The Tick – Season 2 Review

The Tick

This is everything a second season should be. The production value feels higher, the jokes are funnier, the pace is more engaging, there’s a bigger cast of characters to get to know, and they seem to have settled on a more PG-13ish tone. The show still has room to grow, of course, but it’s getting pretty close to perfect. I really liked Arthur in Season 2 and how he’s fully embraced being a hero, just… frustrated that he doesn’t actually have super powers. So it’s kind of strange that he wears the suit for the majority of the season but rarely uses any of its features. I guess there wasn’t room in the budget for a lot of flying. This season seemed more about demonstrating Arthur’s soft skills, since The Tick pretty much has the hard skills covered. But their chemistry is great, and the show is smart enough to feature them together a lot.

Where the season falters is in its lack of a unifying threat for the majority of it. With The Terror on ice and Ms. Lint questioning her morality, we don’t have a central villain to root against. Some are teased but then quickly become non-issues. Overkill and Dot eventually uncover a villain of sorts on their own, but I don’t think this benefited from being a separate side quest. Overkill is funny when he has to put up with The Tick, not when he’s brooding alongside Dot. And Dot… oh, Dot… Why’d they go and give her super powers?! It seems like everyone on this show is super now… except for Arthur. Maybe that’s the point. But I felt Dot was more interesting as a normal human, where she and Arthur could help anchor this otherwise zany world of comic book characters.

Reviewer

Clark
I love gaming so much, I wrote a book about it.

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Clark

I love gaming so much, I wrote a book about it.