Finished up The Punisher S2.

No spoilers other than the obvious set ups by the trailers...

As good as S1 but better and worse at somethings throughout the story so it kind of evens out.

The conflict between Russo and Castle goes A LOT DEEPER and gets a lot deeper.

The inter-connectivity amongst Castle, Russo, Mudani,  police chief guy--name escaping me now, and Page gets even more entangled.

The psychobabble about intents, feelings, purposes, and all of that based on the new character introduced is intriguing and thus making a new character intriguing.

The Pilgrim as I guess is his official name seemed very interesting but IMO under explained in terms of origin.

"The girl that needed saving" felt under and over done in some parts/points.

The two grande thematic arcs of the story which are basically Russo's coming back from hell with his personal health issues both physically and mentally and initial sequence of events that drag Castle back into "the life" are very intriguing to see play out.


Kurt as the sounding board for a lot of the characters got a lot more development and a lot more being in it--which I thought was a solid move-- really stood out to me as the best buddy confidant that managed to get out in time but understands what those who are still in it are going through,.

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I''ll revisit my Marvel Net Flix rankings after JJ S3 arrives to fully asses my thoughts but I do think they are cancelling these shows they started with too early and I still can only think there is something political and money wise going on between NetFlix, Marvel, Fox, and Disney.

Rankings:

DDS1

JJS1

DDS3

TD

DDS2

LC S1

TP S1

JJ S2

LC S2

TP S2

IF S2

IF S1

While yes, I would put the IFs at the bottom right now, only really S1 was truly weak and they made huge improvement strides in S2.  I think the whole middle of my listing is easily switchable as the pluses and the minuses of each season kind of balance out to being even overall with seasons from other shows.