The forum about Mother’s day, the finale of the second season, contains negative comments that suggest that the writers have put themselves in a corner with all the events and deaths portrayed in the episode. I have to agree that because of constraints concerning the number of episodes, the writers and producers had to pack the finale with many elements that would have been better spread and developped over a few more episodes.
I also read that many believe that it would be difficult to imagine a possible third season after the finale. I disagree. Here are a few speculations about things that could be, and even if I am completely wrong, it does prove they are many possibilities left out for a continuation.
Lisa2. Imagine that her impregnation did not work. It could be because of Tyler’s low phosphate level or the fact that she is sterile (it could have been done purposely by Joshua or could be a side effect of the artificial growth). Anna would be confronted with a severe issue. With Tyler’s death, only one possible human genetic provider remains to help out the evolution of her species on schedule. She also realizes that she requires her first daughter to insure the evolution of her race.
Lisa2 was given by Joshua all of Lisa’s memories so she develop the same feelings and guilt over killing Tyler. This also can lead in an identity crisis as she tried to make herself her own, apart from her older sister. Realizing her mother does not deem her useful, she knows her life is on the line. She may be the one that rescue the original Lisa or, as a play on the evil twin, becomes worst than her mother Anna.
The hybrid is sort of the “Elizabeth” of the reinvented series. She essentially proves that a hybrid being the natural result of the mating of a human and visitor is more powerful as either of the parent race. The hybrid has demonstrated to Anna that Diana was essentially right in her last speech. Anna may quickly loose her sense of wonder about the hybrid and becomes wary of her.
The hybrid will grow in a new actress. If the hybrid ever learns that, she has been deceived and of her real mother’s death at the hand of Anna, she will make a formidable enemy. By the way, I am certain that her father, Ryan, is not dead. The Visitors are more resilient than that: I remember one walking away from a car crash snapping her head onto place.
The Bliss on human is not a permanent effect it needs to be repeated periodically to maintain its hold and again the hybrid may not be as collaborative in the future. In fact, we have yet to see if the Bliss is as successful on humans as onto Visitors as human can perhaps recover more quickly.
I do not think that Chad is gone. He may have been called onto the ship for a different issue. If his smell was on the envelope, he could make out different reason for it like a pre-interview with Father Jack. I would be expecting more that Hobbes was the one traced and captured by the visitors and that would explain his diseapearance. To the worst case, Anna will just brainwash him as she may still have use for him especially if she cannot maintains the bliss. For instance, she needs a human voice to explain all those new visitors ships and tone down any suggestion of invasion by her people.
Erica has also difficult time ahead when she learned of her son’s death. Will she be vengeful or resolved to maintain her humanity? Would she prevent Aries from whipping out the Visitor’s entire race if they ever have the means to? Think of the multiple part toxins introduced earlier. Aries mentioned being ready to bring down mothership onto the city; millions of humans as casualities of war to save our species is acceptable?
The race of the visitors: to be genetically compatible with human and that without the assistance of technology suggest that humans and Visitors are closely related races. The chance of that happening to two separate races evolving on different planets is practically nil. Maybe the Visitors are not visitors but are coming back home; they are the evolved species of some reptilian race on earth that was able to leave earth at the time of the great extinction. In fact some of the surviving members of that race could be trace back to our dragon legends, or to religions such as in Mesoamerica that involved reptilian deities (and they are many). This could relate to the idea of a “Zon” type religion of Visitor, or Visitor Hybrids, that embraced spirituality and are living amongst humans. They may be working with both Visitors and human to prevent the mutal destruction of their races.
Some disliked the concept of the soul trough the second season. I see it an intriguing concept that could show to a scienfically-based race such as the Visitors and to Anna whose sole faith is science, that all cannot be explained by science alone. It is something that I believe that could come out more on a future season. Anna could even be more interested into Father Jack that he is a known fifth column representative as he knows of the soul.
As well, Anna will continue her own evolution into human emotions. She experienced and used rage, vengeance and sorrow but shown some piety to her agonizing warrior children, tenderness and awe towards the hybrid. This could also play a pivotal role in the future developpement of the series.
