I just finished season 2 now. Without much spoilers, it was a real mixed bag. Some parts were amazing, some parts were very mediocre, all parts felt very rushed and poorly paced. I still liked it, but I would give it a 7/10 rather than the 10/10 starting season…
That said, episode 7 was fantastic. The only episode where the writers let characters actually talk for more than 30 seconds.
Emotional stakes > all other stakes
It’s what made season 1 so good with the climax being essentially a family dinner. I felt really disappointed that a lot of the emotional stakes were sacrificed for action set-pieces. The climax of s2 felt like Age of Ultron: league of legends edition.
I disliked how significant of a role class conflict played. I understand there is a corporate agenda to downplay such things for ideological purposes but it still disappoints me.
Act 1 was easily my favorite act.
Did anyone else find irony in the clearly anti-establishment “jinxers” faction very obviously painting a thin blue like across the entire frame. Within the logic of the story it makes sense but contextually I found that visual amusing.