The series starts off well in the first season and sets up a few plot surprises. However once season 2 starts the various factions get a bit messy and borderline unbelievable. Some of the political maneuverings are close enough to morden day US politics to be coherent.
One of the key characters Grace Barrows is everywhere despite being unable to decide between 2 of the other lead characters. In one of the last episodes she has to decide whom she likes the most as her life may depend on this ( a bunker awaits) but is unable to do so.
So in that same episode after receiving a marriage proposal (from A) she spends part of the night with suitor B and then expecting to have breakfast with him is surprised to have suitor A at the front door. Just to spice things up she almost has a thing with one of the other leading characters too. It's almost like they couldn't think of a reason for her to be in some of those scenes so made her a romantic interest to get her a ringside seat.
Very frustrating to be floating around on a sea of random romance like that. So even though it is ostensibly a series that includes rocket science there was none of that in the actual script.
Final spoiler. John Noble has a great time playing a hammy villain who literally blasts off into space with a group of malcontents. They think it will let them survive the asteroid but really they are not coming back and the planet is better off without them. So that was a nice touch.
One of the key characters Grace Barrows is everywhere despite being unable to decide between 2 of the other lead characters. In one of the last episodes she has to decide whom she likes the most as her life may depend on this ( a bunker awaits) but is unable to do so.
So in that same episode after receiving a marriage proposal (from A) she spends part of the night with suitor B and then expecting to have breakfast with him is surprised to have suitor A at the front door. Just to spice things up she almost has a thing with one of the other leading characters too. It's almost like they couldn't think of a reason for her to be in some of those scenes so made her a romantic interest to get her a ringside seat.
Very frustrating to be floating around on a sea of random romance like that. So even though it is ostensibly a series that includes rocket science there was none of that in the actual script.
Final spoiler. John Noble has a great time playing a hammy villain who literally blasts off into space with a group of malcontents. They think it will let them survive the asteroid but really they are not coming back and the planet is better off without them. So that was a nice touch.
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