The Terror: Season 2

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AMC | Season Premiere Date: August 12, 2019

Summary: The second season of The Terror is subtitled Infamy and set during World War II as a young Japanese American man investigates a number of strange deaths in his community.

Creator: David Kajganich

Genre(s): Drama, Horror

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Season 2 Episodes

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S2:E10. Infamy: Into the Afterlife
Air Date: October 14, 2019
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S2:E9. Infamy: Come and Get Me
Air Date: October 7, 2019
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S2:E8. Infamy: My Sweet Boy
Air Date: September 30, 2019

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Verne Gay

Aug 9, 2019

"The Terror: Infamy" is so good and so cleanly told that it really doesn't require much of a primer before diving in, but a little background couldn't hurt. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Aug 12, 2019

One of the many remarkable elements of AMC’s “The Terror: Infamy” is how it balances a history lesson with the parts of it that you would never learn about in school. At its best, it intertwines the two, suggesting that one begets the other, and it holds a mirror up to 2019, forcing us to wonder what will be unleashed by the current horrors in our country. Read full review

Darren Franich

Jul 19, 2019

Infamy falls back on horror clichés whenever Yuko shows up, but its vision of encompassing paranoia is scary enough. Read full review

Caroline Framke

Aug 8, 2019

By largely following a single family, “Infamy” also finds a way to make a staggering historical event that can sometimes feel too big to comprehend feel as personal as it truly was. ... Despite having significantly less material to work with than Mio, Mori, Usami, and George Takei find nuanced, deeply affecting ways to portray their characters’ building trauma. ... Kiki Sukezane’s Yuko is brittle, chilling, and eventually, as the show begins to unveil her backstory, heartbreaking. Read full review

Steven Scaife

Aug 6, 2019

The series is striking not only for its scope, but for how uncompromising it is. Read full review

Alan Sepinwall

Aug 8, 2019

With its elongated timeline and frequent shifts in locale, Infamy is a somewhat less intense experience than what I’ve seen of the first season with Jared Harris, but the franchise as a whole is proving a potent combination of what scares us in our imaginations and what should scare us in the world outside our windows. Read full review

The Telegraph Michael Hogan

May 6, 2022

The result is suspenseful and atmospheric but slow-burning to the point of inertia. The story works better as a righteously angry family saga than a fantasy chiller. Worth a look out of historical interest but for far superior drama, seek out the first series. Read full review

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Marcos_El_Malo

Oct 4, 2020

Season 2 is almost perfect. It’s two tales of terror intertwined. One is the Japanese Ghost story brought to America by immigrants. The second is the historical terror wrought upon those immigrants (many were American Citizens) by a racist government.

The ghost story aspect is good spookySeason 2 is almost perfect. It’s two tales of terror intertwined. One is the Japanese Ghost story brought to America by immigrants. The second is the historical terror wrought upon those immigrants (many were American Citizens) by a racist government.

The ghost story aspect is good spooky fun and culturally grounded. It gave flesh to spooky stories told to me by family.

Most importantly, the historical aspects were dead on. Everything rang true, every detail matched up to the family stories about that horror, of being caged like animals without trial based on your physical characteristics and country of origin. And making the best of it. And remaining loyal patriotic Americans despite it, even, as some did, giving their lives to defend our country and democracy worldwide.

I’m giving this a 9 because there are a few places where the script dragged. That’s just me being honest—the pacing problems were few, but they’re there imo.

Performances were good to great, with the standout being George Takei, portraying the old fisherman and community elder. (Honestly, the performance was uncanny because he looked, talked, and acted like my late Uncle Michi, although Michi was a teen at the time of the camps.)

One other aspect I really appreciated as an Angelino was the intersection of the story with Mexican culture, and later blending in of Mexican folklore with the Japanese folklore. This was done well. I shudder to think of the hash that lesser writers could have made with it. The writers obviously have a profound understanding and love for Los Ángeles, and I freaking dig that.… Expand

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Trillcosbey

Jan 16, 2020

A very intriguing premise, I really enjoyed the crossover of traditional supernatural elements from cultural settings and how the film explored loss and ancestry in a unique way. Very impressive.

