Adults, Season 2 Feature Scores
Explore all 58 feature scores for Adults, Season 2, organized into pros and cons.
Scores by Feature
Summary
58 reviewed features-
Very positive 4.5-5.045 (78%)
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Positive 3.5-4.46 (10%)
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Neutral 2.5-3.45 (9%)
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Negative 1.5-2.42 (3%)
Pros
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This is the clearest point of agreement: the ensemble’s rapport, warmth, and ability to bounce off one another are repeatedly described as the show’s secret sauce.
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The season is consistently very funny, mixing physical comedy, cringe, wordplay, escalating farce, and rapid-fire jokes that repeatedly land.
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Episode construction is a major strength, especially the real-time Raccoon countdown and other classic sitcom setups that escalate simple problems into layered ensemble chaos.
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The core five are repeatedly described as having no weak link, with confident comic timing, natural interplay, and performances that make heightened stories feel lived-in.
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Season 2 is widely praised for giving the ensemble clearer wants, more vulnerability, and deeper individual arcs, with Anton and Paul Baker receiving especially noticeable growth.
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Appetite for more episodes is extremely strong, with repeated calls for Season 3 and, in some cases, several more seasons beyond it.
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Across critics and fan-style reviews, Season 2 is described as fun, sharply improved, and highly entertaining, with several calling it among the best current comedies.
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The writing is one of Season 2’s biggest improvements, praised as observant, incisive, tightly comic, and better at tying jokes to character and emotion.
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Familiar sitcom devices get fresh twists, from the drug-trip countdown to meta flourishes and strong episode hooks. The season feels inventive even when it borrows classic structures.
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The season’s heart registers alongside the jokes: breakups, vulnerability, and character growth can be unexpectedly moving and even tear-inducing.
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Season 2 makes the group much easier to love and root for, even while preserving the cringey, selfish, or frustrating behavior that drives the comedy.
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The romantic material is mostly a strength, especially the sexually fluid Anton-Paul Baker arc and the amicable Issa-Paul breakup. The main criticism is that some payoff arrives too late or with too little buildup.
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Season 2 settles confidently into hangout-sitcom form and is repeatedly positioned among the strongest current TV comedies.
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Beneath the farce is thoughtful material about quarter-life uncertainty, friendship, avoidance, work, aging, and the fear of growing into an unstable future.
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Guest stars are mostly a strong addition and often used very effectively, though the cameo quality is not uniformly successful.
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Season 2’s Gen Z voice is widely praised as more specific, authentic, and less stereotyped, including sexual-fluidity representation that feels natural to the characters.
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The emotional and social behavior often feels highly relatable and lived-in, even when plots become absurd. The recurring realism complaint is visual: Toronto does not always convincingly pass for Queens.
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Sharp dialogue and careful wordplay are singled out, with jokes landing through punch lines, rhythm, and character-specific verbal habits.
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The final minutes landed very well for viewers who liked the romantic payoffs and the way the ending positioned the group for another season.
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The season inspires immediate repeat viewing, with full rewatches starting soon after finishing and clear interest in returning again.
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Season 2 makes its messier, escalating storylines land while adding a more emotionally involving through-line across the season.
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The season is notably assured and consistent, balancing edginess, heart, cringe, and rapid comedy without losing its identity.
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Most episodes move briskly and stay focused, with fast stories and sharp timing. One corporate C-word plot was the notable exception, criticized for running out of steam.
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The available audience signals are very strong, including near-perfect audience scoring and reported viewing growth in the second season.
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The Billie-Samir turn still lands as a surprise even when the pairing has been suspected, giving the finale an effective jolt.
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The mix of practical animals, puppetry, and other creature techniques in Raccoon was noticed positively and helped the episode’s chaos feel tactile.
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One review calls the performances excellent across the board, emphasizing how well the actors complement one another.
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One viewer watched the entire season in a single late-night session, a strong sign that the short run and momentum make it easy to consume at once.
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Raven Simone’s casting was singled out as an especially inspired match for Anton’s family storyline.
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The animated animal effects look surprisingly strong, with a favorable comparison to creature effects in a much larger film production.
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The ending is praised for leaving the relationships in a place that creates immediate interest in a third season.
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Season 2 is praised for building naturally and consistently on the foundation established in the first season.
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Critical reception is exceptionally strong, including a perfect Rotten Tomatoes critic score at the time it was cited.
