Ok i love this show and this was a good episode but the last scene was just so weird to be introduced like that. This is not how you finish a season, with something that cannot even be called a cliffhanger, just a hanger. Wtf is happening?!? This show has jumped the shark so many times yet it never felt as weird as this. Still give it a solid 9 because its just sci fi at its best. People on reddit were right about so many things its awesome to read comments there and then see the show going exactly that way. They were right about grandmother ensuring human life survivor as fish 🐠. Also Alt Shift X videos were spot on on other things and "Think Story" breakdowns were perfect! Thank you Raised By Wolves for being different at times where everything seems to follow a popularity pattern. You jeopardize your own success by telling us a unique story in a unique way. I will survive as a fish if i have to to watch season 3.
24 Reviews
Can't wait for Season 3
forevertiago18 March 2022
This show keeps surprising us
MsMoebius20 March 2022
As someone else said, this show is amazing and it brings up things that you don't expect.
While it may seem messy at some times, I believe that we finally can manage to get some answers.
The suspense and the story are good and the themes continue to develop in such an interesting way: conflict, betrayal, robots becoming more humans, humans unevolving, the ability of AI to feel, religion and how even non-believers end up believing when they need.
This show is a masterpiece and it may even make you feel concerned on what the future will be like.
While it may seem messy at some times, I believe that we finally can manage to get some answers.
The suspense and the story are good and the themes continue to develop in such an interesting way: conflict, betrayal, robots becoming more humans, humans unevolving, the ability of AI to feel, religion and how even non-believers end up believing when they need.
This show is a masterpiece and it may even make you feel concerned on what the future will be like.
Crazy good
Drank2218 March 2022
Others may not agree, but I appreciate how we don't necessarily know what's going. We get the information as the characters figure it out and it makes it very fun to look forward to and theorize. Crazy things happen that you could never guess which always keeps it interesting.
You can tell that everything has significance and they've been planning this out from the beginning. Lots of scenes from season 1 now make a lot more sense! I look forward to rewatching season 1 with the context of what we've learned this season. I like that we get some long awaited answers, but I'm also glad we get some even more crazy plot points to look forward to/unravel.
Some very awesome scenes this episode, and I think they saved the budget for this episode as the CGI (specifically in that one scene) was top notch after being a little inconsistent this season. Very good cinematography as well. Overall good season finale, and season as a whole.
I don't mind cliff hangers at the end of seasons, as the show isn't over, but that only pertains to if it gets renewed.
There's absolutely nothing else like it on TV and its world building is amazing. Probably my favourite sci fi show I've watched. I look forward to season three and hope that this show is given its planned 5 season arc as we need answers!
You can tell that everything has significance and they've been planning this out from the beginning. Lots of scenes from season 1 now make a lot more sense! I look forward to rewatching season 1 with the context of what we've learned this season. I like that we get some long awaited answers, but I'm also glad we get some even more crazy plot points to look forward to/unravel.
Some very awesome scenes this episode, and I think they saved the budget for this episode as the CGI (specifically in that one scene) was top notch after being a little inconsistent this season. Very good cinematography as well. Overall good season finale, and season as a whole.
I don't mind cliff hangers at the end of seasons, as the show isn't over, but that only pertains to if it gets renewed.
There's absolutely nothing else like it on TV and its world building is amazing. Probably my favourite sci fi show I've watched. I look forward to season three and hope that this show is given its planned 5 season arc as we need answers!
Incredible
sukqlnt_119 March 2022
The writers of this show deserve high praise. This is one of the few shows that gets me vocal with emotions. I don't know why some don't like it. I supposed they can't stand not knowing and can't follow the trail of breadcrumbs and parallels within the show, society and religion that are playing out. We have a serpent, a tree of life, knowledge vs happiness and various other biblical references. The greatest thing about this show is how unpredictable it is. You can never really guess what's going to happen next. That's why i find it's the most exciting show to watch right now. Can't wait got the next season.
Are all the bad reviews here behind the show's cancelation?
m_prigipas4 June 2022
This show is one of the last, genuinely interesting sci fi shows on TV. The finale was excellent. Made me look forward to the rest of the story. I guess people are happier with shows that serve everything to them on a platter.
