User Reviews

If the first episode of the returning series was a dismal return to the worst elements of the show, then episode 2 was certainly an improvement.

Now flying close to the sun, the passengers of Avenue 5 must move to the far side of the ship to stand any chance of survival. Schematics reveal an even safer place though, a small tunnel inside the bowels but only 300 of the people on board will fit. Back on Earth, Iris Kimura (Suzy Nakamura) goes to great lengths to increase the profile of the issues with the ship, she buys the hit TV adaptation and makes a change, installing Zarah (Daisy May Cooper) as the new star of the show.

The on-ship stuff was much better this week. The storyline about deciding who would make it into the tube was nicely done and with some funny elements. There's a bit of a "Force Majeure" element to the end of it, as husbands and wives who abandoned their 'loved' ones are brought back together.

I love Lucy Punch, but the element on her talk show are just so annoying that I can barely make it through them. I understand that they're a pastiche of interactivity that current shows have, but still, difficult to watch and not very funny. Nice that they've found a way to work Daisy May back into the show.

It's still not great but this was certainly and improvement on last week.

I really like this series but this episode in particular made me nauseous. The camera operators seem drunk, and the numerous camera cuts every 3 seconds seem as if one of those insatiable drinking birds was at the controls.

Very unfortunate.

Since this review doesn't have enough characters in it to be submitted here's a quote from Hugh Laurie.

"It's a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you're ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any."