alive alive second season premiere thirteenth overall episode american television drama series aired september showtime united_states episode written directed episode takes place weeks season finale sgt following times gets opportunity finds unable kill sister returns work fiancé brian tried kill girlfriend refuses believe sent husband paul prison spite evidence season adapted novel dreaming writers decided follow second novel devoted second season filming episode began los_angeles california marking permanent miami florida takes place small crew flew miami film short pieces integrated alive episodes bulk filming took place million viewers showtime series attract million viewers season premiere episode received positive reviews plot weeks murdering brother brian ice followed suspicious sgt satisfy urge kill trying act normal goes bowling nightly workers finally left gives takes night pursues blind priest jimmy finds uneasy ultimately unable kill man lets homicide scene victim mother pleads kill son murderer gang lord little sees woman young daughter reminded boy having witnessed mother brutal death leads believe bowling night instead brings jimmy killing room wakes middle procedure manages break tape escape staying apartment exercising barely able sleep struggles memories brian fiancé trying kill returns work police station sgt expresses concern emotional stability determined resume normal lifestyle takes bar man recognizes fiancée ice touches shoulder punches nose certain trying grab takes children paul prison insists framed dragged house police find missing shoe prove innocence tells shoe despite having found month ago later admits found shoe refuses acknowledge involved night receives paul prison learns killed altercation flashbacks episode attempts teenage feel heart pound end episode turns television apartment shows news team divers bay uncovered garbage bags containing parts mutilated victims watches heart races production season followed storyline novel dreaming series novels television based albeit additional elements altered characters writing second season said writers didn opportunity second book continue path hoped chose depart second novel devoted instead chose turn biggest card bodies discovered chart course season according executive producer decided resume second season storyline weeks season finale emotional resonance character went continue actual passage time happened added nice thing actually lack emotional resonance speaking situation beginning second season hall said think world pretty encountered brother person anticipated encountering sees accepts choice able establish pretty immediately pulled filming beginning alive marked permanent relocation production miami los_angeles episodes season shot location miami said bigger worth showtime programming chief said impossible production wise shoot miami overlap production window florida hurricane season making property insurance costly small crew flew miami hall filmed according producer lot pieces walking door car scenes know need use writers worked episode episode substituted set los_angeles location scenes filmed california reception alive brought million viewers united_states making showtime series attract million viewers season premiere additional people watched late night encore ratings percent higher series pilot percent season average episode attracted australian viewers free air broadcast united_kingdom episode drew viewers increase pilot production sound recording sound received creative arts primetime emmy award nomination category outstanding sound mixing comedy drama series hour lost sound lost episode meet kevin johnson editor alive received nomination best edited hour series eventual recipient award episode positively received writing variety called second season opening bloody winner said hall performance remains achievement ign thought episode biggest problem having follow great season called alive solid episode praised flashbacks storylines said following ridiculous private conversation bit contrived squad love flashbacks young living harry episode end wrote heart beats chest writing guide said episode exciting heart pounding fear called discovery corpses fantastic storyline commended develop ing character person instead shell appeared commented alive indication second season looks deeper characters certainly sets number plot new devices offer new developments critic stated writers solid job setting table season
It's Alive! (Dexter)