The Tick has returned to the small screen and it is generally good. It is different than the last effort but still has a skewed view from the standard super hero fare. Arthur (Griffin Newman) is given a lot more backstory and comes to the super hero game reluctantly. Rather than some mild mannered accountant who shows up in a moth suit one day, here we have a psychologically damaged accountant who became obsessed with The Terror in the wake of a childhood tragedy. No sooner has he stumbled upon a big clue regarding the supposedly-dead villain's whereabouts than the Tick (Peter Serafinowicz) appears and attaches himself, almost tick-like, to the hapless Arthur. Tick assured Arthur that destiny is calling and he needs to answer that phone call. Classic Tick banter.
Where the Tick has usually been pure comedy, this mixes some drama with the pure goofiness. Though I like Serafinowicz in general, I would currently say he isn't right for the role. Patrick Warburton was so perfect with his glib deliveries of epic blather that it would be nigh-impossible to meet that bar. This is going to be a different Tick. This is quite interesting since Ben Edlund - the creator of Tick - has been behind every version of the character thus far.
Only half of the season has been released and it ended with Arthur being abducted. Thus, the current storyline won't reach conclusion until sometime next year. Dang! I look forward to it.
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