The inventiveness of Atlanta's second season has managed, startlingly, to outpace the high mark set by its first outing

But it's also like Glover to be this clever-and in his work of the moment, it's possible to see the long roots of tensions he's rapped about, written about, joked about, and been performing for over a decade.

In some scenes... the weight of community ties seems suffocating; in others, it's evident that none of the characters would survive without one another. The distance between those two points is what Atlanta mines, and what resonates most powerfully.

Mesmerising and shape-shifting as bottled smoke.

The show boldly speaks to American culture's impulse to extract all that is cool or profitable from blackness while discarding actual black people.

Every week, Atlanta uncovers a new facet while exploring class, race and other social experiences. It's so exciting to tune in not knowing what you're going to get.

There's a pervading message to Atlanta: What is it like to be in a predominantly black city? From that angle, it's like Glover sees himself as more of a link between the black community and the rest of the world.

Atlanta's batting average is unbelievably high.

The first three episodes of the second season of Atlanta are laced with a palpable excitement

Is Atlanta the best comedy on TV? Or the best drama? The best family saga about the impossibility of either fatherhood or son-hood? The funniest crime story? The most depressive stoner romp?

This is Atlanta's American Dream: two young Black men trying to succeed in the rap game, who face so many social and economic setbacks, you suspect they'll never arrive.

The new episodes are unified ... by a greater sense of danger than was present in the show's first season.

In this new season, Atlanta finally feels like the show its always wanted to be. The new king of TV comedies is back, and with Robbin' Season, it wears its crown well.

Season two continues the meander into hilarity.

This is Atlanta as it ever was: reliably human, and reserved in its commentary on that humanity.