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The Americans (2013)
The Americans
This show is so important to me. Along with Orphan Black, it's basically the first "adult" show I ever watched. I was 14 at the time when I started it, and I watched the episodes as they came out from season 3 onwards. I'm nearly 23 now and it's insane how different my perspective is on the show now that I know a lot more about the world. Binging it in 2 weeks also helped, because watching the show over 3 years as it came out really didn't help with my understanding of it. That's also ignoring the fact that my comprehension of film and TV shows when I was younger wasn't great to put it mildly. Now, while my personal philosophies prevent me from empathising with the Jennings, I can absolutely get behind their plight and mission, in a way anyway. The United States are not painted as saints by a long shot, and rightly so. It's a noble cause that the Jenningses are fighting for, even if it is completely futile. It's what makes them so fascinating, especially Elizabeth. Their tangle with duty against morals is always enthralling, and it makes for two incredibly complex characters. Honestly, forget Walter White or Tony Soprano (maybe idk I haven't watched The Sopranos yet), I think Elizabeth Jennings is the quintessential, definitive anti-hero. Season 6 in particular showcases her vicious ruthlessness superbly. Philip is a really great counterpart for her, and it's the type of duo, like Rust Cohle and Marty Hart, where you can't have one without the other.
There really isn't much to fault about the show at all. The writing is generally faultless. It does have some long stretches at times, but when it's good, it's brilliant. For me, 6>3>1>2>4>5. Season 6 is up there with the best individual seasons I've seen, with the finale being one of the best I've seen no question, which is a change from 18 year old me not being that satisfied with it the first time I saw it. Season 1 is also one of the better first seasons I've seen. I think there's no doubt that this show does tension like no other, and there were times in this rewatch where I found myself on the edge of my seat knowing full well what happens next. I do think by far my main gripe with the show was that far too often, scenes were cut too short. They ended unnaturally when there was definitely room for it to continue. It's more a shame than anything because countless opportunities were missed. I also think the show can be a slow burn at times, and most of the time it handles it well but I think season 5 especially it does kind of suffer from less than interesting storylines. Honestly I think the show could've sufficed with 5 seasons, or at least a condensed season 5, but I did still like it and it produced one of the show's best episodes, Dyatkovo.
Generally speaking, I only have praise for the show. I love it and it's without question one of my favourite shows, and one of the most under-appreciated shows of all time.
Dark (2017)
Dark
I'm very glad I watched this. In terms of subject matter, it's right up my street: existentialism, time travel, dark, gritty themes, etc etc. It really has just about everything I'd want from a sci-fi show. The amount of care and detail that went into the plot and characters can't be overstated. Characters especially. Every single character - and there are a lot of them - is carefully considered in terms of their motivations and desires. And like so many of the best TV shows, what is on the surface a convoluted (in this case extremely convoluted) story can actually be boiled down to a very simple yet profound story. I won't elaborate beyond that but the finale is unquestionably one of the best I've ever seen and rounded off the show perfectly. There is so much it did so well, including the magnificent score, the absolutely stellar music choices, the atmosphere, story, you name it. But there were a few fairly big things I took issue with.
When you have a show that revolves around literal cycles, at times it definitely shows. It often became rather tedious, particularly the longer it went on. Tedious doesn't mean boring in this case I should clarify, but rather the story often didn't really progress when it should have. Pretty much the entire series was shrouded in mystery, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but when it piled on the mystery and didn't give a whole lot of answers, it was felt at times. Not only that, but the same things are constantly being repeated, albeit usually from different perspectives which was usually fun and fulfilling, but like I said, a show that is so cyclical in plot and themes was always prone to being quite cyclical itself. Another big thing was that it kind of lacked a threat for pretty much its entire run. What with the constant mystery, the threat itself was a constant mystery. Who was the threat? What were the consequences? The show has villains, and they're really great villains, but so much of the story just lacked that driving force that is usually delivered by a fierce, concrete antagonist with contrasting goals to the protagonist. Many of the antagonists and mysterious characters in this show have very ambiguous goals, not helped by the constant 'he said she said' that seems to go on. No one can be trusted to such an extent that it's hard to tell when their goals differ and when they align with Jonas' goals. There is obviously a clear overarching antagonist, and he works very well, but I just don't think he delivered the same kind of threat as, say, Gus Fring or Hannibal. Whiterose from Mr. Robot is similar in the sense that her motives and actions are in a very grey area, but her desires remain the polar opposite of Elliot's which creates a dichotomy that drives the show. I just didn't really get that with this show. The cycle continuing was the threat, which obviously Adam didn't want but then also he's clearly painted as the villain so couple that with the cycle being everlasting throughout the show anyways, and you're left with a fairly flimsy threat. It wasn't completely lacking but it was certainly evident.
