Here’s the best thing about Magic for Humans: Even if you’re completely convinced every trick that host Justin Willman does on camera is part of a pre-planned pact with “unsuspecting” passersby, you can still enjoy the show. If your belief is that onscreen magic is all somehow a scripted scam, Season two of this Netflix series still works on a beat-for-beat comedic level that’s one step ahead of your objections. Regardless of which side of that illusion/laugh divide is the hook, these latest six episodes pick up right where the first batch left off. Season two follows the same rough outline the first season did, with Willman giving a thematic overview of each episode from the comfort of a blank-walled studio. From there, it’s out to various remote Los Angeles locales to watch Willman perform sleight of hand and unveil elaborate surprises for the people who happen to be in his path. Sometimes, the most satisfying moments of Magic for Humans come when the show has given you enough information – whether in that segment or over the preceding episodes – to anticipate what’s about to happen. The fun then comes from being able to see the exact moment when Willman’s in-person audience gets that same light bulb moment. Willman is the constant on the show, someone who’s able to deliver something unexpected regardless of the venue. So the longer the show runs, the more it becomes about those reactions: what we’re willing to accept and what we love to reject. The show is also a subtle LA travelogue, going from Atwater Village hangouts to NFL practice facilities to any number of parks and public transportation stops in between. It might not have the density of an investigative docu-series about the human psyche, but it still manages to say plenty about people and the city.

Stream it, for a good time-pass!