Okay, I just binge watched season 1 & 2 together. Let's start with plot and background story. Then, we will dive into the analysis.
One night in Yoorana (a town of Australia), 6-7 dead people comes out of their graves. They are not zombies but healthy and if they had diseases due to which they died, they don't have it anymore. A boy watching it happen, calls the police. When policeman arrives in cemetery, seeing one of them is injured, he calls the doctor, thinking this whole thing might be a part of some dare or a drunken incident. However, as the doctor and policeman realizes the truth, they start helping and protecting the 'risen'. The risen are healthy but have some limitations which makes the story more interesting.
I started watching it because people writing reviews here, were in the awe of this series. Season 1 episode 1 was interesting, but as the story progresses, I found it's pace a bit slow for my taste. Remembering pieces bit by bit, and unraveling mysteries of their past is good but doesn't lead to much places. However, last episode picked up the pace, and started opening the pieces of how these people might have come back. And the last sentence of season 1 finale hooked me up so much that I started season 2 right away. Season 2 has a better pace then season 1 and doesn't shy away from major questions. However, it also generates more questions which you might get answers to, if it is renewed for season 3. I watched a similar series 'Resurrection' which had the same scenario but they never dwelled on the why/how of it. I liked this series better because they are approaching that question and making it the center premise of this series.
Besides that I liked the acting, all characters were believable. There were many coincidences, but in a small town there can be, so I don't mind them a lot. A lot of good series hooks you up with their background music and this series could have had one, but it doesn't. All in all if you want to choose among series having dead people coming back from their graves, I would recommend this one over any other.
One night in Yoorana (a town of Australia), 6-7 dead people comes out of their graves. They are not zombies but healthy and if they had diseases due to which they died, they don't have it anymore. A boy watching it happen, calls the police. When policeman arrives in cemetery, seeing one of them is injured, he calls the doctor, thinking this whole thing might be a part of some dare or a drunken incident. However, as the doctor and policeman realizes the truth, they start helping and protecting the 'risen'. The risen are healthy but have some limitations which makes the story more interesting.
I started watching it because people writing reviews here, were in the awe of this series. Season 1 episode 1 was interesting, but as the story progresses, I found it's pace a bit slow for my taste. Remembering pieces bit by bit, and unraveling mysteries of their past is good but doesn't lead to much places. However, last episode picked up the pace, and started opening the pieces of how these people might have come back. And the last sentence of season 1 finale hooked me up so much that I started season 2 right away. Season 2 has a better pace then season 1 and doesn't shy away from major questions. However, it also generates more questions which you might get answers to, if it is renewed for season 3. I watched a similar series 'Resurrection' which had the same scenario but they never dwelled on the why/how of it. I liked this series better because they are approaching that question and making it the center premise of this series.
Besides that I liked the acting, all characters were believable. There were many coincidences, but in a small town there can be, so I don't mind them a lot. A lot of good series hooks you up with their background music and this series could have had one, but it doesn't. All in all if you want to choose among series having dead people coming back from their graves, I would recommend this one over any other.