I really liked season two a lot! Even more than the first I think.
Absolutely loved episode one; unmistakable Western style in that one. I liked seeing interaction with the Tuskens, and the Krayt dragon was really neat though I'd never known them to be depicted as swimming through the sand like that before. Don't have a problem with it, it was just an interesting choice. I was looking for a reference to the pearl to come up, knowing it was a thing from playing KotoR, and it was cool to see that detail included.
I liked that from what was built up last season about the helmet you immediately knew something was wrong when the Marshal ordered a drink, picking up on it at exactly the same time as our main character did.
Episode two was the source of both one of the cutest things (Frog Lady) and one of the most terrifying things (ice spider swarm) in the entire franchise. I did not expect something like the latter from Star Wars, that was an outright scifi horror scene à la Alien.
I liked seeing the differing ideologies among Mandalorians in episode three. It gives depth to the world building because of course there are going to be varied views in any group, but since until now we had only been shown things from the one point of view it may not have occurred to some viewers that there could be others who thought and acted differently.
I also really liked the fishing boat scene, even though it was very brief, just because I had honestly never considered the existence of marine vessels like that in the Star Wars universe before. Obviously they must still be a thing there, but scifi is so much about flying ships you overlook the water kind anymore or at least I did.
Live action Ahsoka was neat. I was caught off guard when she finally name dropped who she was after, didn't see that coming! It's the first confirmation, at least that I was aware of, that they are bringing that character back to the canon. I figured they would at some point, I couldn't see them completely scrapping such a beloved part of the Expanded Universe, so it wasn't a surprise that it happened in general, I just didn't expect it to happen right here.
Finally getting some details on why Moff Gideon is after Baby Yoda. He's a 'donor' with a 'high M count' (that has to be midichlorian right?), so there's some kind of experimentation going on that has something to do with the Force. My prediction is they're attempting the Reborn project from the Jedi Outcast video game.
Also: They're tracking your ship Kyle, you're leading Desann right to the Valley of the Jedi.
(Continuing the Jedi Outcast parallels.)
I had thought that armor he picked up looked like Boba's. I've never been one of those people that thought he was such a cool character, but it's neat to see more of him here.
Hey, dark troopers! It's cool to see stuff being brought in from the video games.
I forgot to mention it in season one, but same for seeing use of a disruptor rifle. (Which was the reason for Vader's "no disintegrations" remark in Empire Strikes Back; something the casual viewer wouldn't understand because we haven't seen one on screen before.)
I had the finale reveal spoiled so I knew who was going to show up already; if I didn't I really don't know if I would have anticipated it beforehand. I feel like probably yes, but at the same time it's such a big thing to do, both in canon lore implications and just real life technical implications of making the show, that even if I thought that might be where things were going I may have not expected them to actually do it.
We can assume this is the start of Luke's academy, which makes you wonder what happened to Grogu knowing how long that species lives. Would he have still been in training during the events referenced in the new trilogy?
Cool end credits scene!
I knew at one time they floated the idea of a bounty hunter show, but I had never heard confirmation it had officially been put into production, and hadn't heard anything about it for so long I completely forgot about it actually, so while watching this scene I just thought 'that's a neat wrapup for that side story' and only when he sat on the throne had the thought 'wait, could this be setting up-' *bam* "Coming December" I'll be interested to check that out.
The trailer definitely has me getting excited for season two.
His adorableness cannot fully be put into words. You can all be thankful not to be my brother, who has to put up with, "Aww, Baby Yoda is so cute!" and "I love Baby Yoda!" etc. multiple times per episode. 
Some of your comments make me think I should rewatch because I don't remember all the details you mentioned (though of course I remember the big stuff.) I also have questions about Grogu's future and how they can link it with stuff already in canon.
I'm quite sure that you are right that Disney's marketing interests, if nothing else, should save baby Yoda somehow. 