The central conceit of Syfy’s new series Revival—that the dead have returned to life in a small Wisconsin town—gets a sharp and violent jolt in its second episode. What may have started as a perplexing miracle is quickly souring into a full-blown crisis, and the town of Wausau is at the center of the storm.
Airing Thursday, June 19, “Keeping Up Appearances” moves the story forward when a violent act committed by one of the “Revivers” sends shockwaves through the community. The returned are no longer just quiet curiosities; they are now a potential threat, and the town’s fear begins to curdle into something more dangerous. This event forces Officer Dana Cypress to step in, but the case immediately becomes personal, impacting her own life in a direct and unforeseen way.
The series is blending its high-concept science fiction premise with the grounded structure of a small-town crime procedural. In Wausau, everyone is now a potential suspect, and the motives are clouded by the impossible fact of resurrection. Dana must work through a murder mystery where the lines between victim and perpetrator, living and dead, are increasingly blurred.
With the town on edge and its lead officer facing a significant conflict of interest, Revival is setting up a season where the central mystery isn’t just who committed the crime, but what it means to be alive in a world where death is no longer the end.
Revival airs Thursday, June 19 at 10:00 PM ET on Syfy.
