I really enjoyed the 1st season but I think the writers got into some LSD and tried to take an awesome show about a way to turn the power back on into an artificial intelligence type of movie that ruined it..
If the writers should have just made 1st season into a journey to get the power restored but draw it out onto 4-5 more seasons then a final season or two, where the power comes back and the wars for the powered reality to start.. I'm no writer but even I could have come up with something better for the 2nd season.