"Revolution" has returned for it's sophomore year and it's tone has shifted completely. And I love it!
Eric Kripke wrote the dark season premiere and he brought out the big guns to help him do it by drafting fellow "Supernatural" legend Ben Edlund and "Cult" creator Rockne S. O'Bannon on to the writing crew of his latest project.
The premiere picks up half a year after last Spring's season finale but instead of returning to our protagonists as heroes for their causes, we rejoin them in their failures. And in classic Kripke style, a major death occurs (like clockwork if you're familiar with his work) by the end of the episode. There are numerous keypoints in this episode worth mentioning, especially one of which features the resurgent forces of the United States acting in the role of which Britain played during the original American Revolution or the allusion to George W. Bush and his administration's misplaced confidence about the existence of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Mythology-wise, this episode is a pay-off for sure because of the storyline convergences that finally come to a close in this episode, only to open more storythreads which will presumably carry us for the rest of the season: Physics have gone haywire since the brief moment when the lights went on for a few moments last year through nanotechnology, the deaths and tribulations of the previous season have stripped Charlie of her naivete and innocence, the founders of the Monroe Militia have both found themselves a far cry away from where they once peaked as Generals and simultaneously find themselves as servants to circumstance, while the last two surviving creators of the blackout are coping through the guilt and depression of failing millions for a second gargantuan time.
Perhaps, though, the performances deserving of the most praise in this episode was Giancarlo Esposito's portrayal of Tom Neville as a broken and displaced man in need of purpose and J.D. Parlo's portrayal of Jason Neville in the role of the archetypical good son.
This is going to be a great season. Last year, Kripke delivered a good story but this will be his "Empire Strikes Back" for his new show
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