Glen Powell is working a lot these days, appearing in How to Make a Killing and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie on the 2026 movie schedule already this year. That doesn’t mean he didn’t have time to return to Hulu for Chad Powers Season 2, and with all six episodes hitting streaming on September 3, the critics are sharing their thoughts. That’s right — reviews are in, and I wasn't expecting this sports comedy to draw comparisons to a thriller.
Chad Powers’ premise — in which Glen Powell’s Russ Holliday lays on some heavy prosthetics to return to football after a very public meltdown — doesn’t seem built to last a long time, but according to Christina Escobar of RogerEbert, it’s still going strong in Season 2. It doesn’t get any less ridiculous — it’s even funnier than Season 1 at times, Escobar says — but the tension is increasingly elevated, as we know Chad’s tower of lies must fall at some point. In the critic’s words:
