Reviews

This. This is why we can't have nice things.

Openly sold as anti-nuclear propaganda, Netflix continues their pathetic crusade against science and facts with this sub-par cringefest.

An interesting story, but Mary Sue aspects are inescapable.

*After days of training, the protagonist is stronger than the strongest witches who have ever walked this planet.

*She's always right, and profoundly flawless, just because.

*Anyone she meets will go out of their way to help her.

*Anyone she meets who doesn't instantly start helping her is profoundly evil.

*Effortlessly overcomes any obstacle or opponent.

This series is gripping, well planned. A masterpiece.

This episode, however....

...not so much. The authors believe that "repulsive sex crime" & "scary" are the same thing.

The female antagonist was, from episode 1, the worst actor in the mix. But every sun has its spots, so viewers love the series despite her underwhelming ability to elicit emotional response.

In this episode, this already weak actress tries to walk around slurping her lips as if she was Hannibal Lecter, and subjecting the protagonists to sexual abuse.

The name of every episode spoils the ending. Each episode begins with a spoiler. Every 5-10 minutes, the narrator AGAIN spoils the ending, by emulating how "Dora the Explorer" narrates a mystery.

AVOID. Do NOT buy this series.

Every single episode is started with a monologue, where the narrator spoils the entire episode and even reveals exactly how the key evidence was found.

It's painfully obvious that this was not a decision by the creators, but rather by the narrator demanding that every episode start with a close in on his face. Whether it's for self-promotion, or that he sincerely believed we viewers want to see his face more is unclear, but this makes the entire series unwatchable.

Can't possibly overstate how this series is causing my inner sci-fi nerd to do backflips of joy. The acting is believable, no plot armour since each outcome seems plausible. And a perfect balance between side tracks that don't pan out, making the story developments feel natural.

I am grateful beyond words that I'm alive to see this series!

The first act sets up all the old "pulp movie tropes". But just like the first instalment, there's a perfect mix of subverted expectations, and fulfilled expectations to make it entertaining.

You're about to listen to SIX HOURS of one man wannabe-stuttering his way through the most boring role ever written.

STAY AWAY.

Watch something better instead.

This series is divided into two sections: First it says it's the victim's fault that Ted killed them. Saying they were all sheep, part of the machine that trapped Ted and forced him to kill.

Secondly it absolves Ted from all blame. Saying that he was the victim of government mind control, and was really a misunderstood man, not a murderer.

Repulsive.

Watched it with an open mind, but as the journalist claims HE HIMSELF became the PIVOTAL part in a conspiracy where all smart people targeted the "proudly self educated masses" I came to a realisation:

Either he's severely delusional

OR HE'S A FRAUD. A marketing gimmick, trying to promote his own career.

Through documented and reviewable evidence this documentary shows how Russia's military industry has started targeting the free information exchange that the internet is.

Two targets: Russia no longer pretends that life in Russia is worth living. Instead they convince the Russian people that the rest of the world is even worse.

The second goal of the IRA, Internet Research Agency, is to undermine and destroy democracies wherever democracy currently exists.

A must watch!

The series has almost always depicted people being torn between what they believe is right and what they're SUPPOSED to believe is right. This episode puts less weight on the sneaky-spy-business and characters otherwise depicted as cold blooded patriots also become torn by thinking of the possible consequences if someone uses the weapon they're trying to obtain. When Paige starts asking questions about a possible apocalyptic war the protagonists also have to ask themselves what their children will think of them. There isn't much else to say about this episode, the internal and interpersonal conflicts are gripping and realistic. However many scenes are ruined by bad music blasting in the background, often just as loud as the conversations. This breaks the tension in otherwise gripping scenes. The music doesn't enhance the mood of the scenes, it just seems like random 70:s and 80:s music from someone's old CD collection.