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Cable Girls Season 2

Cable Girls Season 2 is a WORTH-IT, BollyMeter 7.6/10. 8 episodes on Netflix from 25 December 2017.

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BollyMeter7.6/10Season 2 scored 90% on Rotten Tomatoes from 4 critics. Metro called it brave, beautiful, delightful and dark; CNET praised the feminist message and 1920s fashion for fans of Season 1's ingredients.

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What BollyAI Thinks

Season 2 aired December 2017, released the same year as Season 1 in a double-drop that gave the show immediate momentum. Critical approval held at 90 percent from 4 reviews - a slight dip from the perfect Season 1 score but still firmly in consensus territory. Metro called it brave, beautiful, delightful and dark. CNET framed it explicitly as comfort for fans of Season 1's specific pleasures: the feminist message, 1920s period fashion, and the central ensemble's chemistry. The timeline pushed the characters through the political turbulence of Spain's late-1920s transition toward the Republic, giving the domestic and romantic storylines a rising historical pressure that the show handled better than most period dramas.

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The Room

90%critics positive · n=47.7/10IMDb audience
  • This Spanish drama is brave and beautiful, delightful and dark and certainly not one to be missed.
    Metro

Standout Episodes

The hours worth arguing about - premieres, finales, and the turning points. BollyAI reads the room episode by episode.

  1. E1Chapter 9: The Choice

    This opener turns “opportunity” into paperwork coercion, making Season 2’s independence feel risky, personal, and immediate.

    Full review of E1 →
  2. E2Chapter 10: The Pact

    S02E02 proves independence is paperwork plus risk, not freedom plus romance, and it pays the cost with precision.

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  3. E3Chapter 11: Jealousy

    S02E03 drains independence through “reasonable” choices, making small compromises grow into irreversible cages.

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  4. E4Chapter 12: Guilt

    S02E04 treats paperwork like violence, forcing the women to turn solidarity into strategy before the system closes.

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  5. E5Chapter 13: Secrets7.6

    S02E05 turns tiny refusals into a real threat, then proves the system adapts faster than romance and morality can catch up.

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  6. E6Chapter 14: Loneliness

    S02E06 weaponizes private choices into workplace consequences, making romance and friendship feel like shared custody of danger.

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  7. E7Chapter 15: Opportunities

    Cable Girls S2E07 turns “playing along” into a trap, and forces every main woman to pay for her survival strategy.

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  8. E8Chapter 16: Innocence

    The finale refuses clean closure, forcing love and independence to collide with power’s retaliation.

    Full review of E8 →

Season Over Season

Historical stakes sharpen as Spain's political instability becomes unavoidable - Season 2 deepens rather than merely continues Season 1.