• Network: HBO Max
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 3, 2020
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6

Critic Reviews

  1. Reviewed by: Allison Keene
    Feb 3, 2022
    93
    It’s exciting, with each twist and turn arriving as clues to better understand this crazy place, from its smallest elements to its greatest themes. And yet, the answers to the mysteries always take a backseat to the interpersonal dynamics among the survivors.
  2. Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    Feb 4, 2022
    90
    With a confidence that seems to grow with each episode, Guzikowski’s series proves a formidable descendant of its great predecessors, imbued with their finest qualities as well as its own distinctive virtues.
  3. Reviewed by: Ed Power
    Apr 6, 2022
    80
    A future-shock caper with real weight, it harks back satisfyingly to the sci-fi that existed before George Lucas fired up his lightsaber and ruined all the fun.
  4. Reviewed by: Meghan O'Keefe
    Jan 27, 2022
    80
    So far, Raised By Wolves Season 2 isn’t trying to appeal to a wider fanbase, but is playing to its core audience of weirdos. The new season doesn’t just feed us; it gorges us on knotty science fiction and bonkers plot twists. Again, if you liked the first season, you’ll continue to love Raised By Wolves in Season 2.
  5. Reviewed by: Clint Worthington
    Jan 27, 2022
    75
    Raised by Wolves hits the ground running in Season 2, laying the groundwork for the conflicts to come.
  6. Reviewed by: Arielle Bernstein
    Jan 27, 2022
    75
    Though it continues to spend an inordinate amount of time panning over its beautiful and haunting sepia-tinged landscapes and offering vague critiques of the cruel and warlike nature of humans, Raised By Wolves is at its most riveting when viewers get the opportunity to simply watch a close-up shot of Mother’s face as she attempts to reconcile what she wants to do with what she knows she should do instead.
User Score
7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 42 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 42
  2. Negative: 8 out of 42
  1. Feb 5, 2022
    3
    This show is laughably bad. Just about everything is worse than the first season, and that’s saying something. The script is nonsensical,This show is laughably bad. Just about everything is worse than the first season, and that’s saying something. The script is nonsensical, and the special effects look like they were pulled from a PS1. I don’t know who greenlit this garbage but they shouldn’t be allowed near a checkbook for their own safety. Full Review »
  2. Feb 24, 2022
    1
    The first season wasn't great but it was watchable. This second season is vapid and altogether awful in so many ways it would be impossible toThe first season wasn't great but it was watchable. This second season is vapid and altogether awful in so many ways it would be impossible to list them all here. Trust me, it's bottom shelf streaming - 1 star Full Review »
  3. Mar 3, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. The show offers a nice escape into the Ridley Scott universe with an alien expanse. Travis Fimmel is a huge plus being such a radiant actor. The plot is intriguing and thought provoking but it comes with many holes. There's illogical scenes that are just shrugged off and quickly skipped over.

    Like why is everyone eating everything they see without testing it first? Why is everything edible and harmless?? Not even Earth's wild fauna is that forgiving. Where even are all the animals? There's no animals but then there's a random scene with Travis roasting a chicken? One moment, the planet's water is lava, the next moment the water on sea creatures is completely safe to touch, the next moment it's unsafe again, the next moment it's safe, the next moment it isn't. One scene Campion is revered as a professional tracker simply because he "grew up in the planet". But the writers forget that Campion grew up in a completely foreign desert biome with ZERO animals and ZERO humans. What is Campion tracking?? His shadow??

    Feels like the writers just half assed the realism and let anything fly for convenience sake. If the writing had more in-depth explanations, it would totally make the show. The bigger picture mysteries are awesome to ponder, but the finer details need some proper tuning. A food test kit would've helped, showing dangerous plants, showing some more animals, having heat protection gloves, or giving the android the tracking role. These all would've been easy remedies to frustrating plot holes. Please just make it make sense.
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