This show has felt mostly hollow to this point. Most Apple TV series, for some reason, take quite a while to grab you with something to care about.
While I don't particularly care for Ed or Karen or really anyone else on the show, this episode really brings home the practical drama and pain of distance when it comes to loved ones. The feeling of helplessness and the guilt of pursuing one's own ambitions at the expense of everything else.
The show had more superficial examples of these dichotomies, but it needed something somber and shattering to really drive it home. This episode reminds me of the movie First Man, which is, in my opinion, one of the greatest astronaut biopics ever made.
While I don't particularly care for Ed or Karen or really anyone else on the show, this episode really brings home the practical drama and pain of distance when it comes to loved ones. The feeling of helplessness and the guilt of pursuing one's own ambitions at the expense of everything else.
The show had more superficial examples of these dichotomies, but it needed something somber and shattering to really drive it home. This episode reminds me of the movie First Man, which is, in my opinion, one of the greatest astronaut biopics ever made.