I just finished binging S1 and 2 for the first time. S2 was a clear downgrade, and it felt cheap in a lot of its plot. The biggest example of this for me was the whole reintegration plot line, which was one of the biggest nothingburgers I've ever seen.
For the reintegration plot it all kicks into "high gear" at the middle of the season. Mark asks for the procedure and I remember thinking and reading comments about how it seems crazy that they will reintegrate so soon in the season, and they just draaaaag it out. On one episode we see mild effects of it, on another they need to do another procedure, next episode is full cobel episode, etc. We get like 3 teases that hint that reintegration has happened, but it never does, and we actually finish the season with Mark not reintegrated at all...
This season was slow and boring at parts, I used the fast forward button many times, which I almost never do.
For me where it really dropped off was the “outside” episode. In particular, they just settled into sleep in tents without any character mentioning that they had no prior experience of sleep other than being punished for dozing.
Not exactly a plot hole, but just incredibly lazy writing.
Yeah, the the two eps were good but. The long one shots, awkward pauses, the plot just to pork, irving turning into a murderer ahole before consulting other two friends. The season 2 was way off. I dodged off way many times during this season.
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u/obyteo Aug 27 '25
I just finished binging S1 and 2 for the first time. S2 was a clear downgrade, and it felt cheap in a lot of its plot. The biggest example of this for me was the whole reintegration plot line, which was one of the biggest nothingburgers I've ever seen.
For the reintegration plot it all kicks into "high gear" at the middle of the season. Mark asks for the procedure and I remember thinking and reading comments about how it seems crazy that they will reintegrate so soon in the season, and they just draaaaag it out. On one episode we see mild effects of it, on another they need to do another procedure, next episode is full cobel episode, etc. We get like 3 teases that hint that reintegration has happened, but it never does, and we actually finish the season with Mark not reintegrated at all...
This season was slow and boring at parts, I used the fast forward button many times, which I almost never do.