Beyond that, it was mostly just small things that I didn't really like, such as an occasional propensity for melodrama or the show being a bit too transparently crafted around reveals. It's a shame to say, but because of those main things I mentioned, I just didn't like this show as much as I ought to have. I mean it's a show about time travel, dystopia, borderline-occult crime, small town horror. By all accounts, I should've absolutely loved it. At times, I was definitely getting to that point. The second half of seasons 2 and 3 were both getting very very good, and I've already mentioned how fantastic the finale was. If the show had just been a bit more consistent and perhaps leaned less on its mystery, I probably would've loved it. It's a sticky one because there's pretty much nothing I'd change about its plot and it kinda did need all that time and those episodes to navigate such a complex story, but it worked both in its favour and to its detriment. It's still an excellent show and well worth watching.
Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks (2022)
Abhorrent
This is probably the worst episode of television I've ever seen. Absolutely despicable. Idk if this is a culmination of all the previous dross resulting in my hatred for this era reaching boiling point, but I do feel like this episode was especially abysmal, even for the current standards. There was not one single redeeming feature about this episode. Not one. Genuinely it is beyond woeful. I was actually really thinking about just switching it off, which I've never done with an episode of tv before bc they're literally like 40 minutes I may as well just watch it. That's what I ended up doing with this but it was a chore to see it all the way through.
This was the nail in the coffin for the Daleks; at this point I just never want to see them again. There hasn't been a single good Dalek story since The Stolen Earth/Journey's End, and this one completely butchered what little credibility they had left. It's as if this episode took all the absolute worst features of the Chibnall era and crammed them all in. Shocking dialogue, atrocious pacing, idiotic writing, painful acting, terrible score, zero character writing, ugly technical work. It's an absolute disgrace to the show and I'm not just saying that to be a hater. This era is genuinely by far the worst thing I've ever watched and I truly honestly cannot understand how people don't despise it, let alone enjoy it. To each their own but it's a completely alien concept to me. "Stop watching then" you'd probably say, and believe me I would have a long time ago, but a mixture of my love for the show before 2018 and RTD's return are what's keeping me going. Im just gonna have to grin and bear the next two episodes and then hopefully this show will be saved.
Doctor Who: Flux: Chapter Six - The Vanquishers (2021)
Atrocious
I think if this wasn't Chibnall's last series, this would have officially been the final straw and my third ragequit from this show. What's really astounding is that as woeful as this was, it was probably the best finale to come out of this era. Not by much, but the competition really isn't all that strong.
There are way too many things wrong with the episode to list in a concise review but off the top of my head, the Doctor ("never cruel or cowardly") enables and sanctions genocide. We don't actually get any substantial answers about the Doctor's past or Division, not that I really care but if you're gonna destroy the show's canon, at least explore it a bit instead of teasing it all series then just airing it. The Doctor ("the time lord lives too long") now seems to be completely averse to the idea of dying, acting as if it's impossible. The Sontarans, the same species of idiots that was bribed by chocolate in what is a genuine contender for worst scene of the entire show, managed to outsmart two of the alleged most dangerous, cunning villains in the show's history. Those same idiot Sontarans, not idiots by nature btw but idiots because of how this series has portrayed them, conveniently committed genocide off-screen. The Flux, a bundle of antimatter or something, is just imprisoned by what amounted to nothing more than a plot device, like pretty much every single character. The Doctor once again amounted to not much more than The Explainer, the Grand Serpent turned out to be utterly meaningless, Swarm and Azure were given the most absurd deaths. Pretty much the resolutions for all the storylines were ridiculous. There was no flow whatsoever, and for an episode that was once again non-stop action, amazingly almost nothing actually happened. Also what happened to 99% of the universe which has been destroyed??? But it's all good because the Doctor hugged Yaz and the Daleks are back for the third new year special in a row I guess.
