The first season is nearly flawless. It had its lulls in action but they served a purpose and it all flowed very well, pacing was spot-on. Motivations were clear, stuff actually made sense, and it was easily one of the best shows I've ever seen. What happened with the second season, I can hardly begin to explain. All the motivation, the plot, the actors--everything is off, to the point where I was convinced someone else must have made the second season. It feels like events are dragging the Punisher along to bring him to where the writer wants him to be. None of it feels natural, none of it feels grounded like the first season, and almost all the new actors are borderline terrible.

The shift is night & day, the difference between Game of Thrones season one and seven(when the writers ran out of books to copy from and people suddenly begin to teleport around a continent), the difference between Ghostbusters and the pitiful woke 2016 cashgrab. Do yourself a favor and watch the first season but only that.