{"id":1715,"date":"2019-02-07T14:08:09","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T14:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/?p=1715"},"modified":"2019-02-05T23:10:01","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T23:10:01","slug":"tv-show-review-future-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/07\/tv-show-review-future-man\/","title":{"rendered":"TV Show Review: ‘Future Man’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hulu\u2019s Future Man<\/em> released its highly anticipated second season on Jan. 11. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiger (Eliza Coupe) and Wolf (Derek Wilson) travel back in time from the year 2162 to recruit Josh Futterman (Josh Hutcherson) for their dwindling group of resistance fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The show follows the group\u2019s misguided attempts to save humanity from the herpes cure, which turns all those who receive it into perfect beings called Biotics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Season one revolved around traveling back in time to prevent the doctor who cured herpes, Elias Kronish (Keith David), from ever contracting the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After numerous failed attempts, they decide to kill Kronish and destroy his lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Season one utilized raunchy humor and intelligent consequences involved with time travel to tell a fully realized story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Season two, however, takes place primarily in the future since the Time Travel Device (TTD) runs out of fuel after Tiger and Wolf return to their time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, the cure for herpes was still discovered by Kronish\u2019s partner Stu Camillo (Haley Joel Osmet), who has survived by becoming an A.I. hologram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TTDs were never discovered in this timeline, so the majority of the season deals with Tiger and Wolf attempting to acclimate to their drastically different future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of the ongoing war between the resistance and the Biotics, Tiger and Wolf discover that a similar war had just concluded in their new timeline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of an engaging story, this season ends up being a meandering mess of jokes that only land every other time. Characters often disappear for episodes at a time for no reason and their individual stories stagnate more often than not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The show lost all sense of progress until the last four episodes, and when the story did pick up it got confusing fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The strength of the season lays in Camillo, the villain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Camillo is usually a believable character, with a few exceptions throughout the show. His life philosophy helps his actions make sense from a logical standpoint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After its phenomenal first season I expected an equally good second. What we got was a funny mess of convoluted plot points and static characters. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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