I really don't like this trend I keep seeing with shows, how the first season if more fun (despite any possible angst or dark tones) but by the time the second season comes around, things start taking depressingly dark turns. In the case of AOS, this already started at the end of season one, but I kept thinking it was just the usual cliffhanger stuff.

I haven't given up hope yet, but the first few eps of season two... *sighs sadly*