Is Grandmother Sol?
KobusW319 March 2022
Warning: Spoilers
What a great episode, Really enjoyed this season and it had a great open ending!
I felt like number 7 was there to protect the conoly instead of killing it. I have a feeling Grandmother is the villian in this all and is the true Sol.
I felt like number 7 was there to protect the conoly instead of killing it. I have a feeling Grandmother is the villian in this all and is the true Sol.
Promising show with many issues
alexleizerovichcoaching24 March 2022
Started very good in season 1. Tho story was relatively clear.
Then it became slow and boring at second part of season 1.
Season 2 is very disjointed like they took 10 different ideas and threw them together without any clear direction.
The last couple episodes of season 2 are better.
But still there is no clear direction to where is this going.
To summarize whats going on: Earth is ruined by war, different survivors on an alien planet and weird things happen.
Then it became slow and boring at second part of season 1.
Season 2 is very disjointed like they took 10 different ideas and threw them together without any clear direction.
The last couple episodes of season 2 are better.
But still there is no clear direction to where is this going.
To summarize whats going on: Earth is ruined by war, different survivors on an alien planet and weird things happen.
Future of human civilisation on the edge!
Dr_Eye_In_The_Sky24 March 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Absolutely amazing cinematography and edge-on-the-seat story-telling.
Not really possible to expect what's going to happen next and what mind-bending twists and turns are coming.
Explanations to critical points of the story:
1. Lucius nails Marcus' palms to to the trunk of Resurrected-Sue-Tree (which sprouted from the weaponised-Snake destroyed by veiled-Mother). This is important! This Resurrected-Sue-Tree came from Snake (no 7 born-from-Mother) who ate Sue-Tree. The original Mother's (flying all-powerful necromancer) Android-essence from Resurrected-Sue-Tree mixed with Marcus's bloodied palms giving him Necromancer's powers which allowed Marcus to float above Lucius. New beings genetically engineered from from a serial mixture of various Bio-tech-DNAs resulting from events either intentionally engineered or maybe random acts.
2. Weaponised-Snake after eating Sue-Tree sprouted more than eight mega tentacles behind its head. Looking at it from the front looks like the pictures of Sol.
The progress of society, civilisation, culture and beliefs is super accelerated by ultra bio-technology, AI, smart machinery and androids. What could take thousands of years now take seconds.
The acid barrier and the safety it promises to the aquatic-amphibian-lifeforms within it brings to mind the similarities with the Morlocks in HG Wells' Time Machine story who retreated to the undergrounds after a similarly cataclysmic event.
Is Grandmother devolving humans to the levels of Morlocks/acid creatures with a twist of human happiness without intellect or Mother and Father fighting Grandmother and Sol to evolve the Kepler-22b settlers into a higher form of humans with grace, wisdom and compassion.
The series is edging towards revealing more of the creation myth it started us off so superbly.
Can Season 3 start already?
Not really possible to expect what's going to happen next and what mind-bending twists and turns are coming.
Explanations to critical points of the story:
1. Lucius nails Marcus' palms to to the trunk of Resurrected-Sue-Tree (which sprouted from the weaponised-Snake destroyed by veiled-Mother). This is important! This Resurrected-Sue-Tree came from Snake (no 7 born-from-Mother) who ate Sue-Tree. The original Mother's (flying all-powerful necromancer) Android-essence from Resurrected-Sue-Tree mixed with Marcus's bloodied palms giving him Necromancer's powers which allowed Marcus to float above Lucius. New beings genetically engineered from from a serial mixture of various Bio-tech-DNAs resulting from events either intentionally engineered or maybe random acts.
2. Weaponised-Snake after eating Sue-Tree sprouted more than eight mega tentacles behind its head. Looking at it from the front looks like the pictures of Sol.
The progress of society, civilisation, culture and beliefs is super accelerated by ultra bio-technology, AI, smart machinery and androids. What could take thousands of years now take seconds.
The acid barrier and the safety it promises to the aquatic-amphibian-lifeforms within it brings to mind the similarities with the Morlocks in HG Wells' Time Machine story who retreated to the undergrounds after a similarly cataclysmic event.
