The Rig Season 2's Ending Set Up The Kinloch Bravo Crew's Biggest Enemy Yet

Warning! SPOILERS about The Rig season 2, episode 6 ahead.

The Kinloch Bravo crew had to face unknown foes throughout The Rig
seasons 1 and 2, but the surprising revelation of the Ancestor to the world can make things exponentially more dangerous given the enemy it puts on their path. The Ancestor itself was long viewed an enemy by most in The Rig season 1, with only Rose considering it as something to study rather than fear. While those infected by it acted rashly, effectively imperiling all The Rig characters part of Kinloch Bravo crew, a bigger foe presented itself the moment Coake boarded the Kinloch Bravo in season 1.

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Coake’s actions precipitated the situation once he tricked Hutton, Dunlin and Murch into administering a poisonous gas that aimed to kill Baz and Garrow instead of just letting them fall asleep. Coake only defended Pictor’s interests in all his actions on the Kinloch Bravo and the Stac, with Bremner doing the same after his death in The Rig season 2, making them enemies of the Kinloch Bravo crew who only wanted to go home and protect the Ancestor. However, Darian’s rise as CEO in The Rig season 2 made him a foe, a dangerous one considering who backed him.

The Receiver Of Darian York’s Messages “X” Is Kinloch Bravo Crew’s Next Foe

Morgan Lennox Revealed Darian Did The Bidding Of Powerful Anonymous People

Jacob Fortune-Lloyd as Darian York in The Rig season 2 episode 6

Morgan Lennox’s refusal to share everything she knew with Rose and Magnus made her a potential threat, but Darian being in league with Bremner and using his information to oust her immediately highlighted how much more dangerous than Morgan he was. Their struggle for the control of Pictor put them against one another even as they both seemed deeply interested in finding the data log, but Darian’s messages with a highly secretive recipient only known as “X” highlighted how he truly had no interest in the Ancestor, only wanting to secure licenses around the Arctic exclusively for Pictor.

With the Kinloch Bravo crew being the Ancestor’s first line of defense who stopped their plans, “X” will indubitably view the crew as enemies to defeat.

Morgan’s warnings to Rose and Magnus about the bigger powers hiding behind Darian York repeatedly highlighted how worrisome the reach of “X” was, but it was Darian’s increasingly more volatile decisions that revealed how important it was to keep whoever was behind “X” happy. The Rig season 2 showed their ability to influence others knew no bounds, as they could easily ensure the licenses to Pictor in exchange for solving the Ancestor problems. With the Kinloch Bravo crew being the Ancestor’s first line of defense who stopped their plans, “X” will indubitably view the crew as enemies to defeat.

The Ancestor Being Made Public Makes The Group Behind York Even More Dangerous

The Revelation Of The Ancestor Hurts X’s Objectives

“X”’s interest in the Arctic, enough to leave Pictor all the mining licenses so they could enrich themselves, rested on nobody knowing about the Ancestor. The Ancestor being revealed at The Rig season 2’s ending makes what “X” wanted killed all along public, making it likelier for other people to want to protect the Earth’s most enduring life form. The Kinloch Bravo crew being the defenders of Ancestor’s heart thus makes them enemies of “X,” whose danger in a potential The Rig season 3 is exemplified by their massive resources, reach and anonymity, making them their biggest foe to date.

The Rig season 2 is streaming in its entirety on Amazon Prime Video.