Warning: Full spoilers for the first season of Revolution follow.
On September 17, 2012 a hopeful TV audience tuned into what was one of the most highly anticipated new shows of the season, Revolution. Supernatural creator Eric Kripke had launched a new science fiction series with J. J. Abrams' Bad Robot Productions producing. The conceit was intriguing - a global loss of power had forced humanity to learn to revert to an agrarian lifestyle - and the pedigree impressive. The combination of a strong premise and powerhouse team gave the appearance that this would be a slam dunk and quickly become appointment programming. Sadly, that was not the case.
Very early on in the series it became clear that Revolution was not going to be a "thinking man's" series; which is fine. In fact, many of us tuned in for some lighthearted, but exciting, entertainment. The idea of a global blackout was fascinating. How would people react? Who would survive? Why? How would things like social status alter and reform? Would farmers suddenly become the high rollers? Would society suddenly make advances in new sources of power, or revert to old ones? Of course the primary question, they mystery that held our interest for so long, was: What caused the blackout?
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