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Following on from Season 1, Kiera's position in the VPD is shakier now, and Agent Gardiner and CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) are all over her as a potential Liber8 mole, despite her being clearly too stiff and correct to ever use an 8 in place of the suffix '-ate' like that. She is protected largely by the mysterious Mr Escher, a modestly wealthy corporate head with fingers in a lot of pies, but there are new antagonists on the scene as well. The Freelancers are described as time-travelling privateers and collectors of other time travelers.
Season 2 of Continuum gets kinda dark, with Kiera's 'get the job done' attitude aligning her with the darker side of the VPD from honest cop Carlos and her drive to get home becoming more and more consuming and selfish. Alec is out on his own and being courted by Kellogg, who is determined to profit from someone he knows to be a surefire winner. He also has his own little love story, which turns out to be a set up of course, with tragic consequences, and it is a testament to Erik Knudsen's kicked-puppy expression that he pulls off this somewhat hackneyed plot twist.
I found Season 2 a somewhat uneven ride, although it does end up on a shockingly effective cliffhanger.
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