The first series of Survivors was entertaining even with its silly plot mistakes and its many goofs, building to a brilliant cliff-hanger that is let down by this below par second series run. Firstly the first series cliff-hanger could of taken the plot in any direction, instead it is too quickly resolved. Secondly there are far too many errors in this series to make it a brilliant watch (the stand out one for me was Abby finding her friends far too easily and hugging them despite being infected) as well as the constant errors we have to put up with Julie Graham again who is wooden and appears to be the same in everything she is in.

The other characters also become a tad boring/annoying, with Anya (Zoe Tapper) becoming too much like Kate from Lost (i.e. unlikable), Tom (Max Beesley) becomes a cardboard cut out only being used when theres a fight and spends the most of the series cemented to a gun while Greg (Paterson Joseph) does the best he can with the dialogue he has been… more »

The first series of Survivors was entertaining even with its silly plot mistakes and its many goofs, building to a brilliant cliff-hanger that is let down by this below par second series run. Firstly the first series cliff-hanger could of taken the plot in any direction, instead it is too quickly resolved. Secondly there are far too many errors in this series to make it a brilliant watch (the stand out one for me was Abby finding her friends far too easily and hugging them despite being infected) as well as the constant errors we have to put up with Julie Graham again who is wooden and appears to be the same in everything she is in.

The other characters also become a tad boring/annoying, with Anya (Zoe Tapper) becoming too much like Kate from Lost (i.e. unlikable), Tom (Max Beesley) becomes a cardboard cut out only being used when theres a fight and spends the most of the series cemented to a gun while Greg (Paterson Joseph) does the best he can with the dialogue he has been given. Thats not to say there isnt some good aspects to the series, the cliff-hanger this time around is mysterious and intriguing (although I have a feeling we wont see it resolved), Gregs past opens up some doors that are engrossing but are only looked at in passing, we also get some insight into his life via Lost style flashbacks. The two strong points of the series however are episodes four (the one with the mine) and five (the one on the farm) which are well written despite the plot holes and the blossoming relationship between Al (Phillip Rhys) and Sarah (Robyn Addison), the latter of whom really shines throughout the series.

Sadly though there are too many mistakes to make this a brilliant watch/series, it is however entertaining and slightly darker than the first series, if only they can now iron out the plots more carefully, team are group up with some other survivors (why they havent done this already is beyond me) and give us a bigger insight into the likeable characters lives then they will be on the right track, as I have said though, even with a cliff-hanger this series, I dont see it returning...