The title says it all. What a fall from grace.

Season 1 brought the comic book to life with a great cast of characters, superb performances and an engagingly complicated plot. The drama, the tension, the excitement and the brutality of the fights all felt real. The stakes were slowly but gradually raised with each episode, so that as we became increasingly invested in the characters the consequences of their choices mattered. It ranks as one of Marvel's best adaptations on Netflix.

Season 1: 9/10

Season 2 starts promisingly, seemingly dealing with the fallout from Season 1, but the writing is awful and the tediously slow moving plot is boringly predictable. Characters we previously admired as competent professionals suddenly act unreasonably stupid, taking you out of the story. The writers really came up short this time and no amount of brutally violent action can make up for their failings. Without a well constructed story involving characters you care about, the succession of fight scenes become meaningless and devoid of drama. This season is a giant misstep which the series may not recover from. Daredevil managed to redeem itself with Season 3, but whether The Punisher can do the same remains to be seen. Regardless, Season 2 is a huge wasted opportunity, especially after the exemplary Season 1.

What a disappointment.

Season 2: 5/10

Average:7/10.