The second of Chip Johannessen’s three scripts for the second season ranks among his very best work for the show and the very best of the show in general. In many respects, Luminary seeks to answer that question. To some fans, it seems strange that Frank would remain involved in the Millennium Group as their paranoia and cultish behaviour became more and more apparent. The moral and righteous Frank was a pillar of certainty in an uncertain world. The second season gave Frank a fondness for Bobby Darin and a sense of humour, but the change is more fundamental than that.
However, there are fans who have difficulty reconciling the version of Frank Black presented in the second season with the iteration who appeared throughout the first season of the show.