Episode #1.1

Tip for show writers/runners:

Short version: Don't mistske Having characters do smart things with smart writing. If you're going to write for nerd/geek demographic, come correct.

Examples: (A) Don't make your genius characters sound "basic" in every other aspect of their lives/dialog (B) if your character is "neuro spicy", COMMIT TO THAT (none of this probably autistic but maybe not depending on what's easier for you to write) and (C) dont assume your audience is a bunch of simpletons (e.g. Adding forced, needless exposition disguised as dialog, having the genius character take all of 3 seconds to determine to interpret the meaning of something phenomenally complex in a matter of seconds, laying the plot out in plain English so the nobody has to bother thinking.).

Another never ending meaningless load of drivel only fit for children. This is neither intelligent or thought provoking - shame as his other works are excellent.

So far so good on the story. I've always found quantum theories and realities interesting. I can't imagine how much infrastructure would be required for a quantum computer, but the premise is worth a ponder or two. The acting was good as well. I only have one complaint after the first episode and that is...

TURN THE GD MUSIC DOWN FOR CHRIST SAKE. Whomever thought it would be a good idea to blast that annoying whateveritis at 125db should be forced to listen to it with headphones for 24 hours at Spinal Tap 11.

Before I go into the actual review, just a small "rant". I came here to see find info and found a single review giving it 4/10 by a cruise01 user.

First off, it is impossible to rate a TV show by a single, or even a couple, of episodes. So I feel a bit stupid by doing the same, but this cruise01 is so wrong about what he wrote that it merits a reply.

To cut to the chase, cruise01 is bad reviewing for the sake of bad reviewing. Not only that, he gave spoilers without tagging his/her review accordingly.

It is very common nowadays for YTer wannabes go trashing things left and right just because, think about cancel culture mixed with a need to "say something". I really can't tell for sure tho, as it is always very difficult to make sense of nonsense.

What I do can tell is that this series will probably NOT be bad. If anything, it might fail only due to being very ambitious. The very first episode is touching timeless philosophical questions, and bringing in quantum computing into the mix.

Do we live in a Laplacian Universe? Does everything has a cause? If everything has a cause, is there freewill? If there is no freewill, can you be accountable by your actions?

Take cruiser01's review for instance. Was it a product of random typing, or cause-consequence relationship between ignorance and cheap internet availability?

The theme surrounding freewill and moral choices is rehearsed at the very first episode, and the project with the "quantum computer" (which seems to be a sort of super quantum computer) seems to be at the heart of everything.

No doubt a quantum computer is a very curious thing. Right when we know everything is essentially indeterminate by the Uncertainty principle, we use just that to build a deterministic machine.

But I should notice that the way a quantum machine works is a matter of engineering, even though the show wants to explore this concept and its relationship with those philosophical questions.

Let us see how things evolve. Right now I give it a 9 because I really enjoyed the first episode for these reasons: very solid acting, good scenery, the theme is interesting (something lacking nowadays), oh and no "quantum" shenanigans while still validly talking about it.

I watched Ex Machina and really enjoyed it, hope to see similar content here.

Things that drive me up the wall in film and TV: 1. When people are perfectly happy to kneel/sit on the floor of a public toilet. Who in their right mind?

In this episode, our hero is led to a new place of work and told there are NO CLEANERS "...so clean up after yourself...".

He then rushes to the toilet to be sick, which he does by putting his head RIGHT DOWN INTO THE BOWL. He then wipes the bowl out, then rushes over to the sink, where he scoops water into his mouth WITH THE SAME HAND.

There are some far fetched ideas in this show, but this is the one that lifts you out of the pretence. Come on Alex.

For starters, the idea that a building full of code-heads who have to do their own cleaning would have a toilet that's humanly tolerable, let alone one that looks like it's been installed that morning and then firehosed with bleach is a bit ridiculous.

Quite enjoyed the show though. Hope it doesn't degenerate into "she's got the thin, let's kill her".