The OA

:

Season 2
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 16, 2016
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
8.9

Universal acclaim- based on 255 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 229 out of 255
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 255
  3. Negative: 17 out of 255
Watch Now

Where To Watch

Stream On

Review this tv show

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling

User Reviews

view
per page
  1. UncleWillard
    Mar 27, 2019
    2
    I watched the first season as it posed an interesting plot and took its time getting to the end, but that end was so silly, it destroyed the show's credibility for me. This starts where that left off? It comes off more as a bad YA novel than anything else. "Looking for gamers?" Jesus this is ham-handed. It's just bad. I give credit to the first one for creating a mystery, even if theI watched the first season as it posed an interesting plot and took its time getting to the end, but that end was so silly, it destroyed the show's credibility for me. This starts where that left off? It comes off more as a bad YA novel than anything else. "Looking for gamers?" Jesus this is ham-handed. It's just bad. I give credit to the first one for creating a mystery, even if the resolution was hokey. This show is just a bad version of The Leftovers.… Expand
  2. nonononono
    Apr 3, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. they turned a beautiful novelistic exploration of gnosis into the easter egg ending of bandersnatch. you could literally watch the last two minutes of episode 8 and have missed nothing. i gave up halfway through episode 3, where the characters had become unrecognizable, and did just that, relieved i'd saved myself the slog, but ultimately severely depressed at the mutilation of a show that had meant a lot to me.… Expand
  3. Igelzerdrucker
    May 16, 2020
    1
    1st season is just brilliant.
    2nd one is nothing but a pretentious crap.
    100% reasonable cancelling, IMO.
  4. aedf
    May 3, 2022
    0
    Absolute trainwreck. Garbage. Waste of time. Never does anything in the show get resolved. The characters barely behave like humans. Everything is so weird and wacky just for the sake of being weird and wacky. There is no real substance. It's so pretentious and just tries so hard to be profound and different and fails. Whoever thinks this is a good show must be smoking crack. A talkingAbsolute trainwreck. Garbage. Waste of time. Never does anything in the show get resolved. The characters barely behave like humans. Everything is so weird and wacky just for the sake of being weird and wacky. There is no real substance. It's so pretentious and just tries so hard to be profound and different and fails. Whoever thinks this is a good show must be smoking crack. A talking f*****g octopus. Give me a break.… Expand

Awards & Rankings

9
#9 Most Discussed TV Season of 2019
12
#12 Most Shared TV Season of 2019

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Ed Power
    Jan 3, 2020
    80
    It’s clear The OA is doubling down on its commitment to strangeness for strangeness's sake. All of which makes it a uniquely acquired taste – but also a show that, if you can attune yourself to its batty frequencies, delivers an experience like nothing else on screen.
    Read full review
  2. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Jack Seale
    Dec 3, 2019
    40
    Events, characters and half-formed ideas are thrown at the screen then abandoned in favour of fresh mysteries, the show infinitely rolling out a carpet of kookiness.
    Read full review
  3. Vanity Fair
    Reviewed by: Richard Lawson
    Apr 3, 2019
    70
    The first seven and a half hours of Season 2 are really striking, both grief drama and haunted-house mystery. But when the story finally gets where it’s been going the whole time, you realize that not much of what just happened really mattered; all anyone on The OA needs to do to change the scenery is jump dimensions. Which gives the whole show a dismaying weightlessness.
    Read full review
See all critic reviews »