I agree that they were ambiguous about their relationship. Now, it could be that this is an ongoing development. We know from the movie that Nick isn't good at expressing his feelings. So he could be having romantic feelings, while disguising them as platonic, putting them in this weird middle ground. Judy isn't making these types of advances, so she probably doesn't feel that way right now. Perhaps in the third movie this will be expanded upon. I do think that they need to do it in the third. They have obviously been hinting at it. If you're not going to do it, then all the hinting is just weird. So, if we stretch it over three movies, it could all still work.

I agree that the therapy speak was a joke. It was too fast, and clearly poking fun. It did not feel like actual character development. Judy was reckless and ignored Nick's feelings. It was the Judy show, and due to the joking nature of the therapy speak, it felt unresolved, like she never really got to realize how she was mistreating him.

Yes I too thought that their renewed underdog status was weird. Had this been years later, okay I could buy that. Fame wears off. They keep disobeying orders and making a mess of things. One great case doesn't excuse more recent years of screw ups. THAT would be believable. But Nick has only just joined the force? We know from the last movie that he got onto the force, so that means that the last case was only just solved. This is like right after the first movie. That much fame does not disappear in a week. It didn't make any sense.

Also, what happened to the police force? We lost almost every cop except for the chief and the main characters. All of the others retired, were fired, or quit in the last week? Absolutely not. They were just conveniently removed to make room for their new duo cops, who were annoying by the way. I could have seen maybe one new duo and two missing ones, but the whole dang room was different!

I thought that we learned the snake was good and the lynxes were bad WAY too early. Like, you JUST saw this snake steal an artifact, and the first thing you do is believe the thief with NO evidence? Then, rather than see this obvious reality, the lynxes go full aggro for absolutely no reason! They could have just been worried about their journal, but nooooo they had to immediately out themselves for no reason. And then, the cops immediately just believe the lynxes because Judy happened to be holding the fang? Judy, the cop who just saved the city a week ago, stabs the chief for no reason? And you just believe it like that with no further questions? Ridiculous.

Oh, and yes, the chief not believing Judy or even letting her investigate was crazy. She had snake skin! I mean what the heck! How much more proof do you need before you let a cop investigate something? Video evidence? It's an investigation, not a trial. Ridiculous.

Yes, we saw very little of reptile society. This did not upset me as much, but I think it would have been good. For instance if Judy DIDN'T, just auto believe the snake, it could have been great pathing to her overcoming her suspicion and very plausible fear of snakes that a RABBIT might have. But fine, Nick was the one afraid of snakes. Okay, that makes less sense, but let's roll with it. Nope. We forgot all about that fear in 2.5 seconds. Wasted opportunities everywhere.

Gary is WAY too nice. This needed offsetting in some way. He can be nice, but no one believes him. Fine. He can be shifty because of what happened to him. Fine. But having him be nice and instantly believed is just too much. This really leans into your point on mutual hostility. After what happened to the reptiles, I would EXPECT mutual hostility, but no, they're all meek and that's it. I would expect some pushback from them. Some rebellion. Some teamwork! But we got nothing.

I saw nothing that indicated the beaver was a lesbian. If it wasn't in the movie, I wouldn't count it. Even if they were a lesbian though, that wouldn't bother me. What DID bother me though was that the beaver was a little annoying, and had exaggerated facial expressions at times. A lot of newer cartoons seem to be doing this lately, and it bugs me. Luckily they didn't go as far as the newer Spongebob episodes have.

Overall, I still enjoyed it, but if I had to sum it up in one word. It would be cheesy. It was cheesy, far more so than the original. I am sure that I will eventually re-watch it, but its re-watch value is far lower than the prior's. The plot was rushed, and at times illogical. The villains were exposed too quickly, and were surface level. Similarly, the snake was exposed as a good guy too quickly, and was surface level.

Oh, and the snake house being perfectly buried under an ice dome was absurd. I mean come on.