Season 1 of Dave was some surprisingly great stuff. There was a direction and a plot that felt real. A great cast who all seemed to have a purpose and chemistry. There's emotional stuff to care about... It really was something memorable and fun. A great surprise to me. 8/10
Season 2 of this kind of throws all of that away and goes another direction... The plot is messy, it's boring and nothing much happens. Which in a way is what it's trying to do but to pretend that writing in this isn't really bad is lying to yourself. Everything unique and interesting in season 1 was replaced by tropey middle school jokes and tropey story telling. It really felt like it was meant to just fill the air and they weren't sure where to take it. By the end of season 2 I think it landed in a good spot and finally found something good. Unfortunately it takes way to long to get to this point and season 2 was an unfortunate swing and miss. It's below average. 4/10
Overall given both seasons a 6/10... right in the middle is probably the most fair rating. Season 1 is very good tv but Season 2 is massive misfire. If there is more to come I hope it goes back to its roots.
Season 2 of this kind of throws all of that away and goes another direction... The plot is messy, it's boring and nothing much happens. Which in a way is what it's trying to do but to pretend that writing in this isn't really bad is lying to yourself. Everything unique and interesting in season 1 was replaced by tropey middle school jokes and tropey story telling. It really felt like it was meant to just fill the air and they weren't sure where to take it. By the end of season 2 I think it landed in a good spot and finally found something good. Unfortunately it takes way to long to get to this point and season 2 was an unfortunate swing and miss. It's below average. 4/10
Overall given both seasons a 6/10... right in the middle is probably the most fair rating. Season 1 is very good tv but Season 2 is massive misfire. If there is more to come I hope it goes back to its roots.