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In the second season of the show, the tone changes as Max and Logan bring down Manticore and free all the transgenics within.

Two others become main characters: Alec ( Jensen Ackles ), a fellow X-5 who joins Jam Pony, and Joshua ( Kevin Durand ), a transgenic with canine DNA.

Max later learns that Joshua was the first transgenic created by Manticore's founder Sandeman.

It becomes apparent that Manticore produced many different human / animal mixes as well as other experiments with unique abilities.

A major theme in the second season is the discovery of an even more deadly enemy than Lydecker or Renfro, namely a millennia-old breeding cult similar in structure to the Illuminati.

This has resulted in humans even more formidable than the Manticore-produced transgenics, and even some with strong telekinetic powers.

Ames White ( Martin Cummins ), a government agent introduced early in the second season trying to eliminate the loose transgenics, is revealed to be a member of the cult.

When a strange message written in Max's genetic code makes an appearance on her skin, it is revealed that Sandeman is a renegade from the breeding cult and Ames White is his son, who is still loyal to the cult and hates his father's transgenic creations with a passion.

The second season ends before Sandeman's plan for Max can be revealed.