Unresolved at the end of Season 1 ... is there a Season 2 coming? Review ...

THERE COULD BE SPOILERS HERE. I ASSUME EVERYONE KNOWS THE WAR OF THE WORLDS BASIC PLOT LINE SO I'M TRYING TO AVOID SPOILERS ...

There is a lot to be bothered by in this series version of War Of The Worlds.

The first thing is how fast the aliens show up. Astronomers are just getting broadcasts from them one minute and the next minute they are careening through the atmosphere and crashing all over the world. Astronomers do not mistake transmissions from objects in orbit or on a course for Earth as being near a star.

Then once the objects have landed they again make the mistake of saying they are made from new elements we have never discovered. That is total ignorant nonsense.

Then pretty much the whole series is build on some kind of radio wave communication and control of people's minds. That just could not happen.

So, or But, if you can overlook all that and realize it is a kind of science fantasy story without a lot of science, then continue, there is also a lot to like and be entertained by and carried away in a schlocky SF series.

There are several threads strung together in WOTW, the series, and they are fairly entertaining and engaging. Coworkers and family members from France and England are trying to find each other while traveling through a depopulated world in hostile terrain controlled by roving alien killing machines and working out their own relationship issues.

While any one aspect of any scene or episode can probably be picked apart, I was surprised I have enjoyed it and I think others would too, although it is rather dark, particularly one family's story.

My biggest gripe is that it is artificially extended to milk the story into two seasons ... the next one of which might not even be made. Series makers really need to shorten their sights on what they can do with the money and time they have - and finish their stories. So many science fiction series have one season and then get dumped ... no fun. So I have two ratings for this ...

2-3/10 - if the second season to the last season is never made, don't bother.
6-7/10 - if there is a second and last season made and it is as good as this one - it would be entertaining to watch provided you understand the science is pretty goofball.