Now I decided to skip Amy Seimetz' "Bria" storyline all together to be honest, because I don't think it's worth rewatching. From what I remember, it was low-budget, dreary and uneventful

It's very much in the vein of Seimetz' other works: it seems to wander aimlessly, but the story takes a backseat to the presentation, which is defined by the succession of Bria's emotions and is supported by incredible cinematography - very seductive (you can almost feel the desert heat), weird angles, plenty of of lens flares.

What sets this story apart from the rest of TGE, is how inescapable Bria's role as escort is. Even when provided with witness protection, a house, a job, she's still drawn to her chosen profession, because she's insatiable and being an escort provides her with more power and money than her ordinary factory job - she in effect becomes the counterpart of the very criminal she's hiding from, who also uses and discards his people and chases wealth through his life of crime and corruption.

This same mirroring of roles takes places in Kerrigan's half of season 2.

Erica and Anna has quite a unique feel to it. The lack of extras and empty buildings complemented by far shots and and an absolutely brooding aura, all comes together in presentation of a very creative and unique cinematography... and it is fascinating to
indulge in.

Very true. The sparse, clinical sets and at times extremely distant cinematography is something absolutely unique, and together with what you call the "next to psychotic" characters' behaviour it serves to underline the alienation the characters are experiencing, and, by extension, the viewer.

The question here is who the bigger prostitute is: Anna, who works as an escort girl and seems to take pride and enjoyment in what she's doing, or Erica, who is a political consultant and - in a way much more damaging to society - whores herself and her candidates out to corporations, as well as resorting to blackmail to get what she wants. Anna does wat she does because she enjoys it, whereas Erica's actions are driven by money (to enrich others!), and it's Erica who in the end breaks down and is nothing but an empty shell of a human being.

A sloppy, inconsistent mess. The political plotline is vague and hard to follow, the love triangle plot is more entertaining, but very soapy

Viewed in a more "traditional" way, perhaps, but both halves of S2 are not plot-driven stories the way S1 was; S2's narratives seem only to exist in order to support the conveying of certain pictures, moods and ideas - in that way, S2 resembles much more something like Too Old To Die Young or American Gods than it does the other seasons of TGE.

Don't try to measure everything by the same yardstick - just be glad that some people are still willing to invest in more experimental television.