This time around Mythic Quest decided to drop Raven’s Banquet from their name, but that’s mainly because they’re looking to make a new game in the second season of this Apple+ comedy.
As I know I said with the first season of this show, it doesn’t even matter that I don’t really give a crap about video games. That really doesn’t matter at all. It’s similar to Ted Lasso in that way. It feels like not liking either of those two things is in the minority these days, but again, these are good comedies because that doesn’t even matter. You’d probably just be a little more satisfied if you were into those things. But anyways, this season starts off with Ian and Poppy as co-creative directors and their mission this season is to come up with the next Mythic Quest game.
However, the two quickly learn that their ideas aren’t really jiving well together, so they decide to work on their own expansions. Ian’s is called Zeus, and in the end it seems to be a lot of the same stuff the company has done before, but it still goes over really well with the executives. Poppy’s expansion is known as Hera, and while the concept is really cool and new, it’s somewhat impossible for her team to figure out and execute. The whole path to this revelation is filled with extreme highs and lows in Ian and Poppy’s relationship, but they ultimately come together in the end and learn that they need to move on from Mythic Quest altogether.
That seems like a crazy revelation to come to at the end of a second season! I suppose they didn’t know until just the other day that they’d be getting renewed for two more seasons, but if they don’t work at Mythic Quest anymore, will the name of the show change again? I guess everyone else will still be working there, and in my head, I see Ian and Poppy heading back there eventually. They’ll just want the company to bend to their will. I’m sure David would love to have them back. That poor man. He’s the butt of the joke in all Rob McElhenney projects (love you Cricket!). But he’s so darn good at it!
Elsewhere in the season, we see C.W. working from home for at least half the season, but then he gets two epic episodes. The first goes back in time when he writes his first hit novel. I can assure you that story is nothing at all like you expect! Also, it was so fun to see Big Head outside of Silicon Valley! The second episode then brings us to present day to meet the past and settle an old grudge. I love one-off episodes and C.W.’s was definitely an interesting one! Someone else we get to learn a little more about this season is Brad. Turns out he poses his mean and gruff exterior a little bit, and it seems like it’s really only to protect himself from his slime-ball brother! Who knew someone could be seedier than Brad?
Finally, there is Rachel and Dana, who become official pretty early in the season, and then spend the rest of it trying to navigate all sorts of things. In the end, they both learn that they don’t want to be testers anymore, and that Dana would like to learn how to program while Rachel wants to become a writer. They end the season heading into a long distance relationship, but I hope we still see Rachel next season! I know her actress, Ashley Burch, is a writer on the show, so she hopefully shouldn’t be gone in that regard.
All in all, another solid season from this comedy. It’s not constant laugh out loud moments, but it’s a smooth ride from start to finish. If you’re a gamer in any way, I encourage you to check this little gem of a show out!