EPISODE
SEASON
Smash - Season 2
Completing the challenges and excitement that follows the musical Broadway of Marine Monoro, who throughout her way to fame, faces many challenges and works hard to gain such fame. A new season begins with Karen archives a great success.
12 March 1946, Los Angeles, California, USA
5 July 1975
28 July 1969, New York City, New York, USA
15 January 1970
22 February 1966, Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
30 October 1942, New York City, New York, USA
May 16, 2013
Its failure wasn't so much that it didn't reflect the real workings of Broadway; it never came close to reflecting any aspect of the real world.
February 05, 2013
It's moderately competent a decent amount of the time, I guess, but this house-trained, reined-in incarnation has left some of the magic behind.
February 05, 2013
My pleasure in watching Smash has to do with an admiration for the Harold Hill-like hustle and jive the TV show tries to pull off on its audience.
February 05, 2013
Thus far, I have no confidence that this new Smash is going to be any more cohesive or mature than last year's Smash.
May 24, 2013
The music and lavish production numbers were almost always a treat.
February 05, 2013
Smash's new direction was well set up in the first two hours.
February 05, 2013
The slightly meta flavor is promising, because it mends the frayed bond between the show and its disenchanted viewers by proving that it actually listens to them.
February 04, 2013
Smash is also a little less "let's put on a show," more "let's figure out a TV narrative." That's the most practical direction, but it also makes it all feel a little more earthbound.
February 05, 2013
Even after Safran's cuts, nearly every relationship in the series remains fraught, with new ones just as fraught coming to join them.