After a long wait, fans of Netflix's Space Force will finally catch up with Steve Carrell's General Mark R. Naird and the rest of his team when season 2 arrives on the streaming service in February. Now, Netflix has released the first Space Force season 2 trailer, offering fans a glimpse at the challenges and chaos facing the task force.
Space Force debuted on Netflix in 2020, partly inspired by the real-life establishment of the sixth branch of the United States Armed Forces, the United States Space Force, by then-president Donald Trump. While fans were thrilled when Netflix renewed Space Force for a second season, it has been well over a year since the show premiered and viewers are eager to see how the rest of the story unfolds.
With Space Force season 2 premiering in just under a month, Netflix's new trailer for the show opens by reminding fans of Naird's reputation. "It's been suggested that you are unstable, incompetent, fragile, eccentric, indecisive, and potentially treasonous," Naird is told in the opening seconds of the trailer, prompting him to respond with snarky humor. What follows is a series of comedic moments from the new season as Naird and his team are informed they have only five months to prove Space Force's worth to a new President of the United States. Naird is then told that should they fail to accomplish this task, he will find himself being replaced by a new commander.
Also featured in the Space Force season 2 trailer are returning stars John Malkovich, Tawny Newsome, Ben Schwartz, Jimmy O. Yang, Diana Silvers, and many more. As to be expected, their mission runs into more than few complications as disagreements and potential romance brews among the many members of Naird's team. Also seen in the Space Force season 2 trailer is Patton Oswalt as an evidently lonely astronaut who communicates with team from space. Clearly unaware of how events are unfolding on Earth, the team cannot bring themselves to let the dismayed astronaut know that his beloved New York Jets aren't faring well.
While Space Force debuted to mostly mixed reviews, fans are hoping that the series can learn from what didn't work with season one and improve upon what did for season 2. It's not unheard of, especially for comedies. After all, shows like The Office and Parks and Recreation weren't exactly praised when their respective first seasons premiered, but now they're regarded as some of the best television comedies of all time.
Regardless of how Space Force season 2 turns out, perhaps fans should just be glad the show is returning at all. The joy of seeing an admired show return is a feeling that fans of Netflix's live-action Cowboy Bebop series probably would have appreciated.
Space Force season 2 premieres on Netflix on February 18, 2022.
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