User Reviews

Great style, great acting, great visual flair. Just one thing: nothing that happens in "Art is like Religion" is surprising or develops the characters in any meaningful way (other than Nomi's scenes). Consider this summary of events in the episode-

Lito performs his action sequence perfectly. With Will's help, yes, but that is basically all that happens as a result of the elaborate setpiece. He also appears naked at Kala's wedding.

Will tries to catch a kid while investigating Angelica's death, but loses him.

Sun discusses whether to sacrifice herself or let her father's business die, but doesn't come to a decision.

Capheus gets the meds (consider the fact that it's taken five episodes for this to happen).

Nomi and her girlfriend have a discussion about gender.

This is the crux of the problem with Sense8. It has sweeping visuals and a great modern vibe, but when you break it down, each character's story is predictable, basic and just not that interesting. The telepathy is a way of dressing up simplistic, mediocre plot lines, and it doesn't even have such a large impact. Lito could have performed the action scene without Will's help, and Will didn't even catch the kid so Lito didn't help there. So I'm left wondering, what was the actual point of all of that?

I enjoyed the previous episode because stuff actually happened there. Of course I found parts of this one entertaining, like the marriage scene. But it failed to surprise in the ways that mattered.