He’s found people that are on the same page as him and they’re on the same journey, and I think that’s really gratifying for him.” They’re all working together and I think it’s really satisfying for him to not kind of be on his own. Michael is there with the comic-book nerds, all together, on a mission. “So everything emotionally is completely upended… All of a sudden you find Michael being part of the team, and that’s also really interesting. “She was a lie, the marriage was a lie, the mental hospital was a lie,” “The Office” alum said, counting the ways that Christie controlled Stearns’ life. And then like, incredibly, his solace, his anchor, his inspiration, the one thing he has going for him is a terrific marriage with a lovely woman and then all of a sudden, the whole thing was a lie.”Īlso Read: 'The Boys' Boss on Connecting Stormfront From Amazon Series to Comics With 'Horrific' Reveal “He starts as this basement-dwelling, un-respected, under-appreciated scientist, nobody and he’s thrust into the world stage. “The trajectory of Michael is pretty spectacular,” Stearns says. The team is successful, but Michael gets separated from the others after going to blow up the “mother egg” containing the sterilization virus that was put in the vaccine, and rides off with it rather than destroy it. Meanwhile, Stearns is a man willing to whatever it takes to stop this plan of Christie’s, going with Becky (Ashleigh LaThrop), Ian (Dan Byrd), Grant (Javon Walton) and Alice (Farrah Mackenzie) to destroy all of the vials of the Stearns Flu vaccine that Christie has in his lap. There’s something frightening and messianic about the people that feel that way, but in some ways he’s looking reality straight in the face.” “And he will make all the toughest choices he has to make and do literally whatever it takes, because in his view, he thinks that with the dystopian realities of modernity that we have to change the way we’re behaving and living or will face even more calamity. “He’s a character that will do almost anything in the service of trying to do good, in his view,” Cusack told TheWrap. This is Christie’s “cure” for overpopulation.Īlso Read: Fall TV 2020: All the Premiere Dates for New and Returning Shows - So Far (Photos) Rabbit, has been pulling the strings of Stearns’ life for years, using him and the flu he discovered (the Stearns Flu) as an excuse to create a “vaccine” that is embedded with a “world-changing” omnivirus that will sterilize all of the humans who are given it. Kevin Christie (John Cusack), two men who could not have more different approaches to living their lives in this crowded world, as Christie believes “how much evil do you have to do to do good?” is a valid question to ask and Stearns’ answer is a hard “none evil.”īy the end of the first season of the Amazon Prime Video thriller series, we learn that Christie, a.k.a. Gillian Flynn’s “Utopia” launched Friday, introducing us to Dr. Netflix even successfully took on another warped Channel 4 property, Black Mirror, from last year.(Warning: This post contains spoilers for the Season 1 finale of “Utopia.”) As would its marriage of absurdist humour with genuinely troubling scenes. Utopia’s twisted moral dilemmas and motley cast of characters would be right at home on Netflix. Its conclusion was perfectly poised for a follow-up that never came. Fans were eager to see what would become of Wilson Wilson (Photo: Channel 4) It also provided more depth and development for its characters – including a compelling arc for fan favourite Wilson Wilson. Series two expanded upon the mythology opening with a prequel instalment and widening and exploring the context and backstory of the conspiracy. This led them to be targeted by a sinister Illuminati-style organisation, led by senior politicians and spies, determined to protect a terrifying apocalyptic plan at all costs. Utopia’s first series followed a band of misfits who found themselves in possession of a graphic novel rumoured to have predicted the worst disasters of the last century. Handy with a spoon – this was not your ordinary hitman (Photo: Channel 4)
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