Since the embargo came off early Monday, many reviews are out based on the first six episode screeners.
Many are unequivocally positive to hyper enthusiastic. Some have a few quibbles in otherwise positive reviews.
In the absence of a dedicated SNW subgroup (yet…), I thought I’d drop some links to the reviews so far to get the conversation going.
Additional links can be added in comments.
Inverse https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-2-review
Slash Film https://www.slashfilm.com/1300328/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-2-review/
Radio Times https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-2-review/
Paste Magazine https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/paramount-plus/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-2-review
Original Cin https://www.original-cin.ca/posts/2023/6/13/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-s2-the-underrated-power-of-the-short-story
The Movie Blog https://www.themovieblog.com/2023/06/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-2-builds-on-its-excellent-approach-to-trek/
CBR https://www.cbr.com/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-2-review/
Games Radar https://www.gamesradar.com/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-two-review/
Critics usually only get to see the first half of a season for their reviews, which can be a problem when the season is heavily serialized and they have to essentially review half a story without knowing whether they’ll land the ending. The reviews should be more useful for Strange New Worlds where it’s mostly episodic and they can at least review the episodes they saw.