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* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: Because Season 1 could be consider BileFascination (see above), Season 2 is a surprising improvement; having, ''relative to'' Season 1, both better writing and harder sci-fi elements.
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* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: Because Season 1 could be consider BileFascination (see above), Season 2 is a surprising improvement; having, ''relative to'' Season 1, both better writing and harder sci-fi elements. For example:
** A major complaint of viewers during Season 1 was that the ''Salvare'' crew act both unprofessionally and non-expertly throughout season 1, despite the crew purportedly being the best the Earth could offer. Moreover, it's unclear why the previous ''Salvare'' commander Ian Yerxa is also on the mission when Niko was chosen to replace him, as the crew which previously served under him may have conflicting loyalties and be more inclined to listen to Ian over Niko. (The crew mutinies in the first episode of Season 1) The crew selection is revealed to be a result of [[spoiler: William waking up the wrong crew members as an old AI interface still embedded in his coding, Gabriel, was causing William to make mistakes. The crew that was awaken in Season 1 were backups for the first picks.]]
** The drama involving August's improbable pregnancy--conception after her and the child's father were ''sterilized by gamma radiation'' is dropped. [[spoiler: August and Oliver are killed in the first episode of Season 2.]]
** The science of Season 2 is more grounded/harder than Season 1. For example,
*** the workings of Soma sleep are explained--[[spoiler: people who are to enter Soma have a neural implant which facilitates this]]
*** William's abilities to neutralize an Achaean implant in Season 1 is [[spoiler: because he modified the implant's code.]]
** Even the more fantastical elements of Season 2 (e.g. [[spoiler: the Decuma's ability to perfectly heal Niko and Richard after medically torturing them or convert other bipedal organisms into other Decuma]] involve advanced alien technology and can be explained away by ClarkesThirdLaw.
** The viewer-disliked soap opera elements which dominated Season 1 are minimized in Season 2.
** The ''Salvare'' crew periodically reference the death of other crew members, something absent in Season 1.
** A major complaint of viewers during Season 1 was that the ''Salvare'' crew act both unprofessionally and non-expertly throughout season 1, despite the crew purportedly being the best the Earth could offer. Moreover, it's unclear why the previous ''Salvare'' commander Ian Yerxa is also on the mission when Niko was chosen to replace him, as the crew which previously served under him may have conflicting loyalties and be more inclined to listen to Ian over Niko. (The crew mutinies in the first episode of Season 1) The crew selection is revealed to be a result of [[spoiler: William waking up the wrong crew members as an old AI interface still embedded in his coding, Gabriel, was causing William to make mistakes. The crew that was awaken in Season 1 were backups for the first picks.]]
** The drama involving August's improbable pregnancy--conception after her and the child's father were ''sterilized by gamma radiation'' is dropped. [[spoiler: August and Oliver are killed in the first episode of Season 2.]]
** The science of Season 2 is more grounded/harder than Season 1. For example,
*** the workings of Soma sleep are explained--[[spoiler: people who are to enter Soma have a neural implant which facilitates this]]
*** William's abilities to neutralize an Achaean implant in Season 1 is [[spoiler: because he modified the implant's code.]]
** Even the more fantastical elements of Season 2 (e.g. [[spoiler: the Decuma's ability to perfectly heal Niko and Richard after medically torturing them or convert other bipedal organisms into other Decuma]] involve advanced alien technology and can be explained away by ClarkesThirdLaw.
** The viewer-disliked soap opera elements which dominated Season 1 are minimized in Season 2.
** The ''Salvare'' crew periodically reference the death of other crew members, something absent in Season 1.
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* UnintentionallySympathetic: Ian Yerxa's death by electrocution at Niko's hands is treated as a sort of MoralEventHorizon by the crew and by the narrative, and by Niko herself. This is somewhat confusing for several reasons. Yerxa comes off as a ticking, egotistical time-bomb resentful of Niko's position of command. He ''already'' staged a violent mutiny against her, which resulted in the exact scenario Niko was attempting to prevent by refusing his plan in the first place. She gives him a second chance, [[EasilyForgiven although she really had no good reason to]], and, most forebodingly, he tells her he wouldn't have been so lenient if their positions were reversed. This leads to possibly the most important factor: Niko was clearly acting in self-defense when she ends up killing him, as he'd just approached her from behind with a knife in his hand and was very blatantly about to stab her. Arguably, she didn't even ''mean'' to kill him; she didn't seem to deliberately aim for the broken equipment which electrocutes him, it just happened to be behind him when she kicked him. Yet the crew all treat her as if she's just looking for some excuse to kill them all, even after she saves their lives multiple times. Even William, who is explicitly loyal to Niko, can't comprehend why she killed the man who was about to shank her to death. It does serve as a perfect demonstration as to how unsuitable all crewmembers are to their jobs, something that comes up time and again throughout the series, but it seems doubtful that this was the writers' intent.