Is Grandmother devolving humans to the levels of Morlocks/acid creatures with a twist of human happiness without intellect or Mother and Father fighting Grandmother and Sol to evolve the Kepler-22b settlers into a higher form of humans with grace, wisdom and compassion.
The series is edging towards revealing more of the creation myth it started us off so superbly.
Can Season 3 start already?
I pity this series. Too ambitious
saltystelzie4 April 2022
This show touches on so many things
sumofall18 March 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Season 1 was pretty bad, season 2 is where it starts to become one of the best shows I've seen in years.
You have to watch season 2 first then season 1 for this show to hit.
Ridley Scott's DNA is all over this show and will have you lost in your thoughts trying to understand the world they've created for us to view.
You have to watch season 2 first then season 1 for this show to hit.
Ridley Scott's DNA is all over this show and will have you lost in your thoughts trying to understand the world they've created for us to view.
Not sci-fi, more like sigh-fi. I waited almost 2 years for this convoluted nonsense?
Top_Dawg_Critic28 March 2022
Warning: Spoilers
End of SEASON 2 Review:
This show needs new writers. I put up with the inexcusable and easily fixable convoluted writing with major plot and technical issues the first season, so I expected an improvement for the second season.
Nope.
Even worse ridiculousness, incohesive storytelling, and for that matter, nothing much new or exciting compared to the first season. It's more of the typical dysfunctional family, back and forth religious beliefs and alliances (like really?), constantly making erratic choices/decisions, confrontations with nonsense conflicts (snake eats the Sue-tree and becomes "weaponized"?! C'mon, did a 5th grader come up with this garbage??) It's just a sloppy and lazy screenplay overall. Thankfully it was two less episodes to bear compared to the first season. Guzikowski needs to fire himself and hire professional writers that specialize in this genre. It's a huge waste when this show has such excellent cinematography, visuals and effects, score, and casting and performances.
I've given up on this sigh-fi mess. 5/10 for this season all towards the cinematography, visuals and performances.
This show needs new writers. I put up with the inexcusable and easily fixable convoluted writing with major plot and technical issues the first season, so I expected an improvement for the second season.
Nope.
Even worse ridiculousness, incohesive storytelling, and for that matter, nothing much new or exciting compared to the first season. It's more of the typical dysfunctional family, back and forth religious beliefs and alliances (like really?), constantly making erratic choices/decisions, confrontations with nonsense conflicts (snake eats the Sue-tree and becomes "weaponized"?! C'mon, did a 5th grader come up with this garbage??) It's just a sloppy and lazy screenplay overall. Thankfully it was two less episodes to bear compared to the first season. Guzikowski needs to fire himself and hire professional writers that specialize in this genre. It's a huge waste when this show has such excellent cinematography, visuals and effects, score, and casting and performances.
I've given up on this sigh-fi mess. 5/10 for this season all towards the cinematography, visuals and performances.
A bunch on unexplained nonsense in rapid succession
aledanfb17 March 2022
I imagine that this is how the producers are writing this second season of raised by wolves:
I can't say I agree with this method but if people enjoy random stuff on tick Tok I can't argue on this.
- write random stuff on pieces of paper (flying snakes, robots growing like plants, people becoming trees, a video-game that turns you into a fish,....)
- put all pieces of paper in a bowl
- get drunk
- while blindfolded, pick a paper from the bowl
- this is what happens in the next episode
- repeat until end of budget for this season
- look for more money for next season
I can't say I agree with this method but if people enjoy random stuff on tick Tok I can't argue on this.
Ruined by season 2
Couchkik2018 March 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Probably the biggest "season 1/ season 2" quality drop I have ever seen in a show.
I LOVED season 1, the visuals, the mystery, Mother, the religious allegories. The slow burn of discovering the planet's secrets and the heartbreaking drama of Sue and Marcus. I did think the finale was kind of a bad attempt at more action (on a budget) and invented a silly plot to basically change the filming location...
But season 2 has just been disappointing.
The set up is reminiscent of the beginning of ALIENS and also Lost in Space but it had a great premise with the colony being obsessed with a computer entity. But then the writers just completely lost interest in the main characters. Sue is completely wasted as just a nurse until she turns into a tree (eye roll), I felt bad for the actress. So anticlimactic after all the season one exciting developments.
