Raised By Wolves' Second Season Improves On The First

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When a show gets a second season, it can inspire excitement as well as cynicism as fans brace for what could be the shark-jumping moment. Sometimes, a second season can ruin the groundwork that the first laid — but it can be very impressive when a showrunner determines the best parts of their narrative and brings them out even better in a second season.

Raised by Wolves is created and often directed by Prisoners screenwriter Aaron Guzikowski, but the big name in the marketing is executive producer Ridley Scott. The sci-fi series was well-received throughout its first season in 2020, and has only received greater praise throughout its ongoing second season in 2022.

Raised By Wolves Season 2 Episodes 1 & 2 Review

For the uninitiated, Raised by Wolves is a genre-bending sci-fi series about a pair of androids, known as Mother and Father, who are tasked with raising human children on a newfound planet. The series takes place in the 22nd century after the Earth has been destroyed in a nuclear conflict between an extremist religious sect called the Mithraic, and a technocratic militant atheist army. The story takes place on Kepler-22b, which seems peaceful at first, but gradually reveals dangers beyond imagination and numerous mysterious phenomena. Mother and Father attempt to raise the infants to adulthood, only to be met with hostile wildlife, dangerous landscapes, and a troublesome plague. In short order, the Earthborn conflict follows Mother and Father to Kepler, and the planet becomes home to further violence. It turns out that Mother is a reprogrammed war machine, capable of vaporizing human beings with a thought. Now in charge of their own brood, along with a group of reclaimed enemy youths, Mother and Father do their best