A high-level operation upends Saul's life. With emotions and expectations high, the probe launches into space as humanity enters a daunting new era.A high-level operation upends Saul's life. With emotions and expectations high, the probe launches into space as humanity enters a daunting new era.A high-level operation upends Saul's life. With emotions and expectations high, the probe launches into space as humanity enters a daunting new era.
- Anwar Suleiman
- (as Stephen Rahman-Hughes)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Mission Director is played by Bobak Ferdowsi. He is a flight engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.. He became an internet sensation with his Mohawk hairstyle with stars shaved on the sides.
- GoofsDa Shi says that the probe was "moving faster than any man-made object ever" but at 80km/s it would have been going less than half the speed of the Parker Solar Probe.
- Quotes
Charles: Are you injured?
Saul Durand: I'm okay
Charles: I'm sorry
Saul Durand: You shot me with a sniper rifle! You're sorry?
Charles: Sorry, I didn't aim for your head. Then my mission would be complete and you would be free of yours.
Saul Durand: I'm already free of mine. I told the Secretary General I rejected the Wallfacer position. Your superiors wasted an assassin.
Charles: You're a funny man.
Saul Durand: I'm just telling you the truth.
Charles: You think you're clever. It's not your fault. I thought I was clever too, before I learned the truth.
Saul Durand: Which truth?
Charles: You call them "My superiors," but they're your superiors too
Saul Durand: If they're so fucking superior, why do they care if I live or die?
Charles: I don't know.
Saul Durand: You tried to murder a man that you've never met, on the directive of aliens that you've never met? Why! What the fuck is wrong with you?
Charles: I've gone to be a soldier in the Army of the Lord.
As far as finales go, it's not that this episode actually served as a great finale to the show. I felt like there were a lot of missed opportunities, and it also felt like there was supposed to be another episode before this, given that a lot of the characters that we've grown to know over the course of the show didn't even appear. Eiza González has one scene in this episode and the circumstances of that scene doesn't really make a lot of sense. There were also certain elements that didn't feel resolved by the end, and with no news of a possible sequel being announced, it feels weird that they'd just leave a lot of things dangling like they did here. But overall, it was a pretty good episode. It finally brings Saul into the mix and gives him an episode that is largely focused on him, finally bringing it full circle with giving the entire group equal time to shine and giving them a unique part to play in this weird puzzle. There are also some great scenes of tension throughout the episode, especially the scenes that are involving the Staircase Project, with it eventually going in a very unique and surprising direction that I can't wait for them to explore later on. This show has been quite a ride and it's nice to see Benioff and Weiss back at it with material that they can really sink their teeth into and adapt, and hopefully they'll continue with the next two novels.
"Wallfacer" may not be a great finale; it leaves a lot of things hanging and feels like it's working off of a non-existing previous episode. However, it does a lot of things right and ultimately leaves the show off on a satisfying note, although I'd like for there to be some clarity about the show's future.
- lassegalsgaard
- Apr 23, 2024
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- Runtime57 minutes
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