This is a spoiler-free review of Hulu and Marvel's Runaways Season 2.
Marvel's titular Runaways are finally out on the streets in Season 2, but despite the team's newfound freedom, the show still feels trapped by some of the formulas established in its freshman year.
This year, Hulu is embracing the binge model and releasing all of Season 2 at once, rather than rolling episodes out weekly - a double-edged sword, since it's now easier to push past meandering episodes and power through to the good stuff in the back half of the season, but it also highlights the season's repetitive plotting and oddball pacing.
It seems as though showrunners Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage have embraced the storytelling style of a comic book series (while taking a remix approach with Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona's narrative), exploring shorter arcs that play out over the course of two or three episodes, while simultaneously dividing the season into two fairly distinct halves in terms of the obstacles the teens have to tackle. The first batch of episodes follows on pretty neatly from last season, with the Runaways and their parents in the Pride both recognizing that alien dictator Jonah (Julian McMahon) is the most pressing threat they all face, culminating in a midseason climax that feels like a finale. This leaves the back half of the season feeling strangely rudderless until things start to come back into focus in the final three episodes - with a twist that offers an intriguing way to expand the show's scope - but by then, you kind of wonder why it took so long to get there.
from IGN Reviews http://bit.ly/2QHzHBQ
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