Falling Skies - Season 2
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The second season of the American television drama series Falling Skies premiered June 17, 2012.[1] It consisted of ten episodes,[2] each running approximately 42 minutes in length. TNT broadcast the second season on Sundays at 9:00 pm ET in the United States.
The season's plot focuses on the 2nd Massachusetts' discovery that a large community of survivors has formed in Charleston, their journey there, and their reception once they arrive.It also focusses on the discovery that the Skitters are themselves \"harnessed\" and mind-controlled by the invaders, but that some of them are resistant to the effects and are rebelling against their Overlords..
Falling Skies was renewed on July 7, 2011, for a second season.[2] TNT announced production had begun on the second season on October 24, 2011.[4] For the second season, Brandon Jay McLaren joined the cast in October as Jamil Dexter,[5] a mechanic. McLaren will feature in seven episodes.[6]
Filming took place in Vancouver and at the Riverview Hospital in Coquitlam from October 2011 to March 2012.[7] For the first season, production took place in Hamilton[8] and Toronto.[9][10] Noah Wyle said that the change in location made filming significantly different.[11] A new crew came in for the second season, with only \"two or three people on staff that were there in season one.\"[11] The new staff includes a new writing staff and showrunner.[11]
Remi Aubuchon was hired as the showrunner for the second season in May 2011 before the first-season premiere.[12][13] Once Aubuchon entered the writer's room, he began speaking of the cliffhanger \"it became a really fun challenge.\" Out of that cliffhanger, says Aubuchon, \"came some really positive things that propel a lot of the storytelling in the second season. And the writers came up with a pretty cool way for Tom Mason to get off that spaceship again.\"[3] \"You'll always catch people after a huge trauma saying, 'Oh, it wasn't that bad.' Or, 'It was fun,' Or, 'It was cool falling off that cliff,'\" says Aubuchon. \"The truth is, at first it was like, 'Oh my God, should i just say I can't do this job' Ultimately, though, I think it turned out cool.\"[3]Series lead Noah Wyle received several phone calls after the first-season finale aired. The number one question was \"What the hell were you doing getting on that spaceship\" He said that they \"wrote themselves into a corner\".[3] Moon Bloodgood, who plays Dr. Anne Glass, says she was sort of daunted but impressed by the writing.[3] Aubuchon added that Tom Mason's capture helped the writer's change the character slightly. He stated: \"Tom comes away from that experience feeling used and manipulated. It wasn't the experience [he expected]. He thought he was going to be having a nice conversation with an extraterrestrial being. It turned out to be worse than that. More than that, I won't say. But that's what made it fun.\"[3]
Promotion for the season includes a digital comic book, entitled Falling Skies: The Battle of Fitchburg. The comic was published by Dark Horse Comics and was launched on April 18, 2012.[15] Bridging the gap between seasons, the comic picks up where the first season left off. TNT launched a webseries titled 2nd Watch on June 17, 2012 to air after the second-season premiere. Wil Wheaton hosted the show, which ran throughout the entire second season of Falling Skies. The episodes are available on the Falling Skies official website.[16]
The second season was well received by critics. Many praised it as being stronger than the first, noting a step-up in quality. Maureen Ryan of The Huffington Post compared the second season to the first by saying \"Season 2 is a different animal, a much leaner and meaner machine that allows sentiment to be present but unexpressed and depicts a darker world in which innocence is a luxury that no one can truly afford.\"[26] Chuck Barney declared \"Sunday's explosive two-hour opener boldly delivers on the promise by TNT producers to rev up both the pace and the firepower in Season 2.\"[27] Screen Rant's Anthony Ocasio lauded the season premiere. \"While further episodes will reveal more, the type of character development, intriguing storylines and exciting action that will be contained in Falling Skies season 2 , there's no doubt that TNT's hit drama will likely become an epic adventure, spanning many seasons,\" he said.[28]
The season's plot focuses on the 2nd Massachusetts' discovery that a large community of survivors has formed in Charleston, their journey there, and their reception once they arrive. It focuses on the discovery that the Skitters are themselves \"harnessed\" and mind-controlled by the invaders, but that some of them are resistant to the effects and are rebelling against their Overlords.
For the most part, that was the idea behind season 2. The writers set out to give the members of the 2nd Mass a goal that occupied the nebulous middle between the war's beginning and its eventual conclusion (whatever that outcome may be). Though the goal was ultimately unfulfilling for Tom Mason (Noah Wyle) and the rest of the 2nd Mass, that's often the way the cookie crumbles in science fiction. Whether or not the prospect of a new United States government or some secure zone was necessary at this point in the series is debatable, but it certainly has gone and provided storytelling parameters on which the series can build upon next season and beyond (if a fourth season proves to be in the cards).
