 Two androids raise human children on a new world. What drives the rift between them? And who are the myth rakes that threaten their new society? Why is mother plugging this into herself? Let's break all this down and more. We are just over one week away from the premiere of Raised by Wolves, HBO Max gave us a second trailer yesterday with a lot of awesome new footage. Let's break it down. Just a quick reminder, if you want to follow our episode by episode breakdowns once the show is out, make sure to like, subscribe and hit the bell icon so you get notified when the videos are released. The trailer opens on mothers staring up lifelessly. She is caressed by a man who I assume is father, a character we see a lot more of in this trailer than the first teaser. It seems they are still aboard their vessel on the way to the planet. The vessel passes three moons before landing. Also, notice the vessel seems to appear through a small wormhole, perhaps using some advanced hyperspace technology. We hear man's voice say, The new world will have the same problems that ended our world on earth. Later we learn that our world on earth was supposedly destroyed by religious beliefs. We then hear perhaps the same man say, Go start over. I assume the man speaking is whoever sent the androids to this planet to start a new world. One thing I'm most curious about is who made that decision. Are there humans who support androids raising children that made this mission happen? Or was the mission designed by androids themselves? Father opens the door to the vessel, mother takes a look at the new planet. Notice one eye looking off to the side and one looking straight ahead, giving off an uncanny valley effect. The two walk carrying their luggage. Then we glimpse the androids birthing process. Father says initiating trimester one. Then he injects something into her womb as a voiceover says. These children are the future of humanity. They either have an accelerated birthing process or the trailer jumps ahead a few months. Because after the injection we see the baby has been delivered. Mother holds the child and looks at it lovingly as tears fall. I'm very curious to see the nature of these androids. Because she seems to oscillate between looking very human and very inhuman. While she cries, father seems emotionless. He looks at him as though expecting to see a similar joy for this new life she birthed. We'll see hints of a rift between them later and I wonder if this is an early sign of their differences. We hear a man say, you will raise these children, atheists. Since father is the only man we see in this trailer who is on the side of androids, being one himself, it could be him speaking. We also saw at the start he seemed to be awake before mother, so he could have a leading role in their mission, providing her with direction. Then mother says to the children, was belief in the unreal that destroyed the earth? If we take the androids word for it, belief in God destroyed earth so they are raising their own children to be atheists. It's great to see science fiction directly wrestle with complex philosophical ideas. I hope they can pull it off. Also I wonder if we can trust the androids assessment of what happened on earth. I have a feeling things won't be so clear cut. We see mother walking with the children and father playfully scaring them. Then we get a hint of a dangerous predator living on this planet. At night, something moves among the shrubbery and bones. Father looks at it suspiciously. This could be one of the creatures that we got a better look at in the earlier teaser. As mother speaks to the children, one of them looks up. I believe this is campion, one of the children who will be torn between the worlds of human and android as we'll see later in the trailer. We see more of earth war as the humans chant war over and over. This feels a little on the nose to me, but perhaps on this world, humans truly revere war in and of itself. Then we hear the child, campion, according to the subtitles, speaking. Our enemies built an ark, which is now headed here. The only known planet where humans can survive. We're given a glimpse of the ark's exterior and interior. Inside, there are pods holding people in what I assume is a sort of cryogenic sleep. One of them is Marcus, leader of the humans who oppose the androids. By the way, this shot of the ark appears to be a continuation of a shot from the previous teaser, where we see the ark being loaded. Mother and one of the children, campion, I think, look up as a craft arrives. From the circular opening, I assume this is the ark. Mother says... And should the Mithrakes ark ever make it here, you will not listen to their words. They believe that allowing androids to raise human children is a sin. So we have a name for Marcus and his followers, the Mithrakes. We see the Mithrakes walking with their belongings, likely to set up camp. One carries a hand-drawn map. At the bottom, we see an area labeled alien forest. Could this be where these creatures reside? Also from this, it looks like their ark crashed on the planet, rather than landing safely. Also, Mother sets up the main conflict. These humans fundamentally oppose androids raising humans. Though I again have to wonder if the androids are painting a full picture, or is it propaganda as they attempt to control their children? Then we hear Marcus. We must rescue our stolen children. He approaches, wanting to speak to one of the children, campion. Mother seems to allow it, but first warns... Do not tell them what I am. The child tries to protect her identity, but it seems Marcus already knows her nature. I want to talk to you. Without the android for a second. She's not an angel. Yes, she is. I believe this is part of a conversation we heard in the original teaser, where Marcus warns the children that in the Three Little Wolves parable, Mother is the Big Bad Wolf. The conversation goes south, so Mother heads outside and Marcus grabs the child. We see only flashes of it