it's been sitting in my queue forever, and I chalked it up to another mediocre Netflix show that deteriorates over time.

wow -- completely wrong. I didn't know Bateman had this in him, and Linney is equally fantastic. the entire ensemble is noteworthy, however, and all of them are integral (one nitpick -- in a family money laundering TV series, Darlene ends up being exaggerated in a bad way).

hope they find the perfect ending this season, as you can tell the seams are bulging by the middle of S2. and while it owes much to Breaking Bad, I find the characters here just a lot more...realistic and interesting.