Is Atlantis series 2 really meaner and moodier?

The word from Atlantis is that series 2 is much darker and less silly than the first.

Forays into the darker world of witchcraft and fate were countered by musical comedy stings and pratfalls.

Mythical creatures were battled.

Balconies were vaulted off.

And a lukewarm average of 5.4 million UK viewers watched it all.

Hercules is braced for war, having swapped his amphora for a blade.

Jason has a shield and a no-messing look.

Even Pythagoras is holding a sword this time around.

The we mean business Photoshop filter has clearly been pushed right to the top of the scale.

Well, its certainly darker.

Literally so, as much of the series two opener takes place at night.

Nor, it should be said, of the acrobatics that constituted Jasons touched-by-the-Gods power last year.

ThinkFireflys River Tam in aRaiders Of The Lost Arkhomage, and youre somewhere close.

Which leads us to series twos overriding theme: betrayal.

Is mercy always the right course, or can benevolence come back to bite you?

Not everythings changed of course.

Hercules still gets all the funniest lines and Pythagoras is still basically Spock in a smock.

If youre amongst them, then wed suggest you lose nothing by tuning in to see for yourself.

Atlantis series two starts on Saturday the 15thof November on BBC One.