Alex rider season 2 episode 3 series#
The third season of Amazon Freevee's (previously IMDb TV) action-thriller series ‘Alex Rider’ has officially begun filming this Tuesday (October 18) in London, UK. Upping the stakes and doubling down on its slick production and storytelling, Alex Rider season 2 is an excellent return for the young spy thriller.įollow us on Facebook, on Twitter, or on Instagram at GetYourComicOn. The series, as with Horowitz‘s original material, skews older, relying on the appeal of the espionage genre to hook its audience.Įven at it’s slowest, I applaud the series for sticking to its guns and providing something unique for its audience. The series takes chances by steering clear of generic high school drama, instead opting to place Alex in far more adult situations. Bolstered by the series sumptuous theme and contemporary soundtrack, it’s no surprise why Alex Rider is such a hit with younger viewers.īut as was noted by some reviewers of season one, the extremely measured pacing could be a turn off for some.
It doesn’t feel a million miles away from Bond or Mission: Impossible. The various locales, which range from Central London all the way to the British coast, all look stunning. Though there’s less teen drama than season one, Alex Rider still shows an understanding of its young characters and their development towards adulthood.Īs with season one, this new season features an incredibly lush production. Eking out the plot with buckets of suspense without ever turning its back on the teenagers at its core. The writers room exhibits much tighter control over the narrative this time around. With the stakes much higher this year, it seems the writers wanted to inject some of that in to the characters without drifting too far in to more grown up territory.įrom the third episode onwards, season two ramps up at a measured pace, dropping hints and clues towards the eventual epic conclusion. At times everyone, apart from Jack, feels a little cold.
There’s a well defined arc this year which really pushes both actor and character.Īlex’s stoicism seems to have rubbed off on the rest of the cast this year too. New storylines offer Farrant the chance to add new layers to Alex this season, showing more of his range. His often stoic performance takes a knock this season with Alex’s PTSD. Jones (Vicky McClure) is back on the scene.įarrant continues to shoulder the brunt of the series’ narrative as the anguished Alex. But when it becomes clear there’s more to journalist Ed Pleasance‘s attack it’s not long before Mrs. It frees him up in early season two episodes to sink or swim on his own, playing on his psychological weaknesses. The choice to add this level of emotional complexity lifts Rider high above the pack when it comes to television aimed at a younger audience.įlanked, as always, by Brenock O’Connor as Tom Harris and Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo as Jack Starbright, Alex finds himself abandoned by the agency with whom he had become acquainted in season one. Alex is still suffering the emotional consequences of season one, undergoing counselling for his PTSD. The connective tissue between seasons doesn’t stop their either. Based on Eagle Strike, the fourth of Anthony Horowitz‘s Rider series of novels, season 2 pits Alex (Otto Farrant) against Damian Cray (Toby Stephens), a tech billionaire on the verge of launching a brand new video game set to take over the world.įor fans of season one, Alex is helpfully dragged back in to the world of espionage via the reappearance of Yassen Gregorovich (Thomas Levin). In season two the creative team and firmly grasped on to those sophisticated, serialised aspects and doubled-down on their success. Though it toed a thin line between adult and YA it was able to provide both audiences with its serialised, eight episode narrative. Sony Television and Amazon Prime’s venture in to adapting YA fiction largely succeeded due to its inspired casting and ability to not talk down its audience. In its first season, Alex Rider brought all of the tropes of big screen spy thrillers to a devoted YA audience.
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