While a quick summary of Raised by Wolves would be sufficient if it were made up simply by the phrase bovine manure, a more thorough review is likely in order, so as to, hopefully, save even one person from watching it. This is because, in a spectacular display of lost opportunities, Raised by Wolves manages to miss both the Religion vs Science angle and the display of any sort of coherent sociological human behaviour.


Characters are monolithic, being either religious and attributing everything to the series’ deity, Sol, or conversely, being atheist and possessing practically no spirituality. Basic human behaviours and needs are not present. In a series that supposedly takes place on a far away planet, humans are portrayed as having no conscious understanding of their isolation or frailty, behaving simply as they would if they were living on a planet populated by billions of people, killing each other with ease and for trivial reasons.


Survival strategies, reproductive strategies, building a wall – all these things do not exist in this series, touched on only very briefly in the first couple of episodes and then forgotten forever. This in a series possessing two androids that need not sleep, who could have built a veritable fortress in the years this season supposedly spans. Crowned by an abundance of errors of logic, the grandest example of which must be the [spoiler]series’ finale decision to plunge into the planet’s core, in order to kill an infant flying worm (yes…) instead of simply chopping its head off[/spoiler], the series delivers on no fronts.


Except perhaps the actor’s performance, which is admittedly good, especially Abubakar Salim’s and Travis Fimmel’s. This is not enough to save this series though. It’s rubbish.

Oh good gracious, I really don't know what happened here.

The concept is great. I've never been the type that hates on religion, unlike most atheists, I can see the historical value of it and how it lends itself to developing civilization, culture, all the things we take for granted... however, YES, I am down with the idea of religious extremists as the bad guys in a science fiction show. That seems like a great concept with a lot of content to explore.

And, honestly, I loved the idea of humans being raised by robots, as an endangered species, with that clashing with the fundamental religious nut jobs.

That seems like a FANTASTIC idea for a science fiction show, and the first episode alone you see the acting is simply phenomenal. The androids even behave a little like Alexis... "Would you like to hear a joke?"

You would think this is going to be an epic sci-fi show.

And then THEY DID NOTHING WITH IT!!!! Like literally nothing. Nothing at all.

The concept is so ripe it's almost bursting with material the writers can play with... and they don't. No exploration whatsoever, just one event after another that is void of any philosophical statements, any exploration of what could happen.

It's just events and nothing deeper. And the worst part about it is the concept was open for something fun and imaginative to happen.

This wasn't really what I was expecting. It just didn't feel like a Ridley Scott offering to me. The first season, the only one I managed to sit through, seemed very drawn out, a little confused and pretty much void of any real depth. Or maybe I'm just bitter because I wanted aliens.