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Davrosdaleks1

Dec 1, 2019

The second season in this series that combines realistic horror with the supernatural continues the trend as it follows a Japanese American family and their neighbors as they are interned during World War II and are threatened by a ghost. I definitely preferred the first season, but this isThe second season in this series that combines realistic horror with the supernatural continues the trend as it follows a Japanese American family and their neighbors as they are interned during World War II and are threatened by a ghost. I definitely preferred the first season, but this is a good work by itself.

The show is a sad look at, but an important lesson on, the Japanese American interment camps. It even contains some details I hadn't heard before. The season doesn't shove the awfulness down your throats at once, rather having the show breathe and have the worse parts hit you in occasional gut punches. Between it all is some good drama of people dealing with adversity.

I felt this was a good view into Japanese culture, especially the paranormal part of it. It's just refreshing for an American supernatural show to use a non-Christian religion as a basis.

Cast is good across the board. Shingo Usami and Derek Mio work great together as a combative dad and son showing the differences between generations (immigrant and first generation Japanese Americans). Usami is probably the best actor in this. He plays the stoic Japanese father but is able to convey so much with so little.

Unfortunately, the story does have its share of leaps of logic. It's cardinal sin though is that it simply can't compare to the superb combination of acting, story, and execution that was the first season.

Overall, I've found this to be rather interesting and recommend this.… Expand

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Felindie

Oct 15, 2019

Highly disappointment after the great season 1, the whole story was so boring.

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tufrull

Nov 29, 2020

comparing with season 1 its not a good season. min 75 character is nonsense..

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BioTofu

Nov 26, 2019

It had a nice beginning when the the story was shrouded by a mist of mystique but once the curtains fell half way into the season everything just fell apart with it. the protagonist also became such an unlikable jerk around that time.

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Ahkman

Oct 12, 2019

Well this is unfortunate. For context I loved Season 1 of this show and it is very much worth your time. Given that story has wrapped up it makes sense that they would need to start fresh with season 2. So the premise here is that we merge the historic experience of Japanese Americans duringWell this is unfortunate. For context I loved Season 1 of this show and it is very much worth your time. Given that story has wrapped up it makes sense that they would need to start fresh with season 2. So the premise here is that we merge the historic experience of Japanese Americans during WW2 with J-Horror elements (similar to Ring or the Grudge etc). This isn’t a bad idea at all, and in the hands of competent story tellers could have worked brilliantly. Unfortunately in the Terror Infamy both of these ideas are handled with all the subtlety of a brick to the face.
For the supernatural horror aspect what’s missing is build up or slow burn - exactly why Ring worked and this doesn’t. The historic horror aspect fails for the same reason but also because of the lack of nuance and one sided view of history that the writers have.
The intent here is to use a historical event to create a piece of political propaganda commenting on modern day - complete with sympathetic references to ‘fellow travellers’ (Season 1 did NOT do this). An expert writer can pull this off but its a tall order. If it handled badly you are immediately going to alienate people who don’t agree with you and also those on the fence. This show is doing the latter.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

75
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: August 12, 2019
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  S2:E10. Infamy: Into the Afterlife
  Air Date: October 14, 2019
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  S2:E9. Infamy: Come and Get Me
  Air Date: October 7, 2019
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  S2:E8. Infamy: My Sweet Boy
  Air Date: September 30, 2019
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  S2:E7. Infamy: My Perfect World
  Air Date: September 23, 2019
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  S2:E6. Infamy: Taizo
  Air Date: September 16, 2019
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  S2:E5. Infamy: Shatter Like a Pearl
  Air Date: September 9, 2019
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  S2:E4. Infamy: The Weak Are Meat
  Air Date: September 2, 2019
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 26, 2018