Marco Polo has returned to Netflix with several improvements made over its first season, the most notable of which is the significant sidelining of the show’s titular character - Marco Polo ( Lorenzo Richelmy) - who continues to be the show’s weakest, least interesting character. But here, in Season 2, even more so thanthe show’s initial outing, the focus has shifted primarily to the drama and dynamic of Kublai Khan’s court and once again Benedict Wong’s performance as Kublai remains thetrue heart and center of the series.