Timothy Olyphant's Hit Apple TV Series Returns To Stellar Rotten Tomatoes Score

Timothy Olyphant‘s returning Apple TV series is sticking the landing with viewers;

Olyphant’s list of TV shows has included multiple high-profile releases over the years, and it just continues to grow with global streaming hits. Olyphant became a popular name amid Western fans due to his work in TV shows like Deadwood and Justified. Those are only two projects in a list of stellar series that includes comedies like the iconic The Office and Santa Clarita Diet, sci-fi shows like the Western-tinged The Mandalorian, Terminator Zero, Alien: Earth, and many other hits. Among Olyphant’s long list of TV shows are Apple TV series that include the 2026 thriller Lucky, and the returning Stick.

On Rotten Tomatoes, Stick season 2 has debuted with a stellar 89% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. While it stands lower than the sports comedy series’ critics’ score, the fact that reviews put Stick season 2 at a rare perfect 100% on the Tomatometer meant it was always going to be hard for its audience score to match that level of success. That said, Stick could still see its audience score rise, as the show only returned with two episodes on Apple TV on November 4. With another eight episodes being released weekly, that gives the audience score time to grow.

Olyphant’s hit comedy series on Apple TV has improved both with critics and viewers alike in season 2, which bodes well for Stick‘s future on the streaming service. On Rotten Tomatoes, Stick season 1 stands at a high 81% critics’ score based on 62 reviews. While that was enough for the show’s freshman year to receive the review aggregator’s Certified Fresh label, it falls quite short of season 2’s impressive perfect 100% critics’ score. Stick‘s audience score falls into a similar situation, with season 2’s 89% so far trumping season 1’s 72%, which was decent, but not nearly as enthusiastic as the new season.

Fan sentiment is high in the sports comedy’s new season, with Bill C claiming that even though he is not a golf fan, he loved the first two episodes of season 2, calling Olyphant hilarious and lead Owen Wilson “better than he ever was since Wedding Crashers.” S H is a viewer who notes that those who have watched another hit Apple TV sports comedy series with a new season in 2026, Ted Lasso, will likely love Stick. Among the Rotten Tomatoes audience reviews is also Shannon B, who goes as far as to claim that Apple TV’s Stick is the “BEST SHOW ON TV!”

In ScreenRant’s Stick season 2 review, Greg MacArthur was not as high on the show as the audience is at the moment, giving the Apple TV series’ new episodes a 5 out of 10 score. According to the writer, while Stick season 2 continues the show’s status as a feel-good watch on the streaming service, “underdeveloped writing and filler scenes” lead to the show not reaching its full potential and standing out. Stick season 2 follows Wilson’s Pryce Cahill on a journey to become the oldest PGA player to ever win a major championship.