Reviews

This episode was...what was it? Horrible pacing, the new trio that has come in are the weirdest characters yet. One of their crew dies and it's really like nothing to them. Everything happens so...fast? Why does Barry look like a middle aged man and Terrence looks like the kid? And Terrence seems to have a weirdly-misplaced voice as well. Their reaction to their ship being destroyed was so anticlimactic. Did Sam just pull apart his chest, exposing his heart, with little to no consequence? It's like they hired a random person to come in and write and direct this episode, I'm truly baffled. Really hope this was a one-off, everything up until this episode has been absolutely stellar.

So much action, watching in 2024 and it still packs a punch. Loved the Mystique and Cable cameo/intros. After the previous episode I was hoping it would get back to the original pacing of sentinels and mutants fighting back and it did not disappoint. Plus the cliffhanger was perfect, reminded me of my childhood where I would immediately let go of the breath I had sucked in unknowingly and now waiting for the next week's episode. I do wish Storm would stop getting injured/weakened so quickly after displaying her powers. Hoping to see a lot more of Cable. Rogue's rescue of Storm was great and I internally cheered.

Just watched The Guilty. Jake Gyllenhaal has range, no surprise. My takeaway was he was trying to atone for one sin by amending another, but he realized he needed to face the consequences of what he did. There was a slight moment of relief when he realized both people were saved. But then a dawning realization that his guilt wasn't absolved. At the end of the movie I don't feel bad for him and I think that was the movie's point. In any case I thought it was also a parallel of his struggle with mental illness and Emily's. But maybe it was guilt all along and when he literally vomited the truth, he felt clarity in knowing what he had to do. It was a story of bad people making good choices. That's my take on it, loved the direction & pacing.

I'm so dissapointed with this and the last episode. The character emotion and development is SO INCREDIBLE. I was moved to tears when Winn and James were crying when they thought he would die. But the action scenes? So bad. So bad. The angles, the direction, cheesy and look like not enough thought was put into them. A wonderful episode that had incredible action sequences was 3x14: Schott through the heart.

Acting and script was wonderful. The nuclear man seemed a bit forced but understandably so.

Amazing episode, was choked up with tears, and the message sent was beautiful. But two things: 1: couldn't they have funneled scuba gear or a scuba breathing tube down long enough so that it would stick in the air so he could breathe the whole time? 2: the acting/writing for the dad in the end...my god. The guy who just saved his son walked in and he sat there. Was he told to "smile and nod at your wife the whole time"? Very cringe.