Welcome to Eden Season 2 Review: Welcome to Eden season 2 (Bienvenidos a Edén: Temporada 2) is a drama sci-fi series directed by Denis Rovira and Juanma Pachón, created by Joaquín Górriz and Guillermo López Sanchez, written by Joaquín Górriz and stars Amaia Aberasturi, Amaia Salamanca, Nona Sobo, Belinda Peregrín, Berta Castañé, Lola Rodríguez, Sergio Momo, Begoña Vargas, Tomy Aguilera, Guillermo Pfening, Diego Garisa, Lucía Guerrero, Carlos Soroa, Dariam Coco, and Irene Dev.
The series has 8 episodes, each with a runtime of around 45 – 50 minutes.
– Welcome to Eden Season 2 Review Does Not Contain Spoilers –
We are back at Eden, and the stakes are higher than ever for Zoa. As a murder threatens to tear the very foundation of the place, new members added to the group pose a different kind of problem for everyone involved.
It’s one thing to be sucked into a cult, it’s another to be sucked into a Heaven’s Gate enthusiast one. You know you’re in for a wild ride when the aliens get into the picture, and the kidnapping starts, and honestly, although we don’t get all the answers, this just makes sense after everything we have already seen.
Anyway, we start off right after last season, and the questions start popping up right from the first minute – everyone is trying to figure out what the audience already knows, and you wait there wondering what they will do when they finally do. Will they sit there confused and then start laughing uncontrollably? Maybe – I guess I would do something similar. I think revealing this odd nugget at first really heightens the interest in the series; I was really interested to know whether they truly believed in the alien crap or if this is just something they hide other horrible things with.
My morbid fascination with the alien conspirators aside, Welcome to Eden season 2 continues to lack buildup and plot progression, and the characters are just flat. I think it’s just a bit better than the last season, but then again, you just lose interest after a bit. The series continues to drone on and on about revolution and whatnot but never gets to the point. People have a ton of time to exact revenge, but they don’t. It’s like the series wants its characters to fail miserably in order to pull out 8 episodes in whatever way possible.
One of my major questions about this series has always been why no one seems to care about these people – like, sure, they all have issues at home or don’t have anyone at all. But for those who do, why aren’t they searching for their kids and loved ones? What is happening in these people’s lives that they are so hated by their own families? There should be more people concerned out in the real world… or is it just that the police don’t work here either?
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It’s interesting to note, however, that this is how cults operate – through manipulation and threats. The show is pretty on-point with its subtle threats and the way they show Astrid and Erick keeping a hold on its unsuspecting victims. However, the absolutely shocking amounts of gratuitous sex scenes are uncomfortable and unnecessary and feel like they were added just to make up the runtime.
Welcome to Eden season 2 at least gives us the answers that we want to some degree, but the story is so chaotic, and so many things are always happening at the same time that it sometimes becomes too much. At least Astrid’s reasoning is more than just being a kooky nut, there’s revenge and intrigue there as well. At least, there’s more to her than the delusional cult leader… although it’s not far off.
Interestingly enough, everyone on the show is rather sincere with the material and takes everything very seriously. Which leaves me baffled because, revenge aside, how are you taking any of this seriously?
Welcome to Eden Season 2 Review: Final Thoughts
Honestly, this crazy show just takes itself too seriously for the subject matter that it chooses to focus on. It’s a good time-pass watch, but it too long to get to the point and focuses on too many people to keep track of. It’s thrilling in some parts, and the backstory is a welcome relief from the ambiguousness and sheer insanity of the previous season, but then again, season 2 isn’t less crazy than the first one. If you’re really interested in cults, probably look into Heaven’s Gate – it’s more interesting than this.
Welcome to Eden season 2 is streaming on Netflix.
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