Same for Marcus who's story arc only involves the kids and some random atheist/ non atheist fights. This is the main pattern in season two : people just do things, find objects, have visions, and then it will maybe make sense.
The worst for me was Paul's poisoning and cocoon transformation. It was just stupid, random and the resolution was idiotic.
Even the new colony characters who had great potential are just boring, ultimately useless (like the guy with glasses, Cleaver) and disappear when not needed. Number Seven is just a CGI giant snake that doesn't bring much to the story so they add up Grandmother as the obvious villain.
Writers keep adding things, creatures for the sake of it and it's all very artificial. There's no tension, fear, reason because you just feel that anything can happen and rules are made up as they suit the "story". Even Mother's amazing powers are completely wasted as well. All the scary elements from season one are gone.
The lesson is you don't built a show and story arcs by just adding new stuff with some nicely design sci-fi elements and never explaining or building the world you create. There's a reason DUNE works : a proper storytelling and character evolutions.
It's a shame because the adult cast is (was?) great and some special effects and CGI were quite creative and strong this season.
Father, Mother, Sue, they are all amazing actors that deserve better than that. And Caleb/ Travis , he's already famous and I hope he'll get a better project next.
I LOVED season 1, the visuals, the mystery, Mother, the religious allegories. The slow burn of discovering the planet's secrets and the heartbreaking drama of Sue and Marcus. I did think the finale was kind of a bad attempt at more action (on a budget) and invented a silly plot to basically change the filming location...
But season 2 has just been disappointing.
The set up is reminiscent of the beginning of ALIENS and also Lost in Space but it had a great premise with the colony being obsessed with a computer entity. But then the writers just completely lost interest in the main characters. Sue is completely wasted as just a nurse until she turns into a tree (eye roll), I felt bad for the actress. So anticlimactic after all the season one exciting developments.
Same for Marcus who's story arc only involves the kids and some random atheist/ non atheist fights. This is the main pattern in season two : people just do things, find objects, have visions, and then it will maybe make sense.
The worst for me was Paul's poisoning and cocoon transformation. It was just stupid, random and the resolution was idiotic.
Even the new colony characters who had great potential are just boring, ultimately useless (like the guy with glasses, Cleaver) and disappear when not needed. Number Seven is just a CGI giant snake that doesn't bring much to the story so they add up Grandmother as the obvious villain.
Writers keep adding things, creatures for the sake of it and it's all very artificial. There's no tension, fear, reason because you just feel that anything can happen and rules are made up as they suit the "story". Even Mother's amazing powers are completely wasted as well. All the scary elements from season one are gone.
The lesson is you don't built a show and story arcs by just adding new stuff with some nicely design sci-fi elements and never explaining or building the world you create. There's a reason DUNE works : a proper storytelling and character evolutions.
It's a shame because the adult cast is (was?) great and some special effects and CGI were quite creative and strong this season.
Father, Mother, Sue, they are all amazing actors that deserve better than that. And Caleb/ Travis , he's already famous and I hope he'll get a better project next.
Jumping the shark!
msfindlay1 April 2022
Warning: Spoilers
We are done watching this show after this episode.
A human eats a alien pill and turns into a tree.
A flying snake eats the tree.
The snake transforms into a snake with a root ball.
Snake crashes at the beach.
Dead snake spawns a tree stump.
This show has gotten too weird.
I have not even mentioned the veil of emotions.
Waste of our time to watch.
Bad acting and very bad writing.
A human eats a alien pill and turns into a tree.
A flying snake eats the tree.
The snake transforms into a snake with a root ball.
Snake crashes at the beach.
Dead snake spawns a tree stump.
This show has gotten too weird.
I have not even mentioned the veil of emotions.
Waste of our time to watch.
Bad acting and very bad writing.
Season Two Review
southdavid31 May 2022
I described season one of "Raised by Wolves" as mixed and said that "I'll be back for season two, but it's more out of a sense of intrigue, rather than any love for the show". This second season hasn't assuaged of my fears about the long-term future for the series and I'm, if anything, more confused than I was a year ago.
