Danielle Powell Cobb

Around 11 a.m. on a Friday in late January , a solemn Todd Blanche, the United States deputy attorney general, stood in front of a poster-sized Department of Justice seal—the word “Justice” obscured by his body—and declared that the department had done what was promised and required: The Epstein files were to be released.

So, audiences are still watching All’s Fair. Despite being lampooned by critics and initially earning an impressively harsh 0% Rotten Tomatoes score, the show has turned out to be a major success for Hulu ratings-wise. This week, the streaming network announced that it would be renewing the show, which everybody said couldn’t (or shouldn’t) exist, for a second season. With its two-episode season finale set to release on December 9, the question remains: Why? Why did this show come into existence?

Let’s be real: you have exactly seven seconds to capture his attention. According to psychological research, it takes as long as it takes for a first …