Things feel darker and heavier this time, although the writing remains as sharp.

Remains a well-served blend of broiling menace and leavening wit.

With O’Donnell and Sosanya putting in commanding turns, Screw was certainly watchable, but it needs to work out what sort of prison drama it wants to be. At the moment, it’s an unsatisfying blend of thriller and soap with occasional laughs. This clunker in the clinker is trying to be too many things at once.