When i was watching the episode, i was thinking that if I were to give credit to Chibnall for one thing, it would be his ambition because the Flux storyline was ambitious if nothing else, but after that ending I can't even call him ambitious. It was so utterly baffling I genuinely cannot believe it gets greenlit let alone made. A truly disturbing conclusion to what was generally a very bad series. Im so so glad there are only three more episodes of this.
Doctor Who: Flux: Chapter Three - Once, Upon Time (2021)
You know what
I actually quite enjoyed this. I usually wouldn't bother writing a review but I kinda went ham on the last episode so it's only fair ig. I was gripped right the way through and even though the pacing was choppy and there was quite a lot happening, i still like the way the plot developed. It also seemed to really tone down the usual issues, although they were still present to an extent (people not talking and behaving like normal people, relentless action etc). This wasn't amazing by any means, especially considering this is supposed to be the biggest story Who has ever done or whatever, but all the same this was a step in the right direction and probably the best episode to come out of the Chibnall era, or maybe second to fugitive. Im on my knees for it to not revert back to the quality of the last two episodes.
The Seventh Walk (2013)
The Seventh Walk
Another one of those sleep films that I just find completely and utterly somnolent. I often find that the synopses of these films sound really captivating, but then the film itself is actually just shots of trees and nature sounds. There were hardly any surreal aspects to this film, and I don't like the way the actual paintings were just slapped over the frame at times. I can see why people enjoy it but these meditative films are just not for me
(Watched 8th April 2021)
Doctor Who: Flux: Chapter Two - War of the Sontarans (2021)
Are we watching the same show????
I've seen pretty much nothing but praise for this episode and I'm honestly so confused. My main theory is that most people who dislike the Chibnall era have stopped watching by now. Even then, I'm seeing a lot of people who say they disliked series 11 and 12 say that this is a huge improvement. I'm truly baffled because I thought this was one of Chibnall's biggest atrocities in a sea full of them.
When I switch on this show nowadays, I know pretty much what to expect. I do honestly try to go in as open-minded as possible but it's clear to me that he cannot write (Doctor Who at least) to save his life. I've watched this show since I was 6 and this is by far the worst the show has ever been. I keep watching on the faintest hope that I can be proved wrong and the show actually might become somewhat decent before RTD comes back. I'll be real though, at this point it's mainly RTD returning that's keeping me going because I don't know how much longer I could otherwise persist with this absolute nonsense on my TV screen.
Stormtrooper aim isn't something that can be attributed purely to Chibnall but goodness me does he take the mick. Dan should've died at least three times this episode alone. Why have the Sontarans just been allowed to take present day earth with seemingly no military action? Why does Chibnall STILL insist on non-stop plot action? What happened to nice character moments that weren't related to the end of the universe or whatever? I feel like three series in I still know absolutely nothing about Thirteen. You would never think this is the woman whose entire planet and species have just been wiped out. Remember how Nine quite clearly had PTSD for a very similar reason? This Doctor is basically just a 2D Sherlock except she cheats by pulling out her sonic every five seconds. I feel so bad for Jodie because she could've been so good but I honestly don't think there's a single previous Doctor that could've done anything with these horrendous scripts.
These are basically my feelings towards the show as a whole since Chibnall took over. I hadn't written anything until now about it because I just didn't want to but this episode being as appalling as it was gave me the need to vent. I'm hoping that the remaining episodes not written by him will at least be an improvement but I won't hold my breath seeing as he is still the head writer. RTD can't come soon enough.
Breaking