Getting to see those characters flourish.Īn interesting aspect of this version of The Tick is the tone of it. That's something I really love about the second half of the season. The Terror being a real thing - not a suspected thing - I think is a big deal for the second part of the season, and we get to enjoy that. Walter plays a good part, his mom, Miss Lint.

There's Dot trying to figure things out, there's Overkill, there's Midnight, there's so much more happening. Now, the second half of the season, he's got his suit, he has his power, he has somebody who supports him 100 percent - although unreliable, he's there. It starts with a guy alone, not sure of himself or anything. It's a little more violent, a little darker and a little more mature than past Tick adaptations, but some things never change - like Arthur's skepticism and The Tick's boundless optimism (and endearing cluelessness).īarry Josephson: I think, for me, the beginning of the season, because you're telling an origin story, we were very dedicated to that. While the original Tick comic book reflected superhero comics, the Fox Kids animated series parodied Saturday morning cartoons and the 2001 Fox show echoed network sitcoms, Amazon's The Tick is a reflection of its edgier comics-based contemporaries, like Netflix's Marvel shows or The Walking Dead.

Yet it was clear that this version of The Tick, starring Peter Serafinowicz as the title character and Griffin Newman as Arthur, was a little different - updated to fit the times. When the show debuted with the first half of season 1 late last summer, it had been 16 years since the last live-action adaptation of Ben Edlund's beloved satirical superhero comic book - a show that's fondly remembered, but only lasted for nine episodes. It wouldn't have been out of line to be skeptical about Amazon's The Tick series.

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