"generally favorable reviews". The second season has an 86% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 7 reviews, with an average rating of 9.1/10. Analysis Upon the series' announcement, Vultures Abraham Riesman wrote that Marvel had a unique opportunity with the series to tell a story "without needing to appeal to any kind of rabid fanbase or honor any iconic stories," because the characters have neither "any famous archnemeses," nor "a widely read graphic novel" that fans would be expecting to see. He concluded, "Cloak & Dagger could be something unique and potentially lovely: an attempt to build a new bit of filmed superhero iconography (mostly) from the ground up. There's so much to mine in this genre. It deals metaphorically with the burdens, risks, and liberations of power—and it has the storytelling freedoms offered by high-concept science fiction, fantasy, and magical realism." Pokaski revealed in August 2018 that he sent Riesman's article to Karey Burke and other executives on the series as encouragement for the direction they were planning to take the series, and to confirm that what they had released about the series did not sound "like we were blowing smoke". Accolades |- ! scope="row" rowspan="4" | 2018 | People's Choice Awards | The Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show of 2018 |Cloak & Dagger | | |- | rowspan="3" | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Summer TV Show |Cloak & Dagger | | |- | rowspan="2" | Choice Summer TV Star | data-sort-value="Holt, Olivia" | Olivia Holt | | |- | data-sort-value="Joseph, Aubrey" | Aubrey Joseph | | |- ! scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2019 | Saturn Awards | Best Superhero Television Series | Cloak & Dagger | | |- | rowspan="2" | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Fantasy Sci/Fi Actor | data-sort-value="Joseph, Aubrey" | Aubrey Joseph | | |- | Choice Fantasy/Sci-Fi Actress | data-sort-value="Holt, Olivia" | Olivia Holt | | |} References External links at Freeform 2010s American romance television series 2010s American science fiction television series 2010s American teen drama television series 2018 American television series debuts 2019 American television series endings American action television series American romantic drama television series American black superhero television shows English-language television shows Fictional portrayals of the New Orleans Police Department Fiction about interracial romance Fiction about Louisiana Voodoo Freeform (TV channel) original programming Serial drama television series Superheroine television shows Teen superhero television series Television shows based on Marvel Comics Television series