Something Working in Its Favor
With few familiar faces, none as of the aired episodes, there's a wild sense of unpredictability that exists. We have one real known at this point, and that is Eric Carter is the hero. Other than that, we don't have any other unkillable allies present that the audience can expect to help through the season. In later years of the original series it was like, OK no matter what Jack, Chloe, and Kim are going to be fine.
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