Abhishek Bachchan & Amit Sadh’s performance and some mild thrills are the only thing that save this otherwise dragged and messy season.

The second season of Breathe: Into The Shadows kicks off exactly where its prequel had left off and goes where the end of the first season had hinted. Avinash/J is out from the mental asylum and is on a quest to kill his remaining targets. This time, he has one more accomplice apart from Shirley played by Saiyami Kher. J takes over Avinash in the Asylum and has already created not only his escape but also his killing roadmap.

While the plot of Breathe is smart, filled with twists and holding a potential to thrill, in this season, there is so much happening that all of the essence disappears. Now that Avinash knows that J, his split personality exists, the very trouble is with the constant overlap of these two individuals. You have a hard time figuring who is in charge and who is doing what. Also, the screenplay is very messy and dragged to an unbearable extent. With eight long episodes and multiple killings, the series becomes very mundane and also predictable.

The performances of Abhishek Bachchan & Amit Sadh are what keeps the series up and rolling. Abhishek is constantly switching between two personalities and he manages to pull it off as smoothly as possible. For me, Amit Sadh is the real hero and my motivation to be finishing this series. With imposed calm and cool while there is so much anger and rebellion trapped inside him, he holds a face like this throughout the series. With minimal dialogues, he communicates so much. To see the story unfold from his side and to see how intellectually he navigates such a complicated series is what keeps you hooked.

Nithya Menon, Shrikant Verma and Hrishikesh Joshi add commendable support. Saiyami Kher has little room this time and is replaced by the accomplice Neel Bahl played Naveen Kasturia. Naveen is great with his performance and pulls off the carefree psychopath teenager role nicely.

On the technical front, the makers including Maneesh Sharma have too much to do and show that they end up losing grip over the narrative. The tone of the series is mostly dark to match with the dark tone of the plot. So there isn’t much of a visual treat available. The editing and the background score are average.

On the whole, if you’ve watched the first season of Breathe: Into The Shadows, you’ll be bound to watch this one for the sake of closure. But you’ll have to keep some patience handy while you do so. A little spoiler ahead – if you are actually expecting a clean closure, you might not get it. The makers don’t leave a cliff hanger per-se but a slightly open end which to keep room open for renewing it into another season.

You can watch the trailer here: