Review by southdavid

Having come to it pretty late, and avoided the crushing expectation, I quite enjoyed season one of "Space Force". The second season is shorter, as if the die of cancellation had pretty much already been cast but is still fun and warm and I liked it also.

General Naird (Steve Carell) attends a tribunal about the events that took place on the Moon. Though he keeps his command, his budget is slashed and is given four months to prove the viability of Space Force. The budget constraints cause the cancellation of Dr Mallory's (John Malkovich) Mars Mission, which does not go down well. Dr Chan (Jimmy O Yang) and Captain Ali (Tawny Newsome) continue to get close, but Ali has been struggling mentally since returning from the moon.

So again, the weight of expectation plays a big part with "Space Force" - it is not a laugh riot from start to finish, nor some perfect satire of bureaucracy but it's a reasonably charming and gentle sitcom, with amusing moments per episode. There are a few changes in both the characters and the show for this second run. Ben Schwartz gets to skew his character slightly more likable than in the first run, Jimmy O Yang is promoted from a recurring character in the first run to a more involved one this time. Lisa Kudrow is in the show a bit less and, sadly, Fred Willard's passing means he is not involved. Also gone are parodies of real people, Kaitlin Olson as a character whose basically Elizabeth Holmes or Ginger Gonzaga as AOC.

I mean I can understand why the production ended here, everything about it is "OK" rather than "good" so I'm sure, along with what I'd imagine was relatively low viewing figures it was a fairly easy decision, but I'd have watched more if they'd made more - Can't say I'll be rewatching it though.