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Well, that was something. Overall, Accused Season 2 has been hit or miss with the installments, and this one falls closer to the latter than the former. “Margot’s Story” involved a senior-aged woman who became enamored with a con artist and wanted to exercise some control over her life and feel alive.

At least, that was the gist of the hour and what Margot had to say at her trial. In some ways, the hour could’ve had things that I find most endearing like lively senior-aged women still trying to make the absolute best out of their lives or a second chance at love sort of romance that may or may not have involved a younger man. The hour had the makings of that, with Margot and her friends letting loose at the dance studio, especially Connie, with her brash personality that can be endearing.



But as an Accused installment, it was rather underwhelming. Margo didn’t feel like a fully realized and multidimensional character. I found her to be rather one-note, and it was hard to comprehend her motivations for her sudden devotion to Alexei fully.

Sure, he was nice to her, and she was lonely, but was that all it took? Margo was surrounded by such vibrant older women that it seemed odd that she suddenly put dancing with this instructor at the center of her life as she did. We didn’t see enough of their relationship building up to feel strongly about it or make sense of her jumping in to help him in any meaningful way, let alone his making this deep connection with her that h.

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