Ducktales 2017 is a reboot of Ducktales 1987, a show that many adults today grew up watching. Both shows revolve around Donald Duck’s nephews, Huey, Duey, and Louie, and their great-uncle Scrooge McDuck, the richest duck in the world who has a building full of gold, going on adventures and looking for treasure. Ducktales 2017 just finished airing its second season on Sept. 12 with the most Ducktales episode ever, but how was the season as a whole? Season one of Disney Channel‘s Ducktales was stunning. There were so many characters, two powerful ongoing storylines, and had a ton of family drama and development. What did season two do? It expanded on already introduced characters, had two super interesting recurring story arcs, and gave the world lots of adorable Duck family moments.

  The main storyline revolves around the main triplets’ mother, Della Duck, and her efforts to get off the moon. This story is actually quite heartbreaking at the beginning because it’s the story of a mom working day and night to get back to her kids, who she’s never met. Although, the story quickly changes into something actually kind of predictable. Unlike season 1 which built up a mysterious story of Scrooge’s greatest enemy, Magica De Spell, using her own shadow to befriend the Ducks and steal Scrooge’s precious dime, season two’s main storyline, while still very enjoyable, doesn’t really subvert expectations. After episode seven, it’s not too difficult to realize what episode 24, the season finale, will be about.  After episode four of season one, which set up the main storyline, it wasn’t really apparent what was going to happen. Webby, the triplets’ friend, gets a new friend named Lena, but it’s revealed that Lena is connected to Magica, Scrooge’s greatest enemy. In later episodes, Lena’s deep connection to Magica is showcased and a story of abuse is slowly revealed. Season two’s moon story, while ambitious in scale, just doesn’t feel as unique to Ducktales or as important as season one’s main storyline.

  The second arc this season is surprisingly about Louie, a character who is usually laid back, pretty greedy, and kind of cynical. Scrooge notices Louie’s knack for seeing every angle of a situation, and starts grooming him to be his successor. Although, we know Louie likes schemes and short-cuts, so his training might not go as smoothly as planned. Throughout this season, we do get to see Louie trying to use his gifts in different ways, and the conclusion to his arc is extremely satisfying. Season one’s focus duck was Dewey, and it’s safe to say that Louie’s arc was much more interesting. Dewey’s arc consisted of him searching for the secrets of his mother’s fate. While the mystery was intriguing, Dewey didn’t get much development. Louie on the other hand, without spoiling much, is a different duck by the finale. It makes the future for this character extremely exciting.

  The first season of Ducktales gave us a billion new characters to meet and love. The second season dives deeper into these characters in ways no one could’ve imagined. There’s a silly but mysterious Glomgold backstory, a hilarious while kind of disturbing episode where Mark Beaks is…different, and Lena gets a dream episode that dives even deeper into her connection to Magica and how much of a scar is left on her. It’s really these episodes that made season two shine. Getting to see all the wacky and crazy characters that could only exist in Ducktales be put in unimaginable situations was definitely the highlight of his season. 

  Our main cast is especially put through some difficult trials, which include many emotional hurdles. Getting inside the heads of the Duck family and seeing how hurt some of them are isn’t depressing but rather beautiful, when they work together to get past their problems. Family is at the heart of this show and when they get into the super deep, emotional, tear-producing parts, the viewer can’t help but accept that this season is, while sometimes faulted in comparison to the first season, truly amazing and pure fun to watch. 

  Ducktales is at its core a kids adventure cartoon, but it has so many layers on top of that that make it something amazing. Season two had all those layers of tender family moments, strange and interesting character deep-dives, and two main storylines that were super fun to watch.

8/10