‘Russian Doll’ Season 2 is a time-bending triumph

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Lyonne), an eccentric New York woman who was caught in a time loop, repeating the day of her 36th birthday, often dying — by getting hit by a car, or in one memorably horrifying episode, falling into a sidewalk cellar door — before waking up that same morning.

Her path crossed with Alan (Charlie Barnett), a depressed man who was also stuck in a time loop, and they realized they had to help each other.

The show was strange, funny, and moving, and it captured a version of New York that didn’t feel like “TV New York,” but a grittier, realistic version of the city, riddled with quirky characters who often reacted to odd events in nonchalant ways.

Time loops aren’t a novel invention, of course. From “Groundhog Day” to “Happy Death Day” to “Palm Springs,” it’s a common sci-fi concept.