Honestly one of the funniest TV shows I’ve ever seen. The first series was done as a satire of prestige TV but that was not sustainable for a second run. The solution was to make the next series a totally insane melodrama. Basically a Vatican themed soap opera that cranks everything to the limit and looks good doing it. Outrageously stupid at times but in a beautiful way, like all of us.

As expected, every minute of this is obviously very good and very charismatic and very stylish; and also as expected, mr. jude law steals every second he’s on screen

‘Perception is everything.’

The conclusion of the second of, what I’m assuming will be, three mini series about the Pope. We’ve had ‘Father’ with the ‘The Young Pope’, ‘Son’ with ‘The New Pope’, and I’m assuming ‘The Holy Spirit’ will be represented in a third series possibly known only as ‘The Pope’. 
 Paulo Sorrentino and Silvio Orlando as show creator and star respectively have created a ‘Twin Peaks’ of Catholicism. Like in a Lynch film what you see is what you want it to be. Like ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Carnivale’ before it ‘The New Pope’ is a show where God, Satan and the unseen forces of the universe interact with the lives of mortals in ways they don’t understand. Symbolism and personal interpretation are the only answers we’re given, or, likely to get. 
 Bares purchase as physical media and frequent rewatches.

There's no one but Silvio Orlando.

Solo por los opening y los créditos finales ya merece la pena.

i’ve never been more obsessed with the aesthetic of a film or series than i was before sexy pope jude law came into my life!!! i hope to god we get a third series as soon as possible. extremely upset that we don’t have any cherry coke zero in the house.

the various opening and closing sequences of this show are the best I've ever seen.

more stylised and surreal than the first season. However, while John Malkovich's Pope John Paul the Third may be a more relatable character to many, he just isn't anywhere near as compelling as Jude Law's Pius the Thirteenth. the latter's absence for the majority of the season means this show treads narrative water for quite a while, and could have benefited greatly from a shorter episode count, maybe six episodes instead of nine.

still, the show features some great characters, more layers of social commentary, a good dose of humour, and is generally a good time.

shout out to Marilyn Manson, Sharon Stone, and Jude law's glowing white papal Speedos for providing the series's highlights.

Extraordinary.

Sorrentino manages to make a sequel that matches and almost exceeds its predecessor. If The Young Pope is about a character, The New Pope is about a theme. It's so different and yet the same show. Sorrentino expands upon what made the original series so great, while keeping what you loved from the first season. It's a show that works on so many levels, both textually and meta-textually, it's a puzzle to be solved, and a personality to be figured out. Big respect to the choices Sorrentino made with this show. He didn't take the easy route and just make The Young Pope season 2.

How can something be
so cynical yet genial and warm ,
so emotional yet absurd and ludicrous ,
so weird yet relatable ,
so sacrilegious yet divine and reverent ,
Only Sorrentino knows as he outdoes himself once again in this ;
-The dialogue is so smart , nearly every sentence is quotable ..
-The cinematography is jaw dropping , nearly every scene is a painting
-The music , DAMN , he uses it in a way that manipulates feelings , nearly every song gives the scene a new Sorrentinoesque dimension ,
-The acting is phenomenal , nearly everyone embodies their characters perfectly ..
John Malkovich & Jude Law are the popes , enough said ..
And that man Silvio Orlando, he brings Voiello -one of the most unforgettable characters- to life , Hats off to that legendary man ,

Thank you for a decent dose of creativity, Sorrentino.

Better than the young Pope ? No not even close , but still one on best mini series I have ever seen .

PS :

Lenny Belardo in my top 10 of my favorite Characters in tv Tv shows .

John Brannox acting like a true a Libra by not being able to decide anything 
Also Lenny is so embarrassing, none of his speeches ever made sense

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Are you a charlatan?
Are you a Guru?
Are you a saint?
Are you the devil?
Are you the Messiah?
Are you Christ?
Are you God?
It doesn't matter, Lenny. I am the pope. For me, you are a priest, nothing more. And you will show me perfect obedience, as all priests do. For that is all we know, that is the Church. And we answer for the Church.

Ma che glie’ voi di’ a Sorrentino?

The scene in the first episode where the cardinals are reflecting on why each of them would be the best Pope is, independent of the miniseries, one of the best pieces of art about religion of the last 20 years.

ULAN TERBİYESİZLER!! NE ÖBÜŞÜYONUZ LAN SEKS Mİ BURASI!!

Beside the fact that the serie has the most beautiful and the dynamic generic that I have ever seen, the serie is not just about the questioning of the god, but it is more comprehensive. It is a stunning expression of life in an every aspect of it in a most aesthetic manner.

I really like this show but the male gaze is driving me crazy!!! I came here for John Malkovich as Pope, not some random ass naked nuns 😠😠😠

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