Season Two

Since I got an awful lot of questions from people about the second season and with the occasional persistant rumour of renewal or new seasons, I thought it was best to have a page specifically on the second season itself so people can have a single point of reference. Currently, there is some talk from Landmark about a new season - check here for updates. Also, I will add to information about the second season that would have been as I get information.But folks, please note that the second season HAS NOT BEEN PRODUCED. It has not aired anywhere and none of the episodes have been made.

Possibility of New Episodes

In late 1997, a rumour made its way around that Captain Power might be set for a revival with Landmark to produce hour long episodes of the show, picking up from the first season's conclusion. This later proved to be a untrue. (See The Revival Saga)

Recently, CP creator Gary Goddard dropped by the site, and left his e mail address. A couple of people mailed him, asking about the possibility of a new season. (We are a persistant lot!). This is what Gary had to say:(Thanks to Trish for this e mail)

Needless to say I am gratified to see the response to Captain Power - fans are the most important thing in getting a new show on the air again, and yes, we HAVE been working on that. The landscape for television has changed dramatically since we first created Captain Power, but we have some support from a number of countried where the show was a major hit when it first aired. We are working now on trying to put together an international group of broacasters to assist us in getting the new shows made. We can't begin producing until we have outlets that will air it.

What this means is that its all a big maybe but they're working on it.I will keep people posted on developments as they come to my attention on this page.

Summary of Season Two Developments

There was not going to be a Spock style resurrection - Pilot was going to stay dead. Character development was going to be the focus of the second season, as well as the introduction of two, possibly three new characters.

Captain Power himself was to undergo a significant metamorphosis. Previously almost to good to be true, Power was going to become a more hardened individual, driven from a war against tyranny, to a thirst for revenge. The first episode of the second season was expected to open with Power addressing the death of Pilot and was to be entitled 'Vendetta'. DiTillio described his character as becoming a sort of 'Mad Max' character. Power wasn't going to be Mr Nice Guy anymore.

To balance out Power's developments, Hawk was to take a more active role in leading the Soldiers of the Future as Power struggled with his guilt complex of having sent Pilot to her death and his preoccupation with revenge. More stories were to focus on Scout, who in the first season remained very much in the background. Tank was slated to spend more time outside his exoskeleton suit, in order to allow him greater character development.

New characters in the pipeline included a female android sidekick for Lord Dread named Morganna II. Dread was scheduled for some plastic surgery which would change his appearance. Tank was going to get a love interest in the form of the new female cast member, a hardened combat veteran called Ranger.

Check out the full details in the Starlog Article 'The Shape of Wars to Come'

Season Two Spoilers

Eden II was to be revealed as a community which had escaped Dread's holocaust and had lots of technological power. However, Eden II had no intention of facing Dread. They felt safe and saw no reason to fight what they considered a futile battle. Much of Season 2 was conflict between the Captain and some representatives of Eden II as Power tried to get them to join the fight.
Note: Eden II's superior technological power is already hinted at in Eden Road.
Introduction of Morgana II an android representation of Dread's wife Morgana. Unlike the other robotic foes Morgana II looked like a human being but was a very powerful and cunning robotic adversary. She also provides the first cyber-sex scene ever presented on TV (between Dread and Morganna II)...
New more deadly robotic enemies for Power and Co called 'Hunter Seekers' to replace the tin can Bio-Mechs.
New base of operations for Power and his team in the Artic Circle called Northstar.Northstar was the original prototype for the destroyed Power Base.
Soaron defecting to the side of the Soldiers of the Future was planned but the producers were having trouble with the CGI characters. Larry DiTillio does not recall them going ahead with that.CGI was in its infancy then and CP used a Canadian outfit that promised they could really make viable characters out of Soaron and Blastaar. But as the season progressed it became painfully apparent that this outfit was NOT able to deliver what they said they could. Once the producers realized this, they began to cut back on these characters...
Ranger was definitely slated to get a Power Suit.
A new sleeker, more metalic look for Lord Dread.
Tech City, the setting for 'Flame Street' would be taken over by Dread. Recall that in 'Flame Street', we are told Dread allows Tech City to remain free of his administrative control as he needs the technological interface supplied by the city.
One of the themes of second season was that the Captain and his band were more than just technological soldiers, they could be formidable even without the heady tech they used in 1st season. It was a way of upping the stakes.

Check out the Season Two Episode Guide for a few more spoilers on Season Two. And to really get yourself all worked up, read the transcript of an exclusive audio interview with J Michael Straczynski on Seasons Two and Three (gasp!) that could have been.

New Characters: Ranger and Morganna II

Ranger, full name Christine O'Connor, was scheduled to make her debut in the second season opener 'Vendetta'. She becomes the new 5th member of the Power Team in spite of Power's initial reluctance to allow her to join them.

'Ranger' encounters the Power Team when she rescues Power from near death at Dread's hands during a futile attempt on the warlord's life by the distraught Power in the aftermath of Pilot's death. Although her sassy, brazen manner hardly endears her to Power (or to Tank, who becomes the target of her affections), she manages somehow to worm her way into the team and a power suit.

Larry DiTillio described 'Ranger' as follows:" flaming red hair [and] 6 feet of hellacious fighting female." Ranger's background is distinctly military although vague. She was previously with the Special Ranger Forces, Operation Rattlesnake.

'Ranger's motivations for wanting to kill Dread aren't very clear but it is suggested that it is more personal rather than cause orientated.

Although actresses had been auditioned for the role of 'Ranger', no definite decisions had yet been made when the plug was pulled by Mattel.

Morganna II is introduced to the Captain Power universe in a script written by Steve Gerber, although as early as 'Vendetta' we are told about her existance. Morganna II or Unit M-1 as Overmind refers to her, is a android, but with a human conscience implant within her. She represents what Dread seeks to achieve with all humans in his dream of a Machine Age and a Machine World.

Distant and unemotional in nature, with phenomenal strength (she is after all an android), Morganna II can appear to be human by covering her exoskeleton with skin like substance. This enables her to pass of as a human and mingle amongst survivors and various groups.

Morganna has a unusually close relationship with Dread and maintains contact with him through mind-to-mind telepathy link. Her background, mysterious as it is, does contain a key development that would have put a completely different spin on the second season.

Like Ranger, actresses had been auditioned for the role of Morganna II but no casting decisions made when the plug was pulled.