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T2 WHATS UP! July 15 - 21, 2018 BY K.A. TAYLOR TV Media S cience fiction is increas- ingly becoming science fact. The dreams of golden era writers and directors, while perhaps a bit exaggerated, are more preva- lent now than ever before. Space exploration is advancing, with multiple groups and orga- nizations vowing to establish a new home on Mars. This might explain why so many of us are captivated by intergalactic what-ifs, and why many sum- mer TV viewers are tuning in to the sci-fi drama "Salvation," now in its second season, with a new episode airing Monday, July 16, on CBS. "Salvation" takes place in present-day America, using modern technology and a dash of fictional liberty to set the stage. Liam Cole (Charlie Row, "Red Band Society") is a highly intellectual MIT graduate stu- dent whose research has been devoted to mapping the un- known parts of space. What Liam didn't anticipate, howev- er, was that his program would uncover a serious, impending threat to the entire planet: an asteroid set to collide with Earth in 186 days. Anxious to get the data to the government, Liam reaches out to his profes- sor, but after the professor goes missing, he turns to his one other option: scientific genius Darius Tanz (Santiago Cabrera, "Big Little Lies"), a recent speaker at MIT who's still — thankfully — in town. Armed with this new, time- sensitive information, Darius and Liam head to the Pentagon and deliver the news to the De- partment of Defense's deputy secretary, Harris Edwards (Ian Anthony Dale, "Hawaii Five- 0"). Harris and DOD public af- fairs press secretary Grace Bar- rows (Jennifer Finnigan, "Ty- rant") have no choice but to let these two skilled scientists into a covert operation called Samp- son, revealing that the govern- ment was already well aware of the threat but had chosen to keep it hidden in order to pre- vent mass pandemonium. The thrilling conclusion of season 1 saw the president rein- stated, TESS's source code giv- Ian Anthony Dale stars in "Salvation" Collision course continued on page T10 TV FEATURE