The Snow Girl Season 2 Review: Thrilling, Needed Better Pacing

In The Snow Girl Season 2, journalist Miren Rojo is back to solve another shocking mystery that involves an elite school where two young girls disappeared and were murdered. Investigative journalist Jaime Bernal joins her once again on this quest to find the truth which will test not only their sanities but their lives as well.

The psychological drama, mystery series has 6 episodes, each with a runtime of around 50 minutes. The season is an adaptation of Javier Castillo’s 2021 novel The Soul Game.

The Snow Girl Season 2 Review

After the rather dark turn of events in the first season, The Snow Girl returns with more twisted twists and turns and a disturbing story that will leave viewers with a lot of thoughts. The series discusses a completely new storyline while bringing bits and pieces of the last season with it. We delve deeper into Miren’s life this season and look at her psyche with everything that continues to happen to her while also getting into her new colleague, Jaime’s whereabouts and his sordid past. The series packs the twists and turns well and maintains a very mysterious atmosphere through the runtime, bringing forth the worst that humanity has to offer.

The most interesting aspect of The Snow Girl, for me, has always been its exploration of journalism and how it actually works. Our protagonist, Miren, is a quiet and almost anti-social individual who is desperately trying to reclaim some control over her life. Apart from her shocking past that continues to haunt her, she desperately tries to keep up with the demands of her journalistic duties and her zeal to do what is right is almost commendable and showcased with warmth and understanding. She desperately tries to help those she relates to and gets embroiled in matters which she probably shouldn’t, but without journalists getting their hands dirty, a lot of people probably wouldn’t get the justice that they so desperately need.

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The hard-hitting sequences are only made better with the series’ exploration of religious themes. It’s a dreary and heartbreaking saga that discusses why religious fanaticism is always a bad idea. It further illustrates how the rich and powerful use people’s gullibility to strong-arm their religious beliefs against them and use them for their own gain. It’s a tale as old as time but one that will still give you goosebumps and make you question everything that you might believe in. It’s further heartbreaking to witness women falling prey to something so diabolic and how society perpetuates these feelings.

Along with Miren, we see Belén Millán back for this season. It’s always interesting to watch two people investigating the same story but from different angles. As Miren looks at Laura’s disappearance, Belén dives into Allison’s mysterious death. The series does a great job of keeping the mystery alive through these two stories that you know will converge but are unsure of how. Time ticks on the investigation and you can’t help but feel unsettled the more you go towards the truth.

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However, The Snow Girl Season 2 isn’t without its faults – the pacing of the show is all over the place but most of the time it’s so painfully slow that the thrill and anticipation get lost. When it needs to quickly get to the point, it flails about unnecessarily, taking away precious moments that it could’ve spent to break down other issues. As a direct result, it is unable to talk about many important things that could’ve made such a difference to the story, keeping a lot of things surface-level and leaving them unexplored.

Thankfully, performances are top-tier as per usual. Milena Smit is fantastic – she not only makes you root for her as Miren, but she also makes you feel deeply emotional about the emotional turmoil that she is going through. Every scene that she is in is made fantastic by her precise and almost no-nonsense performance. Other than her, Miki Esparbé is also great although I think his character could’ve been explored more. I think that’s a problem as well — even the characters don’t get enough time because the series wastes time on frivolous things.

Final Thoughts

The Snow Girl Season 2 is a solid watch. Although there are points that could’ve been definitely bettered, I think it’s great for what it is. Do I wish the series was more fast-paced? Sure. But for what it’s worth — it asks some interesting and important questions which it does a good job of answering. Plus, the portrayal of journalism is spot-on and makes you have some faith in the system which, unfortunately, has faced a lot of criticism as of late (for good reason).

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