DEFIANCE Season
2
Review of the first three episodes by David Blackwell
Season 2 premiers on Thursday June 19th at 8 pm
Eastern / 7 pm Central
201- THE OPPOSITE OF HALLELUJAH
202- IN MY SECOND LIFE
203- THE CORD AND THE AX
Season 2 of Defiance
picks up nine months after the first season left off with the town of Defiance
under the control of the Earth Republic. James Murray is the new town mayor,
Pottinger, who rules the town with somewhat of an iron fist which Amanda
Rosewater (Julie Benz) is trying to blunt to save the people of Defiance
from his wrath. A rebellion against the
Earth Republic
in the town is quietly brewing.
Meanwhile, Datak Tarr (Tony Curran) is in a new prison miles outside of Defiance.
He waits for his wife Stahma (Jaime Murray) to
get him out, but she has other plans as he wants to take control of the Tarr
criminal empire because their son Alak (Jesse Rath) might never be up to the
task of running the family crime empire.
Meanwhile, Nolan (Grant Bowler) searches for
Irisa (Stephanie
Leonidas), but he will bring back the dangerous secret in her back to Defiance
when he finds her. The first three
episodes of season three lays the groundwork for the story arcs of the
season. The final scene of THE CORD AND
THE AX shows Datak still has major anger issues that got him into trouble in
the first place while his wife is the more dangerous and cunning one in the
Tarr family. Also Amanda is back running
the Need Want while she has fallen onto drug addiction and hopes for the return
of her sister who was murdered by the Stahma Tarr (and I wonder when that
little secret will get out).
Season 2 of DEFIANCE
is all about consequences and the effects the characters actions have on other
events. The first three episodes are s
stronger cohesive whole compared to the beginning of the first season which
faltered a little after a great pilot episode.
I do wish SyFy would air the thirty minute THE LOST ONES
which is comprised of six mini-episodes as it tells the tale of how Nolan met
Irisa as he searches for her in this prequel tale to season 2. Instead, THE
LOST ONES
is available online or via OnDemand services with no regular TV airing in
sight. The first episode opens up the
world of DEFIANCE as you see Nolan
travel to Chicago and what once was
Los Angeles. Irisa starts having glimpses of what is in
store for the humans who remain on Defiance
and the true purpose of the alien ships that came to Earth. Defiance
is now under the watchful cameras of the Earth
Republic who has installed cameras
everywhere and turned the town into a surveillance state. I want to see where
season 2 will take the
viewers and what surprises and info will be revealed. Season 2 has tons
of promise and I want to
see if it can hold onto that promise to take us on an interesting ride.
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