The Colonists of Season 2 failed- Your thoughts?

Not learning from their mistakes was a definite theme.

Even with zero military or survival training, I was stunned by everything they DIDN'T do.

IMO, this was a chance to show you don't need to be a genius or super-McGuyver to survive (ala S1), but instead they proved that it WASN'T just the build skills and inventiveness that made S1's cast superior; it was about mindset, intelligence and the ability to adapt (compare John C with Sian, for example). You don't need to be a rocket scientist to set up a night watch (which S1's crew did from the very first night, while S2's bunch never really did effectively).

Even if he wasn't the best survivor, I'd say George was one of the only S2 people who actually adapted at ALL (not saying he was exemplary, but he certainly wasn't the same guy on day 50 as he was on day 1). Jim, for example, would be dead with his narrow 'survivalist' thinking (shot with a real gun instead of a net gun), while Becka would have been raped and murdered for her carelessness.

I enjoyed the show too, even though I am a little disappointed by the last couple of eps. S1 was an amazing experience, for all its limitations, and the cast are very, very memorable people for the most part. S2's cast eventually grew on me, but in terms of success and failure... S1's folks leave them for dead.

From what I have gleened from other sources they were setting traps and such, just not getting anything. I don't think they did it as often as they should have, but I have read that there did go to the bayou far more then what is depicted in the edited version of the show. tghe footage was probably to boring so it was cut. This leaves teh impression they just didn't go and trap/fish/hunt very much.

Again, I think they could have done FAR more in this area then they actually did, but you didn't see every trip to the bayou during the running of the show.

to be fair, they had a larger perimeter to defend. A warehouse with walls is much easier to defend that a huge vacant lot.

Unfortunately, I got into this show three episodes before the end so I can't really comment on much. I must agree, however, that, yes, returning to the very site where two friends were just infected seems idiotic at best.

Also, to me, given it was supposed to be post-apocalyptic scenario, that house seemed too good to be true. As I said, it is a post-apocalypse environment so why would even think a building in that great of a condition was abandoned? Still it peaked my interest and I will probably tune in for next season assuming it occurs.

"There was no organized effort to hunt, set traps or collect food. How do you not make trips to the bayou every other day to set traps and hunt?"

You sound like one of those people who think this show is real.

They cannot simple walk to the wilderness, as there are multiple buildings and real people in the way. They are driven there by the production team and are only allowed to go outside the compound when the production team takes them. Which is why scripted events happen each time they move out (such as finding the plane, finding the message on the macaroni board, getting the virus etc).

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I agree definitely, this team could not work together as successfully as the one from the previous Season, which probably resulted in the gloomy last scene in the finally.
I felt this Season resorted to much more Survivor style intrigues to keep it engaging for the viewer which I did not much appreciated in light of the superb and creative first season.
But I guess the producers had to work with what footage they had available. Not to mention the helping hand they gave to the colony with the introduction of Tick to the group. Without him they would've disintegrated much earlier I believe.
All in all this season stands on its own as good cinematic experience and a valuable cautionary tale, but compared to Season one falls short in being the heartfelt valuable story about family, human ingenuity and bravery we all fell in love with.

This is kind of like a tabletop exercise.

Sure, it would be cool to make weapons, use them, and leave the heads of the attackers on poles to warn others not to enter, but I doubt the insurance company would have allowed it.

The raiders came when they were told to and left when they were told to with what they were told to take. Do you really think they would have just stopped with taking medical supplies if they outnumbered the colonists in both numbers and weapons?

I do agree that they would have starved long before they got their act together, though.

I also think the end was contrived. Would Tick really just take it at face value that they got the flu and had to leave? I seriously doubt it. That would have meant they encountered someone else and that would have made the hair on the back of his neck stand up and question whether leaving was a bad idea or not.

I think the producers gave everyone a little too much prodding on what to do and what not to do. Maybe, if there's another season, they can film some real people and not try to create a storyline so much.


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Oh yeah, these 2nd group of people were def a bunch of failures.
Sad as it is though, I think the 2nd season of people is more realistic than what the first one had.

I think the 2nd group actually represented what an actual random group of people would do or not do in their case.