An ongoing concern about Treme is how it plays to an audience that isn’t pre-sold on New Orleans. Season two has started in England, where the second episode recently aired. There as here, the show seems to inspire weekly recaps; What Culture finished its wrap-up:

Treme is possibly the best-written show on TV at present and it’s richness oozes out of every second of screen time. To try and sum up all the story threads is not doing the show any justice especially as nothing major happens. Instead it’s the small pieces of story, the glances, passing comments and little decisions made by each and every character that make the show so rich. However, it’s tough to get into without watching from the start and a little bit of background knowledge off of Wikipedia helps with understanding the traditions of N’Orleans.

Treme is definitely a show to get into, but do it justice and begin at the beginning. You won’t regret it.

–Alex Rawls