As the family begin to integrate with the larger atheist settlement, Mother (Amanda Collin), in particular is mistrusted by the colonists. However, a bigger threat will quickly offer the opportunity to increase her standing. Marcus (Travis Fimmel) rescues some followers of Sol from the same settlement's authority. Though he offers proof of his divine orchestration, his desire to find the tree of knowledge is one he's willing to make sacrifices for.
To be honest, my review of this second season could almost be a copy and paste of my review of the first. It looks really good and there are some interesting ideas that are being explored within the series - but I still can't help but have the feeling that this is headed in a hundred different ways all at once, and that the weird stuff that happens is happening for the sake of it, rather than servicing some overall plot idea. If the show stays alive long enough to reach it's intended conclusion, then I'm not convinced that each of these bizarre turns will have any form of satisfactory explanation.
What's perhaps worse is that I'm not sure I care about any of the characters. I hate all the children, and I'm not sure that half of them really added to the plot, two of them have about six lines across the whole run and there's little consistency amongst the adults to stick too. So, I can't attach myself to any of the characters and the plot keeps throwing a random unexplained thing at me, so there's little to connect to there. I will say that this season was undoubtably creepier than the first. With the introduction of the grandmother character and the android with its face smashed in being particularly memorable.
I think I'll stick around, either to be proved right or be pleasantly surprised. I can see why it's so divisive though.
As the family begin to integrate with the larger atheist settlement, Mother (Amanda Collin), in particular is mistrusted by the colonists. However, a bigger threat will quickly offer the opportunity to increase her standing. Marcus (Travis Fimmel) rescues some followers of Sol from the same settlement's authority. Though he offers proof of his divine orchestration, his desire to find the tree of knowledge is one he's willing to make sacrifices for.
To be honest, my review of this second season could almost be a copy and paste of my review of the first. It looks really good and there are some interesting ideas that are being explored within the series - but I still can't help but have the feeling that this is headed in a hundred different ways all at once, and that the weird stuff that happens is happening for the sake of it, rather than servicing some overall plot idea. If the show stays alive long enough to reach it's intended conclusion, then I'm not convinced that each of these bizarre turns will have any form of satisfactory explanation.
What's perhaps worse is that I'm not sure I care about any of the characters. I hate all the children, and I'm not sure that half of them really added to the plot, two of them have about six lines across the whole run and there's little consistency amongst the adults to stick too. So, I can't attach myself to any of the characters and the plot keeps throwing a random unexplained thing at me, so there's little to connect to there. I will say that this season was undoubtably creepier than the first. With the introduction of the grandmother character and the android with its face smashed in being particularly memorable.
I think I'll stick around, either to be proved right or be pleasantly surprised. I can see why it's so divisive though.
Don't waste your time.
cody_nata18 March 2022
Warning: Spoilers
This season finally was beyond horrible. Nothing was explained whatsoever, plot holes are everywhere now, and all they've managed to do in two seasons is make me hate every single character in the whole show more and more. At this point I hope grandmother kills everyone so this show can end.
terrible ending
miguelromao18 March 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I did like all season 1 and most of season 2, but the ending is just terrible.
Wtf is this ending with one guy upside-down and mother in the freeze without no real ending nor even a suggestion on how to overcome it.
I was really fan of the series but with this end, I cannot say I'm keen to see another season . It just broke my trust on the writers ...
Wtf is this ending with one guy upside-down and mother in the freeze without no real ending nor even a suggestion on how to overcome it.
I was really fan of the series but with this end, I cannot say I'm keen to see another season . It just broke my trust on the writers ...
I hate it even more
szalai-aniko9418 March 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I hate this season. I already said that, but I can't hold myself back to write again, because I don't get the high ratings!
We all knew that Grandmother will be evil. Nothing surprising happened.
I just want answers, because I have a lot of questions, for example: what happened with the ghost of the little girl from the first season? What was the mysterious disease which killed the children? And why didn't die the newcomers because of this disease? Was the serpent good or bad? And how did Mother get fertilized? What are the pits? Does Sol talk to people or what is it?
