We jump ahead six months. In fact, the show itself was a running joke around here. “The Best Show On Television” it was mockingly called. With all the characters that were so absolutely critical to the big story of the power-outage, Revolution was an Abrams-Favreau broadcast TV attempt at Science Fiction where the bombast just fell flat. Better than Terra Nova? Well, OK…a little. Has there been a change in the music between seasons? Will the music be different on premiere night from this review screener? Overbearing musical cues can really mess up a show around here. I’m looking at you Under the Dome. (PS. the Abrams-J. Nolan Person of Interest was the best SF show on broadcast TV last year.) In Willoughby, a small Texas town which evokes The Walking Dead’s Woodbury, Zak Orth’s Aaron has hooked up, so that’s nice. But Rachel (Elizabeth Mitchell), poor Rachel, she’s rebuilding herself after breaking down after the nuke event. Miles (Billy Burke) is helping her, as is her father (Stephen Collins). Over in a Savannah Refugee Camp, Jason (J.D. Pardo) and a blank-eyed Tom Neville (Giancarlo Esposito) futilely search for the nuke-toasted Julia. Who’s calling who “bitch” now? So shall I say it? Oh, why not. Vive le Revolution (Season 2)! Cheers for a fun Pop-Cult reference! Huzzah for the rebuilding of Rachel! Hear Hear for the one-night-stand-ing and solo bad-ass Charlie! Thank you for the more sensitive musical cues! Even the fireflies are working – so far.
