Though many of its biggest supporters appear to feel a second season is unnecessary, Wayward Pines is coming back for a second round on Fox. The trippy sci-fi series, executive produced by M. Night Shyamalan, did well enough in its first (supposedly limited) run that the network felt compelled to bring it back for more. As you know, genre TV is so hot right now.
Wayward Pines has just welcomed in its newest resident, bringing in Jason Patric to take the reins as the main protagonist, Dr. Theo Yedlin, a confident, driven surgeon whose leadership skills will prove invaluable to the residents of Wayward Pines.
The new season picks up after the events of the first season with the residents of Wayward Pines battling against the iron-fisted rule of the First Generation. Dr. Theo Yedlin (Patric) — a new resident of Wayward Pines — awakens from suspended animation and finds himself in the middle of this rebellion, as he tries to understand what Wayward Pines really is and help preserve the endangered human race.
As I didn’t see the first season, none of that really makes sense to me. But sounds intriguing enough. Wayward Pines returns to Fox this summer.