And Sol: what is this religion exactly? What is the point exactly? I don't understand what is the teaching... They say always "Sol told this, Sol wants that". But can you tell what they believe?
I hope they have answers.
The show's best parts are when Mother turns into a killing machine, I like those scenes and I miss them from the second season. So the only good part was when Mother got her eyes back. I felt that.
I don't even know why I keep watching this show... because of Mother, perhaps, I like her.
We all knew that Grandmother will be evil. Nothing surprising happened.
I just want answers, because I have a lot of questions, for example: what happened with the ghost of the little girl from the first season? What was the mysterious disease which killed the children? And why didn't die the newcomers because of this disease? Was the serpent good or bad? And how did Mother get fertilized? What are the pits? Does Sol talk to people or what is it?
And Sol: what is this religion exactly? What is the point exactly? I don't understand what is the teaching... They say always "Sol told this, Sol wants that". But can you tell what they believe?
I hope they have answers.
The show's best parts are when Mother turns into a killing machine, I like those scenes and I miss them from the second season. So the only good part was when Mother got her eyes back. I felt that.
I don't even know why I keep watching this show... because of Mother, perhaps, I like her.
Excuse me. What the f---???
Poolverine18 March 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Season finale is horrible. I couldn't believe what I was watching. It was complete nonsense. I wouldn't be surprised if unicorn showed up... or Shrek. She killed off the snake. The entire season it was imprisoned or something and at the end it decides to eat a tree (Sue, who's destiny is nonsense too), And after that snake gets few more grippers and wings? Excuse me. What the f---??? I just can't. Bye.
what the he... ll
halitomarhussien23 March 2022
Poor disjointed season 2
collin-skateboard9 May 2022
Gripping, But Not Good Enough - S02 Review
JoshuaMercott27 July 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Ridley Scott served as executive producer for season one of "Raised By Wolves" and his vision for this Sci-Fi series, created by Aaron Guzikowski, carried into season 2. The scope of this show was quite vast, which is why I was confused how they messed it up in S02.
Directors Ernest Dickerson, Sunu Gonera, Alex Gabassi, and Lukas Ettlin did 'okay' work this season. Writers Aaron Guzikowski, Julian Meiojas, and Karen Campbell scripted an 'alright' S02.
Scoring and stunts were superb. Costume and production design were amazing. VFX, editing, and sound were great. Art direction and set decoration were good. Cinematography was excellent.
Mother, the android, played by Amanda Collin, was remarkable. Father, played by Abubakar Salim, was notable. Campion, played by Winta McGrath, was good. Decima, played by Kim Engelbrecht, was good. Marcus, played by Travis Fimmel, was notable.
Sue, played by Niamh Algar, was great. Tempest, played by Jordan Loughran, was good. Hunter, played by Ethan Hazzard, was also good. Paul, played by Felix Jamieson, was great. Justina, played by Susan Danford, was quite good. Lucius, played by Matias Varela, was good. Grandmother, played by Selina Jones, was memorable.
All other crew and cast did good work in "Raised By Wolves" Season 2.
Originally streaming on HBO Max, it has since come over to Now TV via Sky Atlantic. Season 2 "Raised By Wolves" brought answers to hanging questions. It was packed with thrills and action, but rushed scripting and 'convenient' storytelling failed it in the end.
Alien bio-forms, advanced protective android humanoids, and humans together wove a tale of relevance that presaged things to come in humanity's future. So much of Science Fiction has proven capable of looking ahead toward where we as a society are going. This series emulated that 'magic' through a storyline sprinkled with survivalist elements and space colonization in a post-apocalyptic setting.
A new home-base and new problems, coupled with new realizations, all made for good viewing in season 2 of "Raised By Wolves". It wasn't as grandiose as season 1, and though it tried to make up for that by including human-drama elements this season, it did not quite hit the mark.
They also had a new mysterious android, which Father inadvertently helped re-form, and native acid-ocean mer-creatures that infused the story with interesting elements. However, I was sad to see how little time they took to explore these introductions in detail.
Grandmother hinted at the sea creatures being devolved humans, intentionally made so by herself (?) so they would survive as opposed to evolving into a destructive race. They barely covered this amazing concept this season.
