As per my usual style, I'm not going to write chapter and verse on something that I didn't like, if I didn't sit through all of it. Mostly because it could improve after the point I gave up so it's not a fair review. . . but I will tell you why I decided not to bother with any more of "The Tick" after the first two episodes.

Arthur Everest (Griffin Newman) is convinced that a former supervillain, The Terror (Jackie Earle Haley), who killed Arthur's father, is not as dead as the world believes. Tracking a criminal gang brings him into contact with a superhero, The Tick (Peter Serafinowicz) who dismantles the crew and gives a supersuit to Arthur. He then actively tries to recruit Arthur as his new sidekick.

I don't really have any previous relationship with the character. I know that live action series and the animated run exist, but I've never really seen either of them. I do love Peter Serafinowicz, from his "Spaced" days and his BBC series - which is massively underrated. So I wanted to like the show for him, if nothing else. But I don't. I thought the pilot was bad, but decided to give it another episode as sometimes pilots have too much work to carry, to be indicative of the show, but the second episode wasn't any better. I just don't understand what it is supposed to be, is it a parody? Because if it is, it's not funny, and that's the real killer thing for me.

Sorry Peter.