# Beforeigners on HBO (open spoilers for first two seasons after OP) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, hbomax-wb-dc\ **Created:** [February 24, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beforeigners-on-hbo-open-spoilers-for-first-two-seasons-after-op/960069 "2022-02-24T20:08:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beforeigners-on-hbo-open-spoilers-for-first-two-seasons-after-op/960069/21 "2022-02-26T19:22:37Z")
I didn’t expect the reveal, but kicked myself for _not_ seeing it coming from a mile away. A Chekhov’s Pregnacy. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beforeigners-on-hbo-open-spoilers-for-first-two-seasons-after-op/960069/22 "2022-02-26T19:34:21Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > A Chekhov’s Pregnacy. At least it’s not as creepy as a Groening Pregnancy … [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lxL9dl1zR0o/hqdefault.jpg "Futurama S4E01 - Fry is his own Grandfather") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxL9dl1zR0o) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beforeigners-on-hbo-open-spoilers-for-first-two-seasons-after-op/960069/23 "2022-02-26T20:59:40Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > For newcomers, it is set up as a police drama set in Oslo. In a roughly contemporary time period, one day, all of a sudden, all around the world, people from all periods of the past start appearing. In Norway, you have ice age people, Stone Age people, Viking age people, a Victorian age people, etc. So another update of [**The 4400**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_4400#Premise), but a longer timeframe for ‘the past’? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beforeigners-on-hbo-open-spoilers-for-first-two-seasons-after-op/960069/24 "2022-02-26T21:20:36Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > So another update of [**The 4400**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_4400#Premise) Not really. The real entertainment value in _Beforeigners_ is from the cultural clash with and between the new arrivals. I kind of wish there was no attempt by the writers to explore the phenomenon and just let the situation be the jump off point for the stories. The opening credits with glimpses of the Beforeigners coping with modern life used to be the best part of the show, but got less creative in season two. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beforeigners-on-hbo-open-spoilers-for-first-two-seasons-after-op/960069/25 "2022-02-27T04:41:55Z")
We have watched the first tow, based upon this thread, and am enjoying it. Nice they said " we are not using the V-word"- since _viking_ is a job description, Norse were the people. It is like calling everyone from the Western Europe Middle ages= “Knights”. ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beforeigners-on-hbo-open-spoilers-for-first-two-seasons-after-op/960069/26 "2022-03-03T23:59:02Z")
I also started watching it after the podcast :). Binge watched the whole thing, and loved it a lot. Can’t wait for Season 3. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beforeigners-on-hbo-open-spoilers-for-first-two-seasons-after-op/960069.md?page=1)