I especially liked the part when Mother rediscovered her eyes and retrieved her original invincibility, thus becoming the dreaded Necromancer android again. But they failed to explain how those eyes, after being swallowed, even powered Marcus who, as a human, was deluded into thinking he was gifted by Sol, the sun-based deity at the heart of this story.
It was disheartening to see them rush through so many story-arcs, and for more than a few characters. Often, season 2 felt like I was watching islands of footage, most of which were probably edited out for ill-informed reasons.
As the season progressed, I found more than a few inconsistences and character mis-motivations - especially in E07 - but the entire show wasn't ruined as a result. Ridley Scott's absence in season 2 did not quite do it any favors, though.
S02 held promise and a deep message, but it did not pull in enough viewers to help ensure a third run. This season was also 'lazy', and did not give its characters due attention in the writing phase. "Raised By Wolves" started out, in my opinion, as a significant, relevant, and engaging series. If only they didn't choose the mediocre path for season 2, we may have received a wonderful Sci-Fi tale worth watching.
Directors Ernest Dickerson, Sunu Gonera, Alex Gabassi, and Lukas Ettlin did 'okay' work this season. Writers Aaron Guzikowski, Julian Meiojas, and Karen Campbell scripted an 'alright' S02.
Scoring and stunts were superb. Costume and production design were amazing. VFX, editing, and sound were great. Art direction and set decoration were good. Cinematography was excellent.
Mother, the android, played by Amanda Collin, was remarkable. Father, played by Abubakar Salim, was notable. Campion, played by Winta McGrath, was good. Decima, played by Kim Engelbrecht, was good. Marcus, played by Travis Fimmel, was notable.
Sue, played by Niamh Algar, was great. Tempest, played by Jordan Loughran, was good. Hunter, played by Ethan Hazzard, was also good. Paul, played by Felix Jamieson, was great. Justina, played by Susan Danford, was quite good. Lucius, played by Matias Varela, was good. Grandmother, played by Selina Jones, was memorable.
All other crew and cast did good work in "Raised By Wolves" Season 2.
Originally streaming on HBO Max, it has since come over to Now TV via Sky Atlantic. Season 2 "Raised By Wolves" brought answers to hanging questions. It was packed with thrills and action, but rushed scripting and 'convenient' storytelling failed it in the end.
Alien bio-forms, advanced protective android humanoids, and humans together wove a tale of relevance that presaged things to come in humanity's future. So much of Science Fiction has proven capable of looking ahead toward where we as a society are going. This series emulated that 'magic' through a storyline sprinkled with survivalist elements and space colonization in a post-apocalyptic setting.
A new home-base and new problems, coupled with new realizations, all made for good viewing in season 2 of "Raised By Wolves". It wasn't as grandiose as season 1, and though it tried to make up for that by including human-drama elements this season, it did not quite hit the mark.
They also had a new mysterious android, which Father inadvertently helped re-form, and native acid-ocean mer-creatures that infused the story with interesting elements. However, I was sad to see how little time they took to explore these introductions in detail.
Grandmother hinted at the sea creatures being devolved humans, intentionally made so by herself (?) so they would survive as opposed to evolving into a destructive race. They barely covered this amazing concept this season.
I especially liked the part when Mother rediscovered her eyes and retrieved her original invincibility, thus becoming the dreaded Necromancer android again. But they failed to explain how those eyes, after being swallowed, even powered Marcus who, as a human, was deluded into thinking he was gifted by Sol, the sun-based deity at the heart of this story.
It was disheartening to see them rush through so many story-arcs, and for more than a few characters. Often, season 2 felt like I was watching islands of footage, most of which were probably edited out for ill-informed reasons.
As the season progressed, I found more than a few inconsistences and character mis-motivations - especially in E07 - but the entire show wasn't ruined as a result. Ridley Scott's absence in season 2 did not quite do it any favors, though.
S02 held promise and a deep message, but it did not pull in enough viewers to help ensure a third run. This season was also 'lazy', and did not give its characters due attention in the writing phase. "Raised By Wolves" started out, in my opinion, as a significant, relevant, and engaging series. If only they didn't choose the mediocre path for season 2, we may have received a wonderful Sci-Fi tale worth watching.
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