Netflix’s Mr. Iglesias Season Two Review

The first season of Mr. Iglesias (review here) was surprisingly layered, smart and above all funny so it was only inevitable that a second season was on its way. With the second season now upon us, this time featuring a measly 6 episodes, it begs the question of whether or not they should have waited longer to add some episodes to this season. To be honest, it appears that they jumped the gun here and rushed out this season seeing that in reality, a few more episodes could have helped flesh out these storylines more and bring more Fluffy moments with it.

The main story of season two follows the same group of students and faculty, now halfway through their sophomore year. The students, having proven the faculty wrong and getting the best history grades in the school, are now facing even bigger problems: college. As they focus on where they plan to go and what to do with their lives, they are forced to join Carlos’ drama class where they will be participating in a production of Romeo and Juliet. This allows the students to not only explore their interests, but budding romances as well.

Rather than focusing on a teacher helping students get their grades up, this narrative shifts to the multi-camera style of 2000s era Disney and Nickelodeon shows. The influence of Lizzie McGuire, Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide, That’s So Raven, and Boy Meets World among many other series can be seen through the characters, their relationships and the themes of high school. This pushes the series to evolve beyond its original arc and bring the ideas of romance, growing up and parent-student relationships into the mix.

This brings a more generic school-based storyline which downplays what made the first season so intriguing. It doesn’t help that the storyline, focused on drama class, is somehow now the focus of Gabriel’s history class as well. His fun comedic one-liners relating to history that are somehow relevant to his students’ current issues was a quirky aspect of the series were lost amongst this reshuffling.

Thankfully the heart of the series still proves to be its driving force: Fluffy himself. Iglesias has an innate charisma about him that really makes for the perfect lighthearted protagonist in a sitcom. He can easily flip from the funniest person in the room to the heart and emotional soul of a story. He is the voice of reason, the counsellor of everyone’s lives and the laugh track that they all need to keep their spirits high.

In the end, this series lives and breathes on his style of humour and it continues to work, despite the lacklustre additions throughout. It doesn’t matter that most of his coworkers are used less than last season or that some of students have gotten a bit stale, as long as Fluffy stays Fluffy, this series will keep doing fine.

What did you think of season two of Mr. Iglesias? Let me know in the comments!

*still courtesy of Netflix*

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Dylan Phillips