Sweet/Vicious Episode 2: The Writing On The Wall. Standing Still, Yet Moving Forward

The biggest problem I've found with new series is that, regardless of how well they may nail the pilot episode (which Sweet/Vicious did in spades), every show is only as good as its follow up. You can sell American Horror Story and each of its seasons for their unique and interesting twists, but you can never go back on the traditionally terrible recap of each season's second episode. Good news and bad news: Sweet/Vicious avoids this pitfall well enough while still acknowledging it.
For all intents and purposes, Episode 2: The Writing On The Wall feels like the second act of a pretty interesting (and mostly entertaining) buddy cop comedy. Jules (Eliza Bennet) and Ophelia (Taylor Deardon) are still technically on the run (by "on the run" I mean "trying to get rid of a human body currently decaying in a trunk"), Jules' sorority sisters are still confused about what's wrong with her and can't seem to see past themselves to notice the obvious, the Darlington Police department seems to be clueless enough to justify Jules' vigilante activities and Harris (Brandon Mychal Smith) is still the most awesome clueless secondary character out there. Throw in a pretty insightful turn by Ophelia as the only person who seems to realize exactly why Jules is doing the whole vigilante-on-escaped-rapists thing and the still wonderful, wry sense of humor that would feel out of place anywhere else and you still have one of the smarter comedies I've seen in recent years. It all just comes up in a big win!
As for bad, while I can appreciate more Harris time (because, as said before, the kid is freaking awesome in this), I could do without the suddenly racist police force that was only hinted at in a joking manner in Episode 1. The fact that the scene literally has nothing to do with the rest of the episode makes it feel unnecessary at best and pandering to the already kind of silly philosophy of BLM at its worst. This, along with the still niggling problem of Jules NOT TAKING OUT HER ULTIMATE TARGET are two things that the series ultimately feels like its going through growing pains to try to rectify.
Whatever. It's still an awesome show, the humor is still spot-on, Ophelia is still the coolest pothead/goth chick/hacker/sarcastic sidekick you could ask for, Jules feels like she's finally growing as a character (because of the whole "acknowledgement" part) and, even after those problematically uneven aspects that carried over from Episode 1 (Namely, the continuation of how to deal with the dead body and the kind of lackluster answer to where the stupid car actually went) it still feels like the show is growing. It feels like this dynamic duo has finally found their calling (which will most likely be tasing rapists in the balls) and they're finally prepared to be the heroes Darlington College needs but doesn't deserve (because it needs its Batman). The pink backpack is the new utility belt!