Season two trades the ensemble warmth of the first run for a tighter conspiracy plot, and mostly pulls it off.
Episode five, a single-take spacewalk, is the best hour of television this month.
The Quiet Orbit
The space-station drama returns sharper and stranger, if a little colder.
THE QUIET ORBIT S2
VERDICT
3.5/5 Sunshine Units
Smarter, colder, still worth the orbit.
+ STABLE
Episode five is a stunnerTighter plotting
− DECAYING
Side characters sidelinedMuddy midseason pacing