They more ambitious with their choices in s2. That often won't translate well.
Too many ppl want to play fantasy comic book in they head.
Reworking Winter Soldier wasn't going to win fans, especially when you're mixing it with a Black Widow movie no one saw.
6 is the only new idea, every thing is a rework, including a reworking of Die Hard. Last year, when they had Yondu abduct T'Challa instead if Quill im sure cacs were passed.
So this year's story is a mea culpa of that.
1 and 6 are the worst. 4 and 5 being middling. The rest are very good. I'd rather judge the final product allowing episodes to stand on their own instead of interweaving is a better decision to me.
The internet likes all of them except the Hayley Atwell one but that's because they want to overpower women, you taller than five four, you ugly