First Episode in and Spin-offs are Already Setup

J.C. mention in an interview that he hopes to have spin-off series written by some of his other author friends.  This would be rad, even though I’d prefer the content by J.C., I’d still consume anything that had at least his partial involvement.

I was little bit surprised with all the opportunities this first episode opened up for possible spin-offs.  There were obvious lines about Five-by-Five and the other sub-branches of The 33, but then there were unexpected references to gods and martians; this story will go anywhere.  Well, I guess that’s good for universe you hope to expand, but it also feels a bit overwhelming to have this massive info dump of info in the first episode.

“'We’re not for hire, and we don’t answer to anybody.' Creel snickered.'Right. Because that’d be inconvenient. So. Being above the law and all, does the government know you exist?' 'The U.S. government? Sure, some of it does.' 'Yeah? Does it approve of your world-saving?'  'Some of it does.'”

Here I feel there is one of the great opportunities for a spin-off into neat, murky, political series. It was relieved that J.C. didn't pigeonhole The 33’s political situation into a solid position.  It seems like everyone wants to have clear-cut delineations in politics.  Ambiguity, in this instance, is great.  I really hope this story can utilize themes of both straightforward good vs evil, while also containing stories of hard decisions and ethically ambiguous characters.

“'Actually,' Bliss said, 'we’re up to World War VII now.' 'Eh?'”

Yep, that’s another prequel side series waiting to happen.