.

Jane Campion, Elisabeth Moss, Gwendoline Christie _and_ Nicole Kidman in season 2 of Top of the Lake of which season 1 was great. What could possibly go wrong?Well... everything.If you enjoy yelling at your TV "Why don't you do anything?" please go ahead. Maybe Jane Campion can chime in and explain why no one intervenes when the daughter continues to make one bad decision after another for no apparent reason but to irritate the audience. There is no explanation, no character development, no apparant reason why no one locks the daughter in her bedroom and throws away the keys or why the villian isn't arrested and put in to jail after assaulting the police and, spoiler alert, whoring the daughter. In the end everything just becomes laughably bad and you don't care about any of the characters anymore.