here, but got more complete shots in the earlier teaser. We get a quick flash of Mother and someone else grabbing each other's necks. Mother has some, what I believe is android blood on her face. Gil here, just a quick reminder if you're enjoying this video, to hit that like button, and to follow our coverage when the show finally arrives next week, hit that subscribe button and the bell icon so you get notified when our next video comes out. Back to the trailer. Marcus and his followers spy on the children, one of them says... She's holding him captive. I believe campion is the him in question. Things get more interesting when father says... He needs to be with other humans. It seems father actually believes campion should be given to the humans. With the arrival of the myth rakes, these children will be exposed to religion for the first time. I expect some will renounce it, per Mother's teachings, but others may embrace it as they are caught between two conflicting worlds, androids and humans. Perhaps campion is one of these children, and father sees him as a lost cause. Mother disagrees. I thought we were in sync, father. You've increasingly taken to impulses. My speculation is that campion's doubts spread to the other children, causing impulsive behavior. The sort of behavior you see from humans, behavior which the androids may have tried to suppress. So, before campion can infect the other children with his ideas, father wants him to be with other humans instead. Perhaps Marcus also noticed the child's doubts, and that's why he thinks campion is one of the children who can truly be rescued. For a moment, we see mother standing over a man laying inside a pod. This looks like one of the pods from inside the ark. From the handwritten map, it seems like the ark ended up crashing to the planet. So many of the pods likely ended up outside the ship, carrying only dead bodies. Mother rips it open, pulls out some of the exposed wires, and plugs it into what looks like the side of her gray suit. Maybe while humans sleep in these pods, a machine interacts with their mind. I believe mother is plugging it into herself so she can download information from it and learn about the enemy. As she does, the screen blinks and mother is suddenly in a snowy environment. She sees a child sitting over the body of a myth rake, holding a bullet. She looks on with concern. Based on the wreckage we see, I believe this is a flashback to the war on earth. Perhaps the machine is feeding mother with memories from the people who stayed in those pods. I mentioned earlier that I think the child, Campion, begins doubting mother's teachings, perhaps siding with Marcus. We see some of those doubts here. How many people did you kill on earth, mother? You are all my children, I'm only here to protect you. Then we get a hint that Marcus and his followers use cloaking technology to hide out by the android settlement. Mother runs her hand over a structure, a camouflage to look like the desert ground. As she does, it exposes itself as a green orb. Marcus watches terrified from inside. A shadowy mother stands menacingly in front of someone, perhaps Marcus. Based on the snowy environment, I think this is more of the war on earth. I'm curious to see the android's involvement in that war. We see one of them burning here, which calls to mind this shot from the original teaser. There's also this shot in the teaser, which shows some of the earth war, and in it you can see a couple of androids floating as the battle ensues. Are they participating or merely observing? We hear Marcus say, She's the most powerful weapon on this planet. We gotta destroy her. Then we see evidence of this. In the next shot, a creature explodes while chasing a child. In the previous teaser we saw more of this shot. The monster jumps after the child before mother shows up and uses her shouting ability to destroy it. A few times the teaser showed us this ability. Mother shouts with her mouth wide open, there's a visual ripple and things explode. Like this creature, or these people. Back to the new trailer. We finally get to see mother's transformation into bronze attack mode, something only hinted at previously. She flies toward what I assume is the crashed ark, and in what I assume is a flashback to earth, people uselessly fire at mother as she walks through a hallway, exploding people. The previous teaser also showed an additional terrifying glimpse at this scene. Marcus asks, What do you want? And mother ominously answers, I want my children to be safe. It's hard to place this scene exactly, but judging by the blood and the environment, it looks like it takes place after mother exploded all those people in the hallway. She's also blindfolded so it looks like this leads into this scene shown in the prior teaser. Though suspiciously, the red human blood is gone and only the white android blood remains. Perhaps she doesn't want the child to know she hurt any humans. Eventually we get a glimpse at mother using her shouting ability again. We were shown a slightly extended version of this in the first teaser. I assume it's a continuation of mother's hallway assault. Anyway, that's where the trailer wraps up. I can't believe we finally get to see this show in just over a week. I love great sci-fi, especially when it deals with complex ideas, and it looks like raised by wolves has some pretty big ambitions. So I will definitely be watching when it premieres September 3rd on HBO Max. If you enjoyed this video and want to follow along with our episode by episode breakdowns next month, make sure to like, subscribe, and hit the bell icon so you get notified the next time we release a video. Also make sure to let me know in the comments what you thought of the trailer. Are you as excited for this show as I am? What theories do you have? What do you think I got right? What do you think I got wrong? Let me know in the comments and we'll keep the conversation going. Thanks for watching and see you on the next one take.