For all the good the promise and eventual reveal of Charleston did for the 2nd Mass, it was a storyline that came with a healthy dose of ups and downs. On one hand, given the possibility of hundreds, maybe even thousands of survivors waiting for them in this somehow still productive city, Falling Skies didn't shy away from cutting a lot of its supporting characters loose. This added some much-needed gravity to the situation, and created the kind of atmosphere that was appropriate for the show: One where the characters' survival was made all the more spectacular due to the overwhelming sense it could be catastrophically over at any moment. So after losing Jimmy (Dylan Authors), Jamil (Brandon Jay McLaren) and Boon (Billy Wickman), the stakes for season 2 were appropriately raised. However, maintaining that element of drama has not been the show's strong suit.
Falling Skies has a great handle on its basic premise, there's no doubt about that, but the show often struggles to strike a suitable balance between intensity and personal drama. It's a problem the series is able to overcome during the course of the season, where the knowledge that more action will come the following week can typically lessen the sting of weaker episodes like 'Compass' and 'Love and Other Acts of Courage,' but where the season finale is concerned, piling on personal, dramatic elements don't even out a lackluster and rushed episode.
The aftermath, however, is swift, and its ramifications little more than a resetting to the status quo. Red-Eye is dead, which puts Ben back in league with the 2nd Mass, Bressler allows for civilian rule as long as it's not Manchester who is in charge and Tom and Anne wait for their baby. Perhaps the eagerness to get back to the status quo was so the writers could set up next season's conflict in the form of Hal being bugged (literally) and the arrival of another, heretofore unseen alien that the weapon was clearly intended for.
'A More Perfect Union' was hardly more than a lead-in to season 3. In fact, the season finale was so eager to leave the audience guessing as to the identity and purpose of the new alien, it had little time or concern left for an actual conclusion to season 2. What is concerning is that even with the primary storyline, the question of deharnessed children, a skitter rebellion and a fragile, coup-prone new government to deal with, the writers still felt it time to introduce another new element to the series. How this will turn out is anyone's guess, but in the interest of moving forward, perhaps fans might like to see one storyline reach a satisfying conclusion before another enters the fray
You made the decision that none of the Masons or their closest friends would die. Why Before I got to the show, there were terrific episodes about losing members of the 2nd Mass, but by this season especially, that chord had been played. We know that the stakes are real. In the finale, one of our new members sacrificed himself and we got the very near miss with Anne (Moon Bloodgood). There was enough death in the episode.
You went a bit supernatural with the newly arrived aliens, the Dornia, bringing Anne back from the dead. Our rules for the Dornia were established in the first episode this season. In some mysterious way they were able to save Tom, which was so inexplicable that Tom was almost executed for coming back from space alive. In the final episode we learned that the Dornia, through their relationship with the water, could protect, reinvigorate and even resurrect. We never really say Tom and Anne are dead, just most likely near death, and through an organic method, healed.
\"[But] I would lose all my abilities, including being able to communicate with the Skitters, and all the things that helped the war effort in the last seven months. So, Denny and I have to weigh the pros and cons. Do we do this and go back to being normal, which we've talked about for the last two seasons, or do we take the hit and help the fight\" Jessup said.
With young love on the horizon for Seychelles character Lourdes, and hints of a particular Skitter to keep a close eye on, fans are going to love seeing where the second season of FALLING SKIES takes the 2nd Mass survivors. FALLING SKIES currently airs Sunday nights at 9PM on TNT. Catch up on past episodes you may have missed for free online at clicktowatch.tv. Photo Credit (Second Photo): Andrew McLeod
One of the new faces on Falling Skies in Season 3 isn't a face you'd recognize, since he's an alien named Cochise. Behind all the visual effects wizardry, though, is Doug Jones, best known for portraying Abe Sapien in Hellboy and The Silver Surver in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, along with countless other roles. Cochise, who comes from an alien race known as the Volm, was introduced at the very end of Season 2, and in the seven months that have passed between Season 2 and Season 3, Cochise has helped the resistance turn the tide in their war against the Espheni aliens. I recently had the chance to sit down with Doug Jones to talk about this mysterious character and much more regarding the upcoming season, debuting Sunday, June 9 at 9 PM ET with \"On Thin Ice\" and \"Collateral Damage\". 59ce067264
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