I enjoyed the first season of this show because, while it had class and a lot to offer, it also seemed uninterested in being cleanly defined or put in a box. It is funny, but for the most part it is not the type of funny that it looks like it will be; it has characters who are flawed and on journeys, but it is not some uptight drama delivering 'actorly' material. It also mixes animal and human characters in a wider world which is equally mixed, but yet it is never silly or feels forced.
Season 2 continues this and all the strengths of the first season are here. They are not quite as strong in some ways though; in particular I felt too many episodes didn't really build or reveal character, so much as just play out characters in a scenario – sometimes a silly one. In these episodes it is still funny and entertaining, but just that character aspect not being there as I would have liked. The backend of the season is better at this than the first half, and it gives more time to the tragic and the broken, which I enjoy and feel gives the show more about it. The voice work is consistently good, but the part of that which I enjoy the most is that I rarely lose the character in the famous actor. More often than not it is only in the end credits where I remember/realize how many famous actors are involved here. This season it was only Ricky Gervais where it didn't work for me – but for some reason that is often the case with him.
Another enjoyable season, which is so across several aspects.
Season 2 continues this and all the strengths of the first season are here. They are not quite as strong in some ways though; in particular I felt too many episodes didn't really build or reveal character, so much as just play out characters in a scenario – sometimes a silly one. In these episodes it is still funny and entertaining, but just that character aspect not being there as I would have liked. The backend of the season is better at this than the first half, and it gives more time to the tragic and the broken, which I enjoy and feel gives the show more about it. The voice work is consistently good, but the part of that which I enjoy the most is that I rarely lose the character in the famous actor. More often than not it is only in the end credits where I remember/realize how many famous actors are involved here. This season it was only Ricky Gervais where it didn't work for me – but for some reason that is often the case with him.
Another enjoyable season, which is so across several aspects.