BBC America

(Series 2, Episode 3)

While Cutter continues trying to deal with the changes wrought in the series one finale, he’s most distraught by the transformation of Claudia Brown into Jenny Lewis. While he and Brown were developing feelings for one another, Lewis is proving to be more of a thorn in his side. Meanwhile, Abby Maitland has been keeping her pants on the last few episodes, which is a huge disservice to the fan-base. It’s interesting that Lucy Brown (Claudia/Jenny) is only two years older than Spearritt (Abby), and yet on the show the difference seems significantly greater.

Tonight, the gang faces off against a saber-toothed tiger in a theme park. But there may be more going on than just another prehistoric creature coming through another random anomoly. You know, saber-toothed tigers have really long teeth … that can catch on clothes … like Abby’s pants. Or Jenny’s. I’m not picky. I’m not saying it will happen. I’m just saying it should happen.

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BBC

(Series 2, Episode 1 (or in American: Season 1, Episode 7) – Season Premiere … Sorta)

Welcome to Primeval 2.0. After the events of last week’s season finale, Cutter has returned to find that Claudia Brown, for whom he’s grown quite fond, has ceased to exist and he’s the only one who remembers her and the way the world was. Just imagine the possibilities if you could harness this ability and control it. Release a few future bat-children into the past and BAM!, no more ex-wife. You could make a fortune!

It also looks like Team Anomaly has gotten a much bigger budget in reality 2.0, complete with swanky new facilities and arsenal. It all just looks much slicker and more official-like now. All just in time to face one of the nastiest things the Dinosaur Age ever created: raptors! The problem I had was that with this being basically a “monster of the week” formula, it was driving forward by the character relationships and subplots. And then after upending all of that in the finale, it was essentially ignored throughout the first part of the episode to deal with our raptor friend. Read the rest of this entry »