The show is going to have to undergo a huge overhaul in Season 2 in terms of character development, because right now all the show is is an decent mystery with characters you barely know and don’t care about.

The two leads, Eyk and Maura, are so paper thin and have literally no type of personal arc or journey in the show whatsoever. Maura remembers more about her past, that’s it. That’s the only way they grow or change through the show. Eyk is the captain who lost his family...that’s it. We’re never given any reason to care about them other than ‘they’re the good guys’. I mean seriously, why should I root for Maura? Why should I root for Eyk? Would any of you honestly be sad if they both died at the end?

It’s insane that such poor character writing comes from the same people who did ‘Dark’, a show where every character has so many layers of good and evil to them and is constantly thrown into situations where their morals are tested. I don’t think there’s a single character plot line in this show that’s as compelling as both of the love triangles in Dark Season 1. Nor is anyone faced with a moral dilemma as interesting as the one Ulrich deals with in Season 1 involving the fate of a little boy.

I don’t think all hope is lost though, and I’ll watch season 2. But if they think they don’t need to make a conscious effort to improve the character development and give us a reason to care about the leads, the show will stay in the shadow of ‘Dark”.