* WhatAnIdiot: In Episode 5, ''half the crew'' apparently tries to outdo their counterparts on the ''[[Film/{{Prometheus}} Prometheus]]'' in sheer idiocy. They recently detected a pleasantly Earth-like planet with green forests, lakes and blue sky that also happens to host one of the alien crystal spires, so they touch down to stock up on supplies and have a look at the artifact.\\
'''You'd expect''': The crew of trained astronauts to observe basic EVA safety protocols on their foray to an unknown world.\\
'''Instead''': They act like stereotypical tourists arriving at an exotic location. The planet's air is breathable, so no-one but Bernie bothers wearing a sealed suit, and he gets ridiculed for it immediately until he takes it off like everyone else. Nevermind there might be countless unknown/undetectable pathogens in the atmosphere, plus the fact that only a few days before the crew had already had a run-in with a deadly alien virus that killed two of their number due to inefficient decontamination protocols. The group then splits up into three smaller groups, with Sasha attempting to establish FirstContact with the alien artifact alone, Bernie and Zayn looking for edible plants, and Niko and Cas going off investigating an anomaly. Nobody notices the big-ass WormSign that appeared as soon as they landed, Bernie and Zayn quickly proceed to ''taste-test'' everything they find, and Niko and Cas end up in a forest thick with hallucinogenic spores that also act like a TruthSerum.\\
'''The result''': Niko and Cas are so stoned by the spores that they hold nothing back from each other, which leads to some very awkward moments later on. Bernie and Zayn find out the hard way that nothing on the planet is edible to humans, that the world has very aggressive flora, and that there's a nasty breed of space bugs around. Sasha gets pulled into the artifact and develops a split personality of sorts, with the sinister half quickly taking over once they're back aboard. He also barely escapes being eaten by the monstrous critters responsible for the WormSign, and nobody notices that a smaller version of these bugs hitched a ride back up to the ''Salvare'' where it proceeds to wreak havoc on the ship's systems, nearly killing everyone and ultimately costing Michelle's life.
* WhatAnIdiot: In Episode 5, ''half the crew'' apparently tries to outdo their counterparts on the ''[[Film/{{Prometheus}} Prometheus]]'' in sheer idiocy. They recently detected a pleasantly Earth-like planet with green forests, lakes and blue sky that also happens to host one of the alien crystal spires, so they touch down to stock up on supplies and have a look at the artifact.\\
'''You'd expect''': The crew of trained astronauts to observe basic EVA safety protocols on their foray to an unknown world.\\
'''Instead''': They act like stereotypical tourists arriving at an exotic location. The planet's air is breathable, so no-one but Bernie bothers wearing a sealed suit, and he gets ridiculed for it immediately until he takes it off like everyone else. Nevermind there might be countless unknown/undetectable pathogens in the atmosphere, plus the fact that only a few days before the crew had already had a run-in with a deadly alien virus that killed two of their number due to inefficient decontamination protocols. The group then splits up into three smaller groups, with Sasha attempting to establish FirstContact with the alien artifact alone, Bernie and Zayn looking for edible plants, and Niko and Cas going off investigating an anomaly. Nobody notices the big-ass WormSign that appeared as soon as they landed, Bernie and Zayn quickly proceed to ''taste-test'' everything they find, and Niko and Cas end up in a forest thick with hallucinogenic spores that also act like a TruthSerum.\\
'''The result''': Niko and Cas are so stoned by the spores that they hold nothing back from each other, which leads to some very awkward moments later on. Bernie and Zayn find out the hard way that nothing on the planet is edible to humans, that the world has very aggressive flora, and that there's a nasty breed of space bugs around. Sasha gets pulled into the artifact and develops a split personality of sorts, with the sinister half quickly taking over once they're back aboard. He also barely escapes being eaten by the monstrous critters responsible for the WormSign, and nobody notices that a smaller version of these bugs hitched a ride back up to the ''Salvare'' where it proceeds to wreak havoc on the ship's systems, nearly killing everyone and ultimately costing Michelle's life.
