I am a huge fan of the original animated Tick series. The 2001 series didn't recognize what made the original so great, so the humor was changed to be an entirely different kind of show. This series starts out amazing; the first episode has the exact level of humor seen in the original series. However, the original series was very episodic in nature with no overarching plot. This series adds a full-series plot, but it quickly becomes far too serious as it tries to develop and maintain that storyline, losing much of the humor that was seen in the first episode.