THE WHEEL DEAL

Betty

NETWORK HBO

AIR DATE June 11th at 11 p.m.

★★★★✰

The second-season premiere of this inviting dramedy about a group of female skateboarders opens with one of them looking to make some quick cash, and closes with the quintet just hanging out. Though the new episodes follow the girls as they try to find money, love, or spiritual fulfillment, the show is primarily about the pleasure of their company. The season takes place in a pandemic-hobbled New York, which clears out the streets for the girls to skate, but makes it harder for them to get what they’re looking for — especially since so much of that exists in spaces controlled by men. Though the stories offer a mix of gentle comedy and vulnerable drama, director Crystal Moselle, a former documentarian, lends the tales an air of nonfiction. “I’m over feeling like I have to prove myself to everybody,” declares Camille (Rachelle Vinberg). She and her friends have nothing to prove after two very charming seasons.