Reviews

....it's HBO. I don't know how HBO keeps doing it but they delivered another gem. At first I got a real Walking Dead vibe from this show and I was a fan of WD but this show is 10 times better than WD. The quality of writing, production and actors is just top notch. But can you expect anything else from HBO?

This episode....seriously.....Hollywood and all the other networks should watch this episode and take notes. This is how you include inclusivity in your tv shows and movies.

I seriously get tired of the Woke message in Hollywood. Not because I am against LGBTQ or whatever but against how they tried to ram it down your throat. They go about it in a totally wrong way.

This episode however should be the example of how it should be done. It's just two people who go through their trials and tribulations under the circumstances they are living in and they happen to be gay. Seriously all credit to the writers, the actors and production. I was blown away by this episode.

It also shows that quality is more important than if the actor is gay, colored or whatever.

Also the details, the character development in such a short space of time and the time jumping and how the two characters ended. I seriously thought when they first met that Offerman would be betrayed by Bartlett but the twist surprised me.

Like I said I really don't like how Hollywood is going about injecting inclusivity into tv shows and movies but if you didn't like this episode because there are gay characters in it then it isn't about the woke message but you being homophobic.

...it's a shame that the sets, locations, effects, costume designs went to waste like this. Because with some better camera work, camera effects and lighting the show has real potential were it not for the bad acting, the writing, the gutting of a classic and everything else.

And seriously, Disney? Yet another show/movie that needs to have 'strong female characters' and bumbling men so as not to infringe on the strong female character narrative? I mean there are all these men and guards at the castle and yet four women with some men to fluff it up go on a dangerous quest? And the only guard that is chosen is a an old man that has no business to be there in the first place and even he is gotten rid off 5 minutes into the quest? So even an old man could have endangered the strong female character narrative.

And of course the strong lead female character needs to be lesbian because that's how the Disney world turns nowadays.

And what kind of nonsense was the scene where Kit was trying to sneak out of the castle hiding in plain sight and Jade just walks up to her. And yet Kit is startled when Jade touches her. I mean... And then there is mist and Jade remarks 'Mist' like it's something special and out of the ordinary and then they proceed to look at it for 10 minutes. I mean, have you never seen mist or something?

Then when they are just outside of the wall and the old guy gets killed those men hunting them are right on top of them and they can't hit them with an arrow?

But anyway...the only reason I gave it 3 stars is because of the locations where it was shot, the sets, the effect and costumes other than that there's nothing there. I am not even sure if I'll even watch the next episodes.

...You've got a second rate magician who is using teachings of the Mystic Arts in his show. So the sorcerer supreme, you know the guy who can manipulate time, create portals to other realms and such, finds out that a former student uses it. So what to do what to do as sorcerer supreme? Ah of course! You take him to court! And seeing as this is about powers of mystical arts you not just go to any court. Noooo. You take him to the almighty American court. But of course your dispute won't be settled by any common laws. Nono, it will be judged by American law.... I mean make it make sense.

And remind me again? Wasn't Wong a fugitive from those same courts, you know, after he just took abomination out of prison so he could train? So how can he be in court and not get arrested?

And of course we see more of that men bad women good stuff. And the supposed to be funny 4th wall break downs.

Many Wongs don't make it right and this show is just wrong or for 12 year olds. If the latter is the case maybe I can understand this pile of ... better.

Explain this to me. So Daemon and Sea snake have been waging war against crabfeeder for years. They are losing badly, they are desperate, Daemon sends his brother a letter for help and when he answers all of a sudden we get this mighty Daemon who just walks up to Crabfeeder starts butchering an army, gets shot and right at the last moment sea snake comes in.

If it's that easy and crabfeeder is that gullible how come the war has lasted for years? Couldn't they come up with that plan a lot sooner? You know when the situation wasn't that desperate and you had a lot more men still living?

The battle scenes were great by itself but that whole part made little to no sense. Apart from that it was a good episode.

I love this show. I also like how they worked with the blackout in the story. It gave another dimension. I like how this show is not just about the main characters but also about side characters that get focused on in an episode and things going on in their lives.

I am pretty sure the detective isn't murderer. The clue is too obvious but the detective has had contact with the murderer or he got the glitter on his neck by coincidence in a totally other way unrelated to the glitter bomb.

I am still thinking she set up her own death because she was lonely and the biggest thing in her life got taken away from her. Probably as kind of a parting gift for the three of them. A riddle to solve.

Anyhow I liked the first season and was afraid the quality would drop off but much to my surprise and delight it still hitting all the buttons for me.

...I love Strange New Worlds. This is what Star Trek is supposed to be. This season finale just hit it out of the park. Not the biggest fan of the actor who played Kirk. Not saying that he's a bad actor but he didn't give me the Kirk vibes. Other than that the finale was great. The visuals were great too.

At the beginning of the season I was worried they were going to lay on the woke business thick again like in Discovery but they hit the right balance and did it just perfect. It just proves you don't have to lay it on as thick as Discovery.

All in all it has me excited for next season.

...I just love this show. It creates this atmosphere I haven't seen on a show in quite a long time. The writing is great, the acting, basically everything is just right.

This episode was great too. This show isn't just about the three main characters but deviates to other side characters at perfect moments like this episode. It's great how they give you different insides about the character.

My theory? She committed suicide. She was lonely and her job as head of the apartment board was taken away so she had nothing left in this world. But for her last farewell she made it look like a murder so the three had another story for their podcast and she would be remembered.

But that's just my theory.