WGN's breakout series "Manhattan" will finally be making its most awaited comeback on October 13 and things are expected to be explosive as the show's frontrunners assure a gripping storyline with a new character to boot that will keep fans wanting for more.
In a quick chat with "Manhattan" series director Thomas Schlamme, he specifically pointed out that time plays an integral role in the overall pacing of the story for this season.
"To play with time is a wonderful thing and we're playing with time all season - flashing ahead, flashing behind," Schlamme tells The Hollywood Reporter.
Schlamme adds that the second season will feature a specific episode that fast forwards six months since the conception of the first atomic bomb. For this arc, the story will revolve around the time when the first detonation of the bomb took place, also commonlu known as the Trinity Test.
Katja Hebers, who fills in the female void in the series' male-driven ensemble as the hardworking but aggravating Dr. Helen Prins, shares to Den of Geek that this season will put the team in a dilemma that will test their ethical and moral resolve, specifically after the implementation of the controversial Trinity Test.
"They're all about the advancement of science without thinking about what the consequence would be," Hebers said.
"Manhattan" creator Sam Shaw also added that a new character will be mixed in to the loop that will further challenge the team's moral steadfastness. Actor William Petersen has been cast as Colonel Emmett Darrow, a military official with a radical view on the role of the weaponry in advancing America's standpoint in the global scene.
Early reviews for Petersen's character have been very positive, citing that his presence and his portrayal gave the show the spunk that was missing in the previous season.
"Petersen's fantastic performance as the base's new Army commander, Col. Emmett Darrow, instantly gives the show an injection of charisma, and it's one of several elements that upgrades the sophomore season of the WGN America period drama," columnist Maureen Ryan writes for Variety.
"Manhattan" tells the story of the scientists working in the Manhattan Project, an undertaking from which the first atomic bomb came into being. The first episode airs Tuesday on WGN.
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