Thankfully, Painting with John offers more of the same in Season 2

The A.V. Club

"There are a few more self-referential moments in Painting with John’s second season, as (John) Lurie talks about the reaction to his previous episodes and expresses some ambivalence about hundreds of thousands of strangers suddenly thinking they know him and his life based on the little 20-minute glimpses he’s allowed with this show," says Noel Murray of Lurie's HBO unscripted series. "This doesn’t really affect the direction Lurie takes this year, though—aside from a few moments where he purports to expose the 'problems' with his seemingly idyllic beachfront paradise, which includes occasional flooding and a washing machine that vibrates too much."