Seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the remnants of humanity inhabit a perpetually-moving train that circles the globe, where class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival play out.
Snowpiercer's second season that have the potential to make this next leg of the journey one worth following. As a start, though, it's a season that stays the course and maintains pace rather than doing anything truly new with its world.
Sean Bean steals the show in every scene, but even though Snowpiercer remains an action-packed, entertaining ride, season three needs to shake things up and stop playing it safe, or it might be time for viewers to get off at the station.
Snowpiercer might have started out a little rough around the edges, but it brilliantly and near-effortlessly comes into its own in Season Two. Even amid its grim setting, there's a weird sense of comfort to watching the new series
Snowpiercer confidently shifts into new gears with Season 2. It's traveling miles beyond the initial procedural framing, and the seemingly hurried revolution from last year's episodes is quickly forgiven with a richer storytelling journey in its place.
