Spiller and Willa McPhereson (Alexandria Breckenridge), one of the reporters at Spiller's tabloid, DirtNow, are able to explain to Farber, and thereby the audience, just how the notion of celebrity functions in Los Angeles. The lessons Farber learns early on (celebrities don't spend time in jail) may seem obvious to anyone who has turned on their television in the past few years, but getting the tabloid's take on the "why" is more interesting.

Also returning this season is photographer Don Konkey (Ian Hart), a schizophrenic who is finally taking his medication. Don finds much he has to adjust to at the opening of season two, from his cat's not talking to him anymore to having to take care of the recovering Lucy. It's a good change to last season's dynamic, which had her taking care of (and sometimes using) him.

Throughout the course of season one the show dealt with a season-long story arc of just how Lucy affected the lives of certain celebrities in Hollywood, and it was this that led to her eventual stabbing. With the show only getting to produce seven episodes this year instead of 13, the immediate question this reporter had is whether or not the audience is going to be left hanging halfway through a similarly long story arc. Cox ensures us they will not:

…luckily, what works in our favor this year, which would have not have worked last year at all, is that each episode is self-contained, even though there may be a character that goes over a few episodes you can watch each one and feel like you’ve wrapped up a story… [did] we have bigger plans? Sure, but does it work? Yes.

Despite these differences in tone and season-long story, Cox seems confident that not only will the show attract new fans, but that hopefully old ones "will enjoy the changes that we’ve made. She concluded with:

I think this year it’ll be more of a fun show to watch, where you’re kind of guessing who are we talking about… then we can give you a different perspective on it… It's just an all over more fun, lighter tone, but hopefully still outrageous.

If the rest of the season is as good as the first two episodes, she'll have nothing at all to worry about.

The second season of Dirt premieres on FX Sunday, March 2, at 10pm.