Review: Season 2 of 'Mr. Mercedes' may polarize fans as the show take on a sci-fi horror flavor

The Stephen King adaptation returns to explore the classic 'good vs. evil' trope, but with a new supernatural twist added to the plot.

Audience Network's Stephen King adaptation 'Mr. Mercedes' returns for a second season today, leading with the first of the new ten episodes, titled 'Missed You.' If you missed the first season of the show, now would be a good time to catch up because 'Mr. Mercedes' has managed to hit a sweet spot amidst the recent Stephen King adaptation fever to produce a masterful edge-of-the-seat crime thriller.

The first season had viewers embroiled in a classic game of cat-and-mouse between the anti-hero - grumpy retired Detective Bill Hodges (Brendan Gleeson) - and the deranged psychopathic mass murderer Brady Hartsfield (Harry Treadaway). With an equally impressive supporting cast including the likes of Holland Taylor (as Bill's neighbor Ida Silver), Jharrel Jerome (Hodes' sidekick Jerome Robinson) and Justin Lupe (as Holly Gibney), the show did a fantastic job of bringing The King of Horror's first book of the 'Bill Hodges Trilogy' to life. Now, a year later, 'Mr. Mercedes' returns with a fresh new plot and all the twists and turns that one would expect from a classic King novel.

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