Julie and the Phantoms ~hypothetical~ Season Two

[impala_chick]

argentum_ls asked for some Julie and the Phantoms thoughts during fic or treat, and that got me thinking about a hypothetical season two. Such a bummer that the show got cancelled, and on such a cliffhanger too!

Quick recap: Caleb Covington is the baddie who wants to force the Phantoms to sing/perform for his club. He cursed them, but they were able to break the curse. So he possesses Nick (Julie's love interest) in the last episode, presumably to get face time with Julie.

I want Nick to be alive inside his body and seeing everything that Caleb is doing! I want him to be screaming at Julie, trying to get out, trying to stop Caleb from influencing her. Meanwhile, Caleb is asking more and more questions about the Phantoms. He already knows Julie is the key, and that they'd all be devastated if she broke up the band (and then people wouldn't even get to see them anymore?). Caleb would somehow convince Julie that she needed to strike out on her own because the guys are sick of her, "Nick" becomes her new manager, but then Caleb makes a mistake and calls her something weird, or says something to the Phantoms when no one else can see them, and Julie realizes he hasn't been Nick all along.

Cue Caleb jumping into another body, maybe Julie's Dad. But now that they're onto him, it's way easier to find him. The Phantoms come up with a way to keep him from possessing everyone. Meanwhile, Nick feels like shit and we get to see a bunch of angst with him apologizing and helping the Phantoms figure out their unfinished business. My theory is that each of them have their own unfinished business, and they aren't going to be able to solve it together as a band. Then they all get to sing their big finale song!!

We can't have a JatP post without the music! I love the ending song Stand Tall (and I still listen to it) but I think my favorite from the show is Edge of Great:

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What's your favorite?

Comments

[argentum_ls]

That's a great premise for a second season!

I want to see more of Trevor/Bobby confronting what he did to the Phantoms and how and why he built his career on their deaths. I could see flashbacks to when the band was starting out, and then later ones to after Bobby was on his own. We could see more about how the Wilsons and Molinas became friends and then the different trajectories their lives took after they separated.

My favorite song from the show is "Unsaid Emily."

That song broke me when I first heard it, as well as completely solidified my love for the show.

[impala_chick]

More of Trevor/Bobby would have been great - flashbacks are so fun for showing character development. Since he was the only one of them to age, I also wonder how that affects him and the rest of the band now (maybe it makes him feel more guilty? Or maybe he's jealous in a way?). Especially if the band became corporeal enough to interact with him in a tangible way, there would have been so much potential for angst. I like the idea of Trevor/Bobby being connected to their unfinished business.

Unsaid Emily is a gorgeous song ♥