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* UnintentionallySympathetic: Ian Yerxa's death by electrocution at Niko's hands is treated as a sort of MoralEventHorizon by the crew and by the narrative, and by Niko herself. This is somewhat confusing for several reasons. Yerxa comes off as a ticking, egotistical time-bomb resentful of Niko's position of command. He ''already'' staged a violent mutiny against her, which resulted in the exact scenario Niko was attempting to prevent by refusing his plan in the first place. She gives him a second chance, [[EasilyForgiven although she really had no good reason to]], and, most forebodingly, he tells her he wouldn't have been so lenient if their positions were reversed. This leads to possibly the most important factor: Niko was clearly acting in self-defense when she ends up killing him, as he'd just approached her from behind with a knife in his hand and was very blatantly about to stab her. Arguably, she didn't even ''mean'' to kill him; she didn't seem to deliberately aim for the broken equipment which electrocutes him, it just happened to be behind him when she kicked him. Yet the crew all treat her as if she's just looking for some excuse to kill them all, even after she saves their lives multiple times. Even William, who is explicitly loyal to Niko, can't comprehend why she killed the man who was about to shank her to death. It does serve as a perfect demonstration as to how unsuitable all crewmembers are to their jobs, something that comes up time and again throughout the series, but it seems doubtful that this was the writers' intent.
* WhatAnIdiot: In Episode 5, ''half the crew'' apparently tries to outdo their counterparts on the ''[[Film/{{Prometheus}} Prometheus]]'' in sheer idiocy. They recently detected a pleasantly Earth-like planet with green forests, lakes and blue sky that also happens to host one of the alien crystal spires, so they touch down to stock up on supplies and have a look at the artifact.\\
'''You'd expect''': The crew of trained astronauts to observe basic EVA safety protocols on their foray to an unknown world.\\
'''Instead''': They act like stereotypical tourists arriving at an exotic location. The planet's air is breathable, so no-one but Bernie bothers wearing a sealed suit, and he gets ridiculed for it immediately until he takes it off like everyone else. Nevermind there might be countless unknown/undetectable pathogens in the atmosphere, plus the fact that only a few days before the crew had already had a run-in with a deadly alien virus that killed two of their number due to inefficient decontamination protocols. The group then splits up into three smaller groups, with Sasha attempting to establish FirstContact with the alien artifact alone, Bernie and Zayn looking for edible plants, and Niko and Cas going off investigating an anomaly. Nobody notices the big-ass WormSign that appeared as soon as they landed, Bernie and Zayn quickly proceed to ''taste-test'' everything they find, and Niko and Cas end up in a forest thick with hallucinogenic spores that also act like a TruthSerum.\\
'''The result''': Niko and Cas are so stoned by the spores that they hold nothing back from each other, which leads to some very awkward moments later on. Bernie and Zayn find out the hard way that nothing on the planet is edible to humans, that the world has very aggressive flora, and that there's a nasty breed of space bugs around. Sasha gets pulled into the artifact and develops a split personality of sorts, with the sinister half quickly taking over once they're back aboard. He also barely escapes being eaten by the monstrous critters responsible for the WormSign, and nobody notices that a smaller version of these bugs hitched a ride back up to the ''Salvare'' where it proceeds to wreak havoc on the ship's systems, nearly killing everyone and ultimately costing Michelle's life.intent.
