It's safe to say that the major goal for the astronauts in season two will be establishing their base on Mars. These five astronauts will be spending more than a year together on the planet before they set off on the long voyage home, and that's plenty of time for all kinds of interpersonal issues to develop. The show already set up tension between Emma and Ram at the end of season one ,when he declared his feelings for the commander.
Panthaki is certain that this storyline is just beginning. In an interview with NME, he revealed, "He's got this shield and it takes a huge amount to break that shield away. If you break it away, he's going to give everything to that person. So it's going to be interesting how it all plays out." Meanwhile, back home, Emma's husband Matt is also dealing with Melissa unexpectedly confessing her feelings to him. These two things combined could put even more of a strain on the couple's long distance relationship.
Romantic drama aside, Goldberg is also interested in what discoveries the crew will make on Mars, and how those discoveries will affect them. She told Inverse that she's especially drawn to the idea of the crew finding life on Mars — just don't expect that life to be actual walking, talking aliens. "When I say life, I mean like a microorganism," she said. "I don't mean an alien, the show would never go in that direction."
From scientific breakthroughs to marriage drama, there are plenty of stories left for Away to tell in season two. Now we just need Netflix to give the show an official pickup, so the writers can get busy thinking up new space disasters to stress us out with.
