That isnt to say Kimmys second season isnt as funny as its first. Like Fey and Robert Carlocks 30 Rock before it, Kimmys comedy is impossibly dense, and theres a thrill in knowing your hysterical laughter is probably making you miss jokes youll be able to revisit later. The show is still jam-packed with goofy one-liners, esoteric pop-culture references, and meta-gags. Not to mention the jokes that combine all three elements, like a Mad Men-themed shout-out to Hamm that will sail right over the heads of anyone who didnt follow the show. Feys comic sensibility is referential as hell, but her shows dont get enough credit for the amazing jokes that dont require having committed two decades of pop culture to memory. A metaphor involving biscotti is one of the best bits in the half-dozen episodes screened for critics, the kind of structurally elaborate joke that couldnt have possibly been captured in a single take.
