Season One of HBO’s Flight of the Conchords was framed around songs
the show’s titular New Zealand comedy/folk duo spent years perfecting.
The music was the strongest part of a great show…and often got
shoehorned into episodes. (Hey, you fit a song about a racist dragon
into a show about New York musicians.) FotC had to write mostly new
music this time around, so Season Two’s songs and plots fit together
more organically, but the musical numbers aren’t as good. Nonetheless,
FotC is still odd, and wonderful, and Season Two let fantastically
deadpan supporting characters—like Murray’s co-worker Greg and Mel’s
husband Doug–shine, like sad, put-upon diamonds.
This article appears in Oct 22-28, 2009.