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The roughly half-hour, get-in-get-out format can work extremely well, keeping compact continuing arcs focused and energetic.
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The sexual-fluidity representation is praised for feeling organic and for not reducing characters to a single identity trait.
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The meta and fourth-wall touches are viewed as a strength when they push the familiar hangout-sitcom premise into something more self-aware and distinctive.
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The progressive framing lands without feeling preachy or lazy, keeping social awareness inside the comedy rather than above it.
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The scripted material is described as stellar, with comedy and character beats working together rather than competing for attention.
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The raunchiness works best when it supports candid, realistic conversations instead of feeling glossy or sanitized.
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The creature work in Raccoon holds up unusually well for a streaming sitcom and supports the episode’s escalating chaos.
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Raccoon turns a comedy premise into an effective ticking-clock setup, using the approaching acid trip to create genuine countdown tension.
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Varied pairings help the ensemble feel broad and connected, though Samir and Billie sometimes slip behind the heavier Paul Baker-Issa-Anton focus.
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The added origin episode improves on the original pilot and can be very effective, but its character logic is inconsistent and its laughs are lighter than the season’s best material.
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Anton’s workplace mistake and apology are treated as a comic accountability arc that one viewer found funny without losing the point that he had to make amends.
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The season looks more polished than before, with filming choices that make the visual presentation feel like a clear step up.
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The quieter relationship material works because the show can slow down just enough to make emotional distance and awkwardness feel recognizable without abandoning the comedy.
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The editing is credited with selecting strong takes and helping preserve the show’s frenetic, ad-lib-like comic energy.
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The sets are described as more inviting in Season 2, helping the production feel richer without changing the show’s basic housebound identity.
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The censor-beep choice in the workplace episode was judged to make the joke funnier, giving the audio gag a clear comic payoff.
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The visual presentation earns praise for sequences such as Anton’s workplace montage, which felt more assured and thoughtfully assembled.
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Wardrobe reactions are mixed: Anton’s more glamorous looks draw praise, while a leather club outfit comes across as impractical and distracting.
Cons
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Eight episodes are the season’s most repeated structural limitation, leaving less room for romance, side characters, and low-stakes hanging out. The counterpoint is that the tighter order keeps episodes focused.
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The new origin episode creates some friction with established character logic, especially where earlier traits and choices do not fully line up.
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The broader season can feel rushed and slow at the same time: key romances could be seeded earlier, while the short run crowds story into the edges.
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The eight-episode format limits how far the sitcom universe can expand through longer guest arcs and recurring side characters.
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The finale is one of the more uneven episodes: the HOA plot is comparatively weak, though the character and relationship payoffs improve the closing stretch.
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The show’s handling of the C-word and a censored slur prompted a mixed reaction: the joke worked, but the difference in treatment also felt jarring.
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The premiere’s anything-goes comic confidence sometimes comes at the expense of coherence, although the chaos can still work in the episode’s favor.
Cast & Creators
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Paul BakerInnanen brings easy affability and surprising flexibility to Paul Baker, shifting convincingly from soft-boy warmth to frat-bro energy. His chemistry with Owen Thiele helps make the central romance work.
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AntonThiele stands out for magnetism, emotional range, and the ability to move from anxiety or shame into sharp comedy almost instantly.
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IssaRao combines expressive physical comedy, high-energy charisma, and full commitment to material that could easily turn cringey. Her performance repeatedly turns awkwardness into one of the season’s biggest comic assets.
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SamirElassal gives Samir a wholesome sincerity and strong straight-man timing, making his overthinking feel both goofy and emotionally affecting.
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BillieFreyer balances awkward comedy with real emotion, carrying difficult cringe material while keeping Billie vulnerable and funny.
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CreatorKronengold’s comic rhythm is sharp, and his work with Rebecca Shaw gives the sexually fluid relationship dynamics unusual clarity without over-explaining them.
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CreatorShaw’s joke construction is precise, and her work with Ben Kronengold steers the central romance through complicated feelings with restraint.
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WriterHegde’s Fake ID episode stands out as one of the strongest installments of the season.
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TaliaRaven-Symoné’s guest appearance is funny and memorable, with the casting itself feeling like an especially strong fit for Anton’s family storyline.
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WriterToossi contributes a terrific episode in a season already praised for unusually strong writing.
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ActorMamet fully commits to an unhinged therapist guest role and earns some of the episode’s biggest laughs.