Falling Skies (season 2)
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
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| Original network | TNT |
| Original release | June 17 – August 19, 2012 |
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The second season of the American television drama series Falling Skies premièred June 17, 2012. It consisted of ten episodes, each running approximately 42 minutes in length. TNT broadcast the second season on Sundays at 9:00 pm ET in the United States.
The season's plot focuses on the 2nd Massachusetts' discovery that a large community of survivors has formed in Charleston, their journey there, and their reception once they arrive. It also focusses on the discovery that the Skitters are themselves "harnessed" and mind-controlled by the invaders, but that some of them are resistant to the effects and are rebelling against their Overlords.
Falling Skies was renewed on July 7, 2011, for a second season. TNT announced production had begun on the second season on October 24, 2011. For the second season, Brandon Jay McLaren joined the cast in October as Jamil Dexter, a mechanic. McLaren will feature in seven episodes.
Filming took place in Vancouver and at the Riverview Hospital in Coquitlam from October 2011 to March 2012. For the first season, production took place in Hamilton and Toronto. Noah Wyle said that the change in location made filming significantly different. A new crew came in for the second season, with only "two or three people on staff that were there in season one." The new staff includes a new writing staff and showrunner.
Remi Aubuchon was hired as the showrunner for the second season in May 2011 before the first-season premiere. Once Aubuchon entered the writer's room, he began speaking of the cliffhanger "it became a really fun challenge." Out of that cliffhanger, says Aubuchon, "came some really positive things that propel a lot of the storytelling in the second season. And the writers came up with a pretty cool way for Tom Mason to get off that spaceship again." "You'll always catch people after a huge trauma saying, 'Oh, it wasn't that bad.' Or, 'It was fun,' Or, 'It was cool falling off that cliff,'" says Aubuchon. "The truth is, at first it was like, 'Oh my God, should i just say I can't do this job?' Ultimately, though, I think it turned out cool." Series lead Noah Wyle received several phone calls after the first-season finale aired. The number one question was "What the hell were you doing getting on that spaceship?" He said that they "wrote themselves into a corner".Moon Bloodgood, who plays Dr. Anne Glass, says she was sort of daunted but impressed by the writing. Aubuchon added that Tom Mason's capture helped the writer's change the character slightly. He stated: "Tom comes away from that experience feeling used and manipulated. It wasn't the experience [he expected]. He thought he was going to be having a nice conversation with an extraterrestrial being. It turned out to be worse than that. More than that, I won't say. But that's what made it fun."
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