Right Back Where We Started

Kudos to the screenwriters: they listened, enhanced the good bits, and dropped the annoying bits from Season 1.

The siblings are not mopey emos any more, thankfully. Vanya and Klaus are vastly more enjoyable than in Season 1.

Too bad Hazel and Cha Cha are gone though, the new baddies kinda lack personality (even though the implicit Terminator references were fun).

This is basically everything I have hoped for in a second season. Steven Blackman did not disappoint and per usual Ellen page, Aidan Gallagher, and the rest of the cast are impeccable. The intensity and suspense of each sibling entering different time periods hooks you from the beginning. I know I'm just getting started but I already have a feeling I'm going to be up all night...

The first episode is a great start for the second season. The cinematography is brilliant! Outstanding actors and actresses. It is so lovely to see them back again. Although I've hated Vanya so much in the last season, I think from this first episode, she seems so sweet and lovely. I really hope it won't change that way! Haha. The soundtrack of the series is also wonderful. Trust me, this first episode is not as boring as the episodes from the first season. I am looking forward to watch the second episode of this new season.

What a brilliant way to start the season, grabs you from the very first second! I couldn't think of a better way to start this! What a ride the first minutes!

If the whole episode was like the first 10 minutes this would be a 9/10. Unfortunately after the first 10 minutes it starts dragging a bit and they could have picked up the pace. Love the style, the colors, the music, the aesthetic. The characters are still not the strongest despite great performances, hopefully the writing gets better along the way. One more complaint I have is how random and meaningless death feels in this series leaving us desensitized to people dying but maybe hopefully that gets better too.