Treme II

Geeking out on Treme. Some thoughts on “Accentuate the Positive”:

• Toni misses, and hates, Creighton; Sofia’s feelings are much less complicated. I predict this leads to escalating conflict as Sofia tries to make positive sense of her father’s death, and Toni finds her own grudge growing beyond her ability to control.
• Janette’s life in New York is accurate to my own experiences. Her boss, a Marimow-type asshole, is worse than any boss I’ve worked for. But the general theme of social loneliness, asshole bosses and living in an apartment with Ziggy Sobotka felt very real and was an interesting counterpoint to the Big Easy.
• I know Nelson Hidalgo is an asshole. He smarms up to the waitresses, but treats his workman cousin with rank condescension. He utters the word “cuz” in triplicate. I predict he’s going to be the guy to try and redevelop Albert Lambreaux’s housing project.
• Sonny and Davis are both much less annoying this season. Sonny is taking his lumps; in the opening scene, when his street gig is upstaged by a clearly superior act, he accepts it and moves on. Moreover, though he’s clearly not over Annie, he accepts her choice and doesn’t make a scene.
• Lt. Terry Colson is a welcome new viewpoint. The moment at the end, where he’s picking over a crime scene and a trumpet note drifts incongruously across the street, is the kind of naturalist absurdism that gives David Simon’s shows their lyrical quality.