Second Chance (2016–2016)

TV ShowEndedFOXDrama, Crime, Science-Fiction1 season, 11 episodes
Second Chance posterReview score: 76%

Plot

A thrilling new action-drama about a man brought back to life by two scientists playing god in the quest to save one of their own lives. Seventy-five-year-old Jimmy Pritchard is a shell of his former self. A drinker, a womanizer and a father who always put work before family, Pritchard was forced to resign as L.A. County Sheriff for corrupt conduct more than a decade ago. Now, some 15 unkind years later, he is killed when he stumbles upon a robbery at the home of FBI Agent Duval Pritchard, one of his two children. But death is surprisingly short for Jimmy, who is brought back to life by billionaire tech-genius twins Mary Goodwin and her brother, Otto, founders of the social networking empire, Lookinglass. Resurrected as a younger, better version of himself, with physical abilities of which he never dreamed, a re-animated Pritchard is given a Second Chance at life. What will he do with it? Will he try to repair the damage he did to his family? Will he embrace a new sense of purpose or fall prey to old temptations?

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Second Chance S01E09When You Have to Go There, They Have to Take You InS01E09 · 6.7Pritchard and Duval join forces to track down a serial killer, and Alexa and Connor try to procure key technology from Lookinglass. Meanwhile, the bond between Mary and Pritchard has grown stronger, but Otto goes to great lengths to make sure Mary never leaves him, and Gracie suspects there is more to Pritchard than what he has told her.
  2. 02Second Chance S01E10GeworfenheitS01E10 · 6.7Pritchard and Duval continue to investigate who Albert Lin really is, who created him and try to uncover how he is involved in a string of murders. The investigation drives a wedge between Mary and Otto, and Otto must choose if he will betray Mary and undo everything they have built, including Pritchard to align himself with Connor Graff. Meanwhile, Gracie goes missing and Pritchard and Duval must race against the clock to rescue her before Pritchard's time runs out.
  3. 03Second Chance S01E01Suitable DonorS01E01 · 6.3A retired cop is brought back from the dead, with a younger, stronger body, and must decide what to do now that he has a new lease on life... and the super-strength and invulnerability that comes with his new body.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode11Episodes2016Aired 6.3Season avg
  1. S01E01Second Chance S01E01Suitable DonorJanuary 13, 2016 6.3A retired cop is brought back from the dead, with a younger, stronger body, and must decide what to do now that he has a new lease on life..
  2. S01E02Second Chance S01E02One More NotchJanuary 20, 2016 6.1Two killers are on the loose thanks to the power surge that brought Pritchard back to life and helped them escape from prison, but the forme
  3. S01E03Second Chance S01E03From Darkness, the SunJanuary 29, 2016 6.3A lawless father-son duo and a deadly psychopath present new challenges for Duval and Pritchard, who is still trying to prove to his son tha
  4. S01E04Second Chance S01E04AdmissionsFebruary 5, 2016 6.3A case from the past comes back into play as Pritchard and Duval investigate a series of murders involving young prodigies. As the investiga
  5. S01E05Second Chance S01E05Scratch That GlitchFebruary 12, 2016 6.2Mary's life is in danger when a dead pool predicts her death for the same day as an important Lookinglass product launch. Meanwhile, when Pr
  6. S01E06Second Chance S01E06PalimpsestFebruary 19, 2016 6.1Pritchard and Duval must stop a killer who mutilates and disfigures his victims. Meanwhile, as Pritchard and Mary grow increasingly close to
  7. S01E07Second Chance S01E07That Time in the CarFebruary 26, 2016 6.2Duval's sister (and Pritchard's daughter), Helen (guest star Amanda Detmer), is dating Wally (guest star Breckin Meyer), a parole officer wi
  8. S01E08Second Chance S01E08May Old Acquaintance Be ForgotMarch 4, 2016 6.3Pritchard's past comes back to haunt him. 20 years ago, Pritchard covered up a murder committed by a drug lord's girlfriend, who happened to
  9. S01E09Second Chance S01E09Season's bestWhen You Have to Go There, They Have to Take You InMarch 11, 2016 6.7Pritchard and Duval join forces to track down a serial killer, and Alexa and Connor try to procure key technology from Lookinglass. Meanwhil
  10. S01E10Second Chance S01E10GeworfenheitMarch 18, 2016 6.7Pritchard and Duval continue to investigate who Albert Lin really is, who created him and try to uncover how he is involved in a string of m
  11. S01E11Second Chance S01E11GelassenheitMarch 25, 2016 6.3Pritchard and Duval race against the clock to save Gracie from Connor and Otto's life-threatening experiment. But time is quickly running ou

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Cast

Adhir KalyanAdhir KalyanOtto GoodwinDilshad VadsariaDilshad VadsariaMary GoodwinTim DeKayTim DeKayDuval PritchardVanessa LengiesVanessa LengiesAlexaRobert KazinskyRobert KazinskyJimmy Pritchard / FrankensteinCiara BravoCiara BravoGracie Pritchard

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