The first season was enjoyable TV mush. It had enough 'science' to make it plausible but Season 2 went off like a poorly prepared railgun. Storylines that are based on a 'countdown' always struggle and need to be well-planned before starting out otherwise they will just solar sail wherever the neutrino stream (ie bad writing) takes them. If you don't know how long the series is going toThe first season was enjoyable TV mush. It had enough 'science' to make it plausible but Season 2 went off like a poorly prepared railgun. Storylines that are based on a 'countdown' always struggle and need to be well-planned before starting out otherwise they will just solar sail wherever the neutrino stream (ie bad writing) takes them. If you don't know how long the series is going to be then the story arc has to be adaptable. The ending was a massive disappointment (is that a spoiler?). It was as though the writers had no idea how to stop, so they just put their pens down and walked away (probably became American President for the day, everyone's doing it). There were too many anti-climaxes where they had built everything up to a dramatic point and then just undid it all and moved onto something else. I thought the cast did a really good job with some VERY average writing, and there were times when I don't know how they didn't just break down in fits of laughter at the nonsense they were asked to say. I also thought that in all the episodes they struggled to fill, they didn't explore the eternal question "what would you do if you knew there was no tomorrow". I didn't think that was sensibly discussed, because just too many people in this show wanted to shoot, kill, and drop bombs all in the name of not ending the world (which made no sense). I mean, "Save the world and everyone from dying, my way, or I will kill you all" doesn't really sound like a well-balanced argument. I don't think violence is the only answer, nor is it the only emotion available to fill the script pages. A little (hmm..maybe a lot) more thought should have gone into character and storyline development. (BTW, what was Uncle Nick's accent? He sounded like a drunk Australian Canadian Mexican New Zealander.... really annoying).… Expand
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