THE POLITICIAN
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SEASON PREMIERE: Bette Midler and Judith Light have prominent roles in this second season of what was Ryan Murphy’s first series for Netflix. But then as now, as with his Hollywood series, Murphy’s Achilles heel is exposed by the Netflix pattern of series release. Netflix drops entire seasons at once, and Murphy, from Nip/Tuck to every edition of American Horror Story, is much better at starting a story than finishing it.