* WhatAnIdiot: In Episode 5, ''half the crew'' apparently tries to outdo their counterparts on the ''[[Film/{{Prometheus}} Prometheus]]'' in sheer idiocy. They recently detected a pleasantly Earth-like planet with green forests, lakes and blue sky that also happens to host one of the alien crystal spires, so they touch down to stock up on supplies and have a look at the artifact.\\
'''You'd expect''': The crew of trained astronauts to observe basic EVA safety protocols on their foray to an unknown world.\\
'''Instead''': They act like stereotypical tourists arriving at an exotic location. The planet's air is breathable, so no-one but Bernie bothers wearing a sealed suit, and he gets ridiculed for it immediately until he takes it off like everyone else. Nevermind there might be countless unknown/undetectable pathogens in the atmosphere, plus the fact that only a few days before the crew had already had a run-in with a deadly alien virus that killed two of their number due to inefficient decontamination protocols. The group then splits up into three smaller groups, with Sasha attempting to establish FirstContact with the alien artifact alone, Bernie and Zayn looking for edible plants, and Niko and Cas going off investigating an anomaly. Nobody notices the big-ass WormSign that appeared as soon as they landed, Bernie and Zayn quickly proceed to ''taste-test'' everything they find, and Niko and Cas end up in a forest thick with hallucinogenic spores that also act like a TruthSerum.\\
'''The result''': Niko and Cas are so stoned by the spores that they hold nothing back from each other, which leads to some very awkward moments later on. Bernie and Zayn find out the hard way that nothing on the planet is edible to humans, that the world has very aggressive flora, and that there's a nasty breed of space bugs around. Sasha gets pulled into the artifact and develops a split personality of sorts, with the sinister half quickly taking over once they're back aboard. He also barely escapes being eaten by the monstrous critters responsible for the WormSign, and nobody notices that a smaller version of these bugs hitched a ride back up to the ''Salvare'' where it proceeds to wreak havoc on the ship's systems, nearly killing everyone and ultimately costing Michelle's life.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: Season 2 addresses science and writing issues in Season 1.
** A major complaint of viewers during Season 1 was that the ''Salvare'' crew act both unprofessionally and non-expertly throughout season 1, despite the crew purportedly being the best the Earth could offer. Moreover, it's unclear why the previous ''Salvare'' commander Ian Yerxa is also on the mission when Niko was chosen to replace him, as the crew which previously served under him may have conflicting loyalties and be more inclined to listen to Ian over Niko. (The crew mutinies in the first episode of Season 1) The crew selection is revealed to be a result of [[spoiler: William waking up the wrong crew members as an old AI interface still embedded in his coding, Gabriel, was causing William to make mistakes. The crew that was awaken in Season 1 were backups for the first picks.]]
** The drama involving August's improbable pregnancy--conception after her and the child's father were ''sterilized by gamma radiation'' is dropped. [[spoiler: August and Oliver are killed in the first episode of Season 2.]]
** The science of Season 2 is more grounded/harder than Season 1. For example,
*** the workings of Soma sleep are explained--[[spoiler: people who are to enter Soma have a neural implant which facilitates this]]
*** William's abilities to neutralize an Achaean implant in Season 1 is [[spoiler: because he modified the implant's code.]]
** Even the more fantastical elements of Season 2 (e.g. [[spoiler: the Decuma's ability to perfectly heal Niko and Richard after medically torturing them or convert other bipedal organisms into other Decuma]] involve advanced alien technology and can be explained away by ClarkesThirdLaw.
** The viewer-disliked soap opera elements which dominated Season 1 are minimized in Season 2.
** The ''Salvare'' crew periodically reference the death of other crew members, something absent in Season 1.
** A major complaint of viewers during Season 1 was that the ''Salvare'' crew act both unprofessionally and non-expertly throughout season 1, despite the crew purportedly being the best the Earth could offer. Moreover, it's unclear why the previous ''Salvare'' commander Ian Yerxa is also on the mission when Niko was chosen to replace him, as the crew which previously served under him may have conflicting loyalties and be more inclined to listen to Ian over Niko. (The crew mutinies in the first episode of Season 1) The crew selection is revealed to be a result of [[spoiler: William waking up the wrong crew members as an old AI interface still embedded in his coding, Gabriel, was causing William to make mistakes. The crew that was awaken in Season 1 were backups for the first picks.]]
** The drama involving August's improbable pregnancy--conception after her and the child's father were ''sterilized by gamma radiation'' is dropped. [[spoiler: August and Oliver are killed in the first episode of Season 2.]]
** The science of Season 2 is more grounded/harder than Season 1. For example,
*** the workings of Soma sleep are explained--[[spoiler: people who are to enter Soma have a neural implant which facilitates this]]
*** William's abilities to neutralize an Achaean implant in Season 1 is [[spoiler: because he modified the implant's code.]]
** Even the more fantastical elements of Season 2 (e.g. [[spoiler: the Decuma's ability to perfectly heal Niko and Richard after medically torturing them or convert other bipedal organisms into other Decuma]] involve advanced alien technology and can be explained away by ClarkesThirdLaw.
