All Forms of Art

Last season 's finale left us at the edge of our seats, and this second one didn't disappoint. A new apocalypse to avoid, new persecutions to escape, and a lot of new craziness. Five (Aidan Gallagher) was able to rescue his family from the apocalypse and time travel with them. The problem? The siblings landed in the same alley, in Dallas, but in different years of the early 60s.  This separation could be a disaster, but at least for the show, it was a great choice. In the first season, they didn't have the time to explore who they were outside their family, their powers, and responsibilities. Now, they found a way, an alternative, and they generally seem happy. That makes it even more difficult to abandon this new life to save the world and go back to their time. The true Hargreaves The big scary daddy, Hargreaves (Colm Feore), has more secrets than his children could have dreamed. He is involved in all sorts of things: conspiracy, time-traveling experiences, space expl...

This story looks like one of those bedtime stories our parents used to tell us. Superhero children, with awesome powers, yet so normal, requiring love and affection, like any regular child.  Moral lessons and consequences that befall them when they do something wrong… Well, this isn’t exactly the premise of the show, but at first sight, it’s what it most reminded me of. Be Special, Not Happy You have this group of individuals, linked, connected as brothers, not by blood but by the craziness of their adoptive father instead.  He took the children under his care and turned his house into some sort of boarding school for special kids. Give it a couple of years, and you end up with a very dysfunctional family.  Good Characters Despite the extensive use of fantasy, we can easily feel empathy for the characters. They’re all very interesting and very different from one another, which makes us pay attention to all of their stories, and they’re all pretty ...