This would have been one of the more enjoyable episodes of the series if it weren't for the distracting video editing/special effects. Instead of coaching actors on unnatural movement or simply changing the frame rate of the scenes with the antagonists, the decision was made to use a bounce/loop video effect which really distracts from the overall story. I understand they were probably on a budget for the show, but this wasn't the way to do it.
3 Reviews
Better Than Most
Hitchcoc7 May 2021
This takes place in a kind of Amazon place where quotas will determine who will keep their jobs or get bonuses. Then a man is bitten by a rat and turns into a sort of zombie. Soon he bites others and so on and so on. Two women try their best to get out. It's suspenseful.
Okay, This Episode is Effective
Gislef4 February 2021
Warning: Spoilers
"Quota" works because... it's relatable. I wouldn't call it a "great" episode, but the idea of working at a modern-day fulfillment center, and the ruthlessness of the Corporation, is something most of us can relate to. As opposed to the previous "Imposter", which dealt with high-finance and a guy caught between two races, and whatever else the production staff was trying to do.
There's a couple of other things that work. I've worked in fulfillment centers, and yes, they're as creepy as shown here.
I could have lived without the weird camera vibrations when first Doyle and then the others are "infected" by the gas. And at its heart, "Quota" is a standard zombie/chemical-leak story. But hey, it doesn't try to be "woke" or enlightened, or tell any kind of message other than the basic one: corporations work people to death and beyond. In fact, I'd say the episode loses a point or two for not making the Corporation responsible for the toxic leak that causes the zombies. That would be a decent message if done right, without being preachy. But I suppose there was only so much writer Melody Cooper could do in 20 minutes.
Overall, "Quota" is the best episode of season 2 to date. It sticks to the two-sentence concept, it tells an effective 20-minute story, it gets in and out, and it almost comes up to a message/satire of a modern-day issue. Which for "Two Sentence", seems to be as much as you can ask.
But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. What do you think?
There's a couple of other things that work. I've worked in fulfillment centers, and yes, they're as creepy as shown here.
I could have lived without the weird camera vibrations when first Doyle and then the others are "infected" by the gas. And at its heart, "Quota" is a standard zombie/chemical-leak story. But hey, it doesn't try to be "woke" or enlightened, or tell any kind of message other than the basic one: corporations work people to death and beyond. In fact, I'd say the episode loses a point or two for not making the Corporation responsible for the toxic leak that causes the zombies. That would be a decent message if done right, without being preachy. But I suppose there was only so much writer Melody Cooper could do in 20 minutes.
Overall, "Quota" is the best episode of season 2 to date. It sticks to the two-sentence concept, it tells an effective 20-minute story, it gets in and out, and it almost comes up to a message/satire of a modern-day issue. Which for "Two Sentence", seems to be as much as you can ask.
But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. What do you think?
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