![]() ![]() But there’s collateral damage, as Henry’s attempt to teleport away leaves her would-be assailant dead and her mother on the receiving end of his wrath. ![]() Fittingly, the season 2 premiere - also directed by Liman - picks up right where things left off, and it resolves the Bill Boone issue with haste and violent precision. Season 1 ended with an irate and irrational Boone threatening Henry and her mother for answers about how his son came to be injured (while trying to sexually assault Henry, no less). More: Modern Love Review: Amazon’s Earnest Anthology Delivers All The Emotions It was a successful mix of small-town crime and high-concept sci-fi that managed narratives big and small, filling them with a surprisingly rich array of characters. It’s a step forward for the series from showrunner Lauren LeFranc and executive producer and director Doug Liman, who have already ushered audiences through a season that didn’t exactly play nice with its main characters, guiding Henry through her first experiences teleporting by dropping her into a corrupt small town run by the equally unscrupulous Bill Boon, played by David James Elliot. ![]() That is in part due to the coarse language peppered throughout each episode, which gives this world of high schoolers a somewhat more authentic feel, but it also has to do with the tone of the series itself, which is violent, desperate, and at times unrelentingly bleak. What the series offers, though, is something much darker and, surprisingly, mature. That blend of young adult angst and genre - concerning Henry’s nascent ability to teleport, and the increasingly complex mythology being constructed around it - makes Impulse a sure-fire contender for audiences eager for the next Hunger Games or Divergent. It may be a teen drama centered on Henrietta ‘Henry’ Coles (Maddie Hasson), as she navigates her tumultuous adolescence and sometimes difficult home life, one that includes her single mother Cleo (Missy Piles) and sort-of step-sister Jenna (Sara Desjardins), but this particular story also delivers an attractive sci-fi angle. Though it bares all the hallmarks of a YA series, YouTube Premium’s Impulse has a decidedly more mature tone in mind as it progresses into season 2. ![]()
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