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The Tick - Season 1
In a world where superheroes have been real for decades, an accountant with no superpowers comes to realize his city is owned by a super villain. As he struggles to uncover this conspiracy, he falls in league with a strange blue superhero.
1964, USA
22 February 1970, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
26 October 1959, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
14 July 1961, Northridge, California, USA
10 February 1970
August 24, 2017
The series enjoys deconstructing superhero tropes but in its own offbeat way. You will probably need a few episodes to get into The Tick, but the first part of the first season builds up nicely. By Episode 6, the series is all powered up.
August 24, 2017
Earlier incarnations of The Tick always felt like a niche commodity, which perhaps foremost means that it has found the right home -- playing on a service content to reach a narrow but avid constituency while trading off the equity in the name.
August 23, 2016
"Oh, what a goofy work is man," the animated Tick once mused. If Amazon commission a full series (and they should), let's hope Edlund finds space for more of that sublime goofiness.
August 24, 2017
If The Tick lightened up any more, it might float away, and we'd probably gladly go along for the ride.
August 23, 2017
Like the trademark antennae that dance on the Tick's head, Serafinowicz has his character's oddball rhythms down pat.
August 24, 2017
Neither a hilarious parody nor an engrossing superhero story, this version of The Tick ends up in a dissatisfying middle ground.
August 24, 2017
Maybe slow and steady (and more grounded) will ultimately prove to be the right approach. And maybe this Tick will be able to stick around a little while longer.
August 23, 2017
The show is fine, and works as a series of moments, but I'm not sure if it's the familiarity or the execution that stops it from being more than satisfactory.
August 24, 2017
It takes Serafinowicz and Newman a couple episodes to settle into the necessary chemistry between The Tick and Arthur, but they do find it. Which is really what matters.
August 22, 2017
Binge it, hapless citizens!