![\"wednesday\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1754530278_857_960x0.png\")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
It\u2019s official, the first half of Wednesday season 2 has arrived after a lengthy wait, though there will of course be another month-long wait for the second batch of four episodes. Thanks Netflix! Very cool!<\/p>\n
For whatever reason, the embargo did not lift on reviews until pretty much the show was live, and now we know what critics are thinking about season 2 of Wednesday. And judging by the show\u2019s current Rotten Tomatoes score<\/a>, I\u2019m a bit surprised to see that it\u2019s gone up season over season.<\/p>\n It\u2019s easy for a show to be something of a one-hit wonder when it comes to critical acclaim. Squid Game, for instance, had a 95% season 1, an 84% season 2 and an 80% season 3, a slow decline. But right now, Wednesday\u2019s score has gone up from a 73% in season 1 to an 82% in season 2, indicating that at least for critics, there\u2019s been some measure of improvement. For season 1, I thought that score was a dramatic underestimate, and so did audiences, given the records it set for the service.<\/p>\n Right now it\u2019s too early to judge audience scores. After 5,000 ratings, Wednesday season 1 had an 85%. Right now on Rotten Tomatoes it has a 69%, but there are less than 50 reviews in and I have some pretty strong doubts that all that many people watched all the episodes already.<\/p>\n The larger question is whether or not Wednesday can hit the insane viewership highs of season 1<\/a> here in season 2. We have seen many shows grow year-over-year on Netflix like Stranger Things and Bridgerton. But again, Squid Game, though it still put up big numbers, did not surpass the records of season 1. If I had to guess, I think Wednesday season 2 probably won\u2019t do it, and I would say in part due to the 4 and 4 episode split, where some viewers may just wait until the whole season is available to binge, rather than deal with this very annoying break. I\u2019m tempted, frankly.<\/p>\n Wednesday has already been pre-greenlit for season 3, so tracking viewership at all doesn\u2019t really matter if we\u2019re searching for signs of renewal. It\u2019s very clear this show will run as long as those involved want it to. Netflix would probably do ten seasons, but I\u2019m not sure if star Jenna Ortega or creator Tim Burton would be on board with that. It\u2019s not Reacher.<\/p>\n So, I\u2019ll keep an eye on how these scores fluctuate in time, but for now, so far so good.<\/p>\n Follow me on Twitter<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>,<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series<\/a> and The Earthborn Trilogy<\/a>.<\/p>\n