Buddy Cop 2

The delightful, oddly delicate Buddy Cop 2 introduces us to small-town police officers Novak and Olsen (Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen), whose uneventful beat gets some unexpected syncopation one weird, slightly creepy Christmas. Fans of the Debate Society—deadpan Bos, gentle Thureen and director Oliver Butler—won't be suprised that the cast plays merry havoc with the exquisitely realistic set and the company's offbeat sense of humor, but they may be startled at the wealth of detail and writerly craft that twinkles beneath the tinsel.—Helen Shaw