The Returned: L'enfant
March 14, 2016 12:44 PM - Season 2, Episode 1 - Subscribe
They're ba-ack!
It's six months after the flood, and the military has the town under lock down. Adèle is having nightmares about the zombie-baby, Léna and Jérôme are estranged, both still trying to cope with recent events, Serge is still skulking about the woods, and Pierre is still running his pseudo-commune at the Helping Hand.
And now the dead have started to return. Lucy and Simon collect the ones they can and bring them to a village across the water. Camille and Claire take in Audrey, another girl from the bus crash. And Julie and Victor are joined by Victor's mother.
It's six months after the flood, and the military has the town under lock down. Adèle is having nightmares about the zombie-baby, Léna and Jérôme are estranged, both still trying to cope with recent events, Serge is still skulking about the woods, and Pierre is still running his pseudo-commune at the Helping Hand.
And now the dead have started to return. Lucy and Simon collect the ones they can and bring them to a village across the water. Camille and Claire take in Audrey, another girl from the bus crash. And Julie and Victor are joined by Victor's mother.
It was a strange episode for me. The first season felt very organic and natural. Or rather, this one supernatural thing happened, but everyone's reactions felt realistic. This time I kept thinking: why are they acting like that? It felt more plot driven.
I still enjoyed it quite a bit; I just need to adjust to the new tone.
posted by kanewai at 11:48 AM on March 15, 2016
I still enjoyed it quite a bit; I just need to adjust to the new tone.
posted by kanewai at 11:48 AM on March 15, 2016
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Okay, I know it seems that I have only bad things to say. But I have nothing against the 'unrelenting gloom', as AV Club puts it. And it is still awfully beautiful. And it is still extremely well acted. Just, the good bits do not take so much effort to explain to myself. Let's see to where and from where the season returns in its end (beginning?).
posted by sapagan at 3:59 AM on March 15, 2016