Marcus is a wild card, I can see him attempting to assasinate Anna at one point.
So, in conclusion I believe, there is more than a few element worth pursuing into a third season.
I also read that many believe that it would be difficult to imagine a possible third season after the finale. I disagree. Here are a few speculations about things that could be, and even if I am completely wrong, it does prove they are many possibilities left out for a continuation.
Lisa2. Imagine that her impregnation did not work. It could be because of Tyler’s low phosphate level or the fact that she is sterile (it could have been done purposely by Joshua or could be a side effect of the artificial growth). Anna would be confronted with a severe issue. With Tyler’s death, only one possible human genetic provider remains to help out the evolution of her species on schedule. She also realizes that she requires her first daughter to insure the evolution of her race.
Lisa2 was given by Joshua all of Lisa’s memories so she develop the same feelings and guilt over killing Tyler. This also can lead in an identity crisis as she tried to make herself her own, apart from her older sister. Realizing her mother does not deem her useful, she knows her life is on the line. She may be the one that rescue the original Lisa or, as a play on the evil twin, becomes worst than her mother Anna.
The hybrid is sort of the “Elizabeth” of the reinvented series. She essentially proves that a hybrid being the natural result of the mating of a human and visitor is more powerful as either of the parent race. The hybrid has demonstrated to Anna that Diana was essentially right in her last speech. Anna may quickly loose her sense of wonder about the hybrid and becomes wary of her.
The hybrid will grow in a new actress. If the hybrid ever learns that, she has been deceived and of her real mother’s death at the hand of Anna, she will make a formidable enemy. By the way, I am certain that her father, Ryan, is not dead. The Visitors are more resilient than that: I remember one walking away from a car crash snapping her head onto place.
The Bliss on human is not a permanent effect it needs to be repeated periodically to maintain its hold and again the hybrid may not be as collaborative in the future. In fact, we have yet to see if the Bliss is as successful on humans as onto Visitors as human can perhaps recover more quickly.
I do not think that Chad is gone. He may have been called onto the ship for a different issue. If his smell was on the envelope, he could make out different reason for it like a pre-interview with Father Jack. I would be expecting more that Hobbes was the one traced and captured by the visitors and that would explain his diseapearance. To the worst case, Anna will just brainwash him as she may still have use for him especially if she cannot maintains the bliss. For instance, she needs a human voice to explain all those new visitors ships and tone down any suggestion of invasion by her people.
Erica has also difficult time ahead when she learned of her son’s death. Will she be vengeful or resolved to maintain her humanity? Would she prevent Aries from whipping out the Visitor’s entire race if they ever have the means to? Think of the multiple part toxins introduced earlier. Aries mentioned being ready to bring down mothership onto the city; millions of humans as casualities of war to save our species is acceptable?
The race of the visitors: to be genetically compatible with human and that without the assistance of technology suggest that humans and Visitors are closely related races. The chance of that happening to two separate races evolving on different planets is practically nil. Maybe the Visitors are not visitors but are coming back home; they are the evolved species of some reptilian race on earth that was able to leave earth at the time of the great extinction. In fact some of the surviving members of that race could be trace back to our dragon legends, or to religions such as in Mesoamerica that involved reptilian deities (and they are many). This could relate to the idea of a “Zon” type religion of Visitor, or Visitor Hybrids, that embraced spirituality and are living amongst humans. They may be working with both Visitors and human to prevent the mutal destruction of their races.
Some disliked the concept of the soul trough the second season. I see it an intriguing concept that could show to a scienfically-based race such as the Visitors and to Anna whose sole faith is science, that all cannot be explained by science alone. It is something that I believe that could come out more on a future season. Anna could even be more interested into Father Jack that he is a known fifth column representative as he knows of the soul.
As well, Anna will continue her own evolution into human emotions. She experienced and used rage, vengeance and sorrow but shown some piety to her agonizing warrior children, tenderness and awe towards the hybrid. This could also play a pivotal role in the future developpement of the series.
Marcus is a wild card, I can see him attempting to assasinate Anna at one point.
So, in conclusion I believe, there is more than a few element worth pursuing into a third season.
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