Producer Eric Kripke says he’s learned from the mistakes of other mythology driven series and that he and the writing team for Revolution plan to provide answers early and often.

“I’m not a fan of endless mystery in storytelling. I like solid, aggressive red-blooded storytelling. I like to know where the mythology is going. I like to get there in an exciting fast-paced way… and pay off mystery and reward the audiences’ loyalty. You can answer questions and ask new ones,” Kripke told the Television Critics Association.

Kripke and pilot director Jon Favreau went on to say that the set-up for the series, an electricity-less Earth is entirely plausible. In fact, they had a physicists validate the theory.

They explained that any form of electricity, anything that carries a spark or electrical charge, has stopped working, therefore, no batteries, engines, etc. The origins of the loss of energy will be explained via flashbacks in each episode, which will explore what happened during the first days of the blackout and how people survived the event.

“It’s a really compelling what-if,” he said. “What would happen if we all live without electricity in this technologically over-extended world of ours? This epic journey is how can we save the world and get the lights back on. That’s a part of it, but for me it’s a really fun epic saga… It’s intensely character driven… [with people] who are all just struggling to come together against incredible diversity.”

Added Favreau: “While there’s an underlying mystery… we still want to make it about the people and the emotion.”