Emergence - US-Pace- ABC (**Spoilers**)

Mr E

While looking at the trailer for Stumptown, I found this trailer.
I think it will live or die on its first few episodes - there needs to be momentum or people will get bored.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAD2deAqxCE

Slydice

Potential..
- The cop from Fargo.
- The writers from Agent Carter.
- Clancy Brown
- The director had two of the Cottonmouth episodes of Luke Cage.

The kid is from billions which I don't know but it has good reviews right?

The show trailer has it feeling a bit like Taken.

JP Liz V1

I kinda feel it is similar to The Passage

Agent Coulson

That was a great pilot episode.

Slydice

So.. that bit at the end.. had me guessing along the lines of AI / Stranger Things / Minority Report

Mr E

Enjoyed that a lot. Good cast too, and the sheriff is very likeable.

Piper knows a lot more than she is letting on.

Mr E

The second one maintained the pace. Very good!

Agent Coulson

Yes episode 2 kept up the pace set in the first episode i can see it slowing down a bit now.

Slydice

2: Agree! That was good and it paced well. Pretty sure the young cop helping her was wearing a Captain American t-shirt!

Allison Tolman really doing great in this role.

Agent Coulson

Robot guard dogs :pac:

Slydice

They look like the real Boston Dynamics dogs!

Red lights and everything! Felt almost like baby skynet!

Mr E

Those dogs were great!

Good revelation too. They could have held that back for half a season, so respect to them for revealing it so early.

Slydice

4: That felt like it dragged a bit in places. Felt like necessary steps to keep the story grounded though.

Slydice

5: It's wierd. For a show that feels generally lightweight, it sure does hit some deep places and know how to switch over to darkness when it wants.

Mr E

I think they've kept the momentum up. The story is great.

extra gravy

Enjoying this. Allison Tolman is great as usual.

Agent Coulson

Well now the old switcheroo at the end.

Slydice

That got me sooo bad! Jaw legit droppage!

This show is really good in a way I'm not fully understanding just yet. It must be the acting or story or something.

Slydice

1.7: WTF! :eek:

Right, I don't know where the show is going now. Maybe a smaller scale showdown

oleras

I think i remember hearing a train...no, that must have been a ferry...

It was at that moment i decided that was that, what a load of sh1te.

Slydice

There were definitely bits of 1.7 I missed.. almost 5 minutes I'd guess...
I'm not sure what all of them were but I've watched one of the bigger scenes I missed out on.

1.8: WTF again! Alright so not scaling down the show. Maybe just putting Auger Industries in it's place next to this new group.

Cool to see Enver Gjokaj (Sousa in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. / Victor in Dollhouse) again

EoinMcLovin

Slydice wrote: »

There were definitely bits of 1.7 I missed.. almost 5 minutes I'd guess...
I'm not sure what all of them were but I've watched one of the bigger scenes I missed out on.

1.8: WTF again! Alright so not scaling down the show. Maybe just putting Auger Industries in it's place next to this new group.

Cool to see Enver Gjokaj (Sousa in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. / Victor in Dollhouse) again

Wasn't he in Agent Carter not Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D ?

Slydice

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

Wasn't he in Agent Carter not Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D ?

both on imdb.. although AOS is "2020"

EoinMcLovin

Slydice wrote: »

both on imdb.. although AOS is "2020"

Ah then he must be in the final season. Not going to say how it's possible just in case people have not watched the previous season yet.

Agent Coulson

Well Damm that was some mid season cliffhanger to end on.

Slydice

1.9: W.T.F! I did not see that coming! I mean..

yer wan maybe, but not yer man

I'll give the show this much.. it's got form..

Slydice wrote: »

1.8: WTF again!

Slydice wrote: »

1.7: WTF! :eek:

Also noticed the music was working really well to build up the feelings in the episode. The two credits for the music have done a lot of work in the DC Arrowverse:
Daniel James Chan - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3280099/
Blake Neely - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0624201/

Slydice

1.10: Some

Neo from The Matrix vibes going on with Piper there

Possibly about to introduce a bigger plot arc for the show I'm guessing.

Agent Coulson

Damm this show really does know how to do an ending to an episode to bring you back the next week.

Slydice

1.11: What gives with this

new bunch of people? Looks like yer wan is in control. Now they got guns and are taking out an FBI agent?

Anyone else feel a small Terminator 2 vibe

as they entered 'ISODYNE'?

(in T2 it was

'Cyberdyne'

)
So cos of that, it opens the possibility that this could be

time travel related but could it alternatively be Alien related..

could be a big mix of a few things

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Damm this show really does know how to do an ending to an episode to bring you back the next week.

Yes it does!

Also one question from the episode:

Slydice

1.12: At first I was like.. Oh look, Helen's got

like a combo T-1000, T-3000, Cyborg type power.

Then they had to get creepy

at the end! I assume it's a bunch of nanobots making the noise.

Agent Coulson

The nanites reminded me of the replicators in SG1

Slydice

So that was the season finale. Not sure if it's getting renewed. Overall: Decent new scifi that did a fair amount with what seemed like a lowish budget. Would give a second season a watch.

1.13: It's confusing

how they structured this episode. The fight with Helen felt like it really ended abruptly there in the middle but then they did build up the mystery of these new baddie-looking government types.

I'm stuck trying to guess

what could be up with them unless they are some kind of secret government agency building weapon-bots or something.

JP Liz V1

It starts on FOX UK on Monday April 20th at 9pm

EoinMcLovin

Cancelled
https://tvline.com/2020/05/21/emergence-cancelled-season-2-abc/

Badly Drunk Boy

Can anyone explain why Owain Yeoman, a Welsh actor playing a Welsh character, sounds like he's Australian? (He plays Benny.)