Liked: the supporting cast
We’ve already shouted most of them out by now, but the actors in Russian Doll season two—which also includes, among others, Sharlto Copley as one of Nora’s sleazy boyfriends, Ephraim Sykes as a circa-1982 NYC Guardian Angel who pops in and out of Nadia-as-Nora’s life, Malachi Nimmons as a helpful electronics-store sales guy, and Athina Papadimitriu as Vera’s longtime friend Delia—are perfectly cast. Russian Doll is very much the Natasha Lyonne show, but the supporting players, even those who just drop by for one or two scenes, help build out and even ground her peculiar existence in important ways.