** The viewer-disliked soap opera elements which dominated Season 1 are minimized in Season 2.
** The ''Salvare'' crew periodically reference the death of other crew members, something absent in Season 1.
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* EightDeadlyWords: A lot of critical and viewer reviews of the show have found the characters to be flat, unsympathetic and often acting TooDumbToLive, literally in most cases.
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Even the more fantastical elements of Season 2 (e.g. [[spoiler: the Decuma's ability to perfectly heal Niko and Richard after medically torturing them or convert other bipedal organisms into other Decuma]] involve advanced alien technology and can be explained away by ClarkesThirdLaw.
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** Even the more fantastical elements of Season 2 (e.g. [[spoiler: the Decuma's ability to perfectly heal Niko and Richard after medically torturing them or convert other bipedal organisms into other Decuma]] involve advanced alien technology and can be explained away by ClarkesThirdLaw.
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** A major complaint of viewers during Season 1 was that the ''Salvare'' crew act both unprofessionally and non-expertly throughout season 1, despite the crew purportedly being the best the Earth could offer. Moreover, it's unclear why the previous ''Salvare'' commander Ian Yerxa is also on the mission when Niko was chosen to replace him, as the crew which previously served under him may have conflicting loyalties and be more inclined to listen to Ian over Niko. (The crew mutinies in the first episode of Season 1) The crew selection is revealed to be a result of [[spoiler: William waking up the wrong crew members as an old AI interface still embedded in his coding, Gabriel, was causing him to make mistakes. The crew that was awaken in Season 1 were backups for the first picks.]]
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** A major complaint of viewers during Season 1 was that the ''Salvare'' crew act both unprofessionally and non-expertly throughout season 1, despite the crew purportedly being the best the Earth could offer. Moreover, it's unclear why the previous ''Salvare'' commander Ian Yerxa is also on the mission when Niko was chosen to replace him, as the crew which previously served under him may have conflicting loyalties and be more inclined to listen to Ian over Niko. (The crew mutinies in the first episode of Season 1) The crew selection is revealed to be a result of [[spoiler: William waking up the wrong crew members as an old AI interface still embedded in his coding, Gabriel, was causing him William to make mistakes. The crew that was awaken in Season 1 were backups for the first picks.]]
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Even the more fantastical elements of Season 2 (e.g. [[spoiler: the Decuma's ability to perfectly heal Niko and Richard after medically torturing them or convert other bipedal organisms into other Decuma]] involve advanced alien technology and can be explained away by [[ClarkesThirdLaw]].
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Even the more fantastical elements of Season 2 (e.g. [[spoiler: the Decuma's ability to perfectly heal Niko and Richard after medically torturing them or convert other bipedal organisms into other Decuma]] involve advanced alien technology and can be explained away by [[ClarkesThirdLaw]].ClarkesThirdLaw.
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** The ''Salvare'' crew periodically reference the death of other crew members, something absent in Season 1.
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** A major complaint of viewers during Season 1 was that the ''Salvare'' crew act both unprofessionally and non-expertly throughout season 1, despite the crew purportedly being the best the Earth could offer. Moreover, it's unclear why the previous ''Salvare'' commander Ian Yerxa is also on the mission when Niko was chosen to replace him, as the crew which previously served under him may have conflicting loyalties and be more inclined to serve Ian over Niko. (The crew mutinies in the first episode of Season 1) The crew selection is revealed to be a result of [[spoiler: William waking up the wrong crew members as an old AI interface still embedded in his coding, Gabriel, was causing him to make mistakes. The crew that was awaken in Season 1 were backups for the first picks.]]
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** A major complaint of viewers during Season 1 was that the ''Salvare'' crew act both unprofessionally and non-expertly throughout season 1, despite the crew purportedly being the best the Earth could offer. Moreover, it's unclear why the previous ''Salvare'' commander Ian Yerxa is also on the mission when Niko was chosen to replace him, as the crew which previously served under him may have conflicting loyalties and be more inclined to serve listen to Ian over Niko. (The crew mutinies in the first episode of Season 1) The crew selection is revealed to be a result of [[spoiler: William waking up the wrong crew members as an old AI interface still embedded in his coding, Gabriel, was causing him to make mistakes. The crew that was awaken in Season 1 were backups for the first picks.]]
