With Love, Meghan season two review – contrived but oddly fascinating
Netflix has rolled out the second season of With Love, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex’s lifestyle series, and the results are as carefully curated as a fruit platter in Montecito. What’s striking is not the elegance of the lavender-grey lattes or the endless flower scattering, but the way the show veers between painfully contrived and strangely captivating.
This season arrives with a shift in Meghan and Harry’s relationship with Netflix. Instead of the rumored blockbuster $100m five-year deal, the couple now have a more modest first-look arrangement, allowing the streamer to pick up any new projects they pitch. It sets the stage for Meghan to double down on her brand of aspirational domesticity.
Guest appearances carry the show, with highlights including Tan France of Queer Eye fame and Chrissy Teigen, who proves to be refreshingly candid. Teigen recalls her Deal or No Deal days with Meghan, jokes about her children’s tattooed birth dates being too blurry to read, and even pulls John Legend in for a fleeting cameo. It’s perhaps the most entertaining moment of the season, and ironically underscores how desperately the series needs more of that authenticity.
Instead, much of With Love, Meghan drifts into whimsical self-branding. Meghan shares anecdotes about Prince Harry (“H”), recalls childhood moments that forecast her role as a devoted mom, and sprinkles in stories about Archie and Lilibet. She confesses to once ruining a roast chicken by mixing up Fahrenheit and Celsius, talks about flower-pressing shortcuts, and uses the phrase “moving meditation” so often that it starts to sound like a lifestyle mantra in search of meaning.
And yet, there’s an odd magnetism. Watching Meghan serve grey foam lattes, arrange grapes into “bountiful” displays, and drape petals over unsuspecting guests sparks a fascination that borders on surreal. It’s less about the recipes or crafts, and more about watching how carefully the image is maintained.
Ultimately, With Love, Meghan season two is not groundbreaking television. It is curated whimsy, wrapped in California sunshine and sprinkled with edible flowers. But in its effortful presentation, it almost becomes compelling, like watching someone decorate their world so meticulously that you can’t help but wonder what lies beneath.
Whether viewers find it soothing, exasperating, or unintentionally funny, Netflix’s gamble is clear: Meghan’s brand still sells, even if the content feels more staged than spontaneous.
With Love, Meghan is streaming now on Netflix.
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