With episodes 7 and 8, all episodes of the ZDF series Der Schwarm are complete. Even after we tell you the confusing End of The Swarm explained However, one big question remains: will The Swarm get a second season?
Criticism vs Ratings: Is The Swarm Getting a Season 2?
The swarm did not fare particularly well either in series reviews or in the opinion of many viewers: At Moviepilot, the series currently has the very below average score 4.3 out of 10. At Rotten Tomatoes, the audience score is just 50%.
But not only praise or criticism decides about the continuation of a series. How many people are watching is also an important factor. And the audience figures are enormous : Overall 6.8 million German TV viewers saw the start of the season on ZDF on Monday, which corresponded to a market share of 17%. In the following episodes, Der Schwarm lost 1 million series fans, but still remained a ratings hit. In addition, more looked 10 million streamers the series in advance in the ZDF media library.
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The Swarm: Hit, sunk?
A second season of Der Schwarm has not been officially confirmed at the moment. But interest in the film adaptation of the Frank Schätzing bestseller is high and showrunner Frank Doelger emphasized in advance that he and the others creatives with the “Hope for a second season launched into the series” be.
The finale of The Swarm hints at how Season 2 could continue
When looking at the differences to the book The Swarm, it is noticeable that the novel has an ending that is designed as a conclusion. Its deliberately open ending of a tentative peace between humans and Yrr requires no sequel. But the series has a cliffhanger: Charlie Wagner (Leonie Benesch) survives her world-saving dive. Her look up at the end the Yrr is colored in the glowing blue. So the communication with the alien intelligence was successful. But with what result (for season 2)? And how did the meeting change the researcher?
It is also striking that many characters who perish in Frank Schätzing’s book * are still alive at the end of the series adaptation. This could indicate that Season 2 of The Swarm plans to continue using the staff built up in Season 1. After all, a series wants its own to continue Don’t build the cast from scratch must.
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The crush: Charlie Wagner as a key character for season 2?
While the novel The Swarm tells of a truce in its epilogue, we get that catastrophe averted for the time being at ZDF only with a few drifting apart icebergs: The Yrr have stopped their attack. But for how long and under what conditions is unclear.
Frank Doelger paraphrases this in his possible season 2 outlook with the motto “This is the last chance”. He sums it up by saying that humanity still has a lot of work to do. Work that justifies another season?
After the possibility of killing the Yrr (but arguably the oceans as well) with ketamine was discovered in Episode 8, by the end of The Swarm nobody seriously considered it. However, in the book strive high-level members of the military as an opponent of science definitely the final extermination of the enemy. You would have a good one Opponents for season 2 hand over.
Charlie’s “transformation” and the ongoing one Task to rearrange the world in harmony with the sea, would certainly provide enough material for a second season of The Swarm. The special tension in such a continuation of the story would not least lie in the fact that the series would have to operate without a real template. So that this time nobody knew in advance which direction the story would take.
Podcast: Is the swarm a million dollar grave or better than its reputation?
The ZDF production Der Schwarm devoured around 40 million euros. The publication was accompanied by a lot of criticism. Even bestselling author Frank Schätzing took a stand against the series.
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In the podcast we therefore talk about the qualities of the series. Are millions of euros wasted here or can The Swarm keep up with the big competition from Hollywood? In addition, we speculate in the spoiler section whether the finale prepares for a second season.
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