Pines (The Wayward Pines Series) by Blake Crouch
The
international runaway bestselling novel which was adapted for the small
screen might be getting a second season.Despite the fact that it
debuted to woefully awful live ratings, Fox’s limited series Wayward
Pines has become a bona fide hit thanks to DVR viewership. The network
has noticed, and is actually exploring ideas for a second season.
Spoilers ahead for Fox’s Wayward Pines!
Deadline reports Fox is relatively impressed with the show’s overall
performance in the summer months, not to mention the fact that it’s
generated some solid critical buzz. After that abysmal premiere episode,
the live viewership has only (mostly) gotten better, and DVR stats have
remained solid.Though fans should be psyched to hear the ambitious concept series might actually return, there are a few problems. The series was first commissioned all the way back in May 2013, and it took more than two years to finally make it on the air. During that time, pretty much every contract associated with the series has expired. Stars Matt Dillon, Carla Gugino and Melissa Leo have all seen their options lapse a long, long time ago. If Fox aims to bring the series back, they’ll need to either cut new deals or retool the series with a new set of characters.
According to the report, the network is considering the latter option.
The story as told by author Blake Crouch follows secret service agent Ethan Burke arriving in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a clear mission: locate and recover two federal agents who went missing in the bucolic town one month earlier. But within minutes of his arrival, Ethan is involved in a violent accident. He comes to in a hospital, with no ID, no cell phone, and no briefcase. The medical staff seems friendly enough, but something feels…off. As the days pass, Ethan’s investigation into the disappearance of his colleagues turns up more questions than answers.
Why can’t he get any phone calls through to his wife and son in the outside world? Why doesn’t anyone believe he is who he says he is? And what is the purpose of the electrified fences surrounding the town? Are they meant to keep the residents in? Or something else out? Each step closer to the truth takes Ethan further from the world he thought he knew, from the man he thought he was, until he must face a horrifying fact—he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive.
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