Whilst I think the second episode of "Avenue 5" was better than the first, I'm not sure I'd go as far as to say that I enjoyed it.
With the passengers worried about the prospect of 3 years in space, a measure of redemption is offered when one of the engineers suggests that according to his calculations, the extra journey will only be six months. Ignoring Billie's (Lenora Crichlow) warnings that the engineer is unreliable, this information is relayed to the passengers and is the excuse for Judd (Josh Gad) to loudly and rudely decline NASA's assistance.
So, there was at least one aspect of this episode that I did find an amusing concept - that of the jettisoned caskets of the dead crew and passengers left to orbit the ship indefinitely, thanks to a basic lack of science understanding from those in command. Unfortunately, that was about it. . . I still can't stand to spend time with three quarters of the characters in the show. Josh Gad's Herman Judd is a particular lowlight.
I never sure what tone we're going for with this show. I feel like it ought to be reality, just with the level of incompetence turned up slightly (such as with "The Thick of It"), but I'm never convinced by the reality being real, as opposed to being a sitcom. For example, why are all the passengers attending the funeral of a crewman? That wouldn't happen in real life, but they're here to say their inappropriate thoughts throughout it. You weigh that up against the NASA people, for example, struggling with a password ahead of their presentation, which is a very relatable meeting moment. Pick one ideology and stick with it.
I'm not enjoying it, but I'm going to keep going, for now at least, as at least with only 8 episodes it's not a massive time commitment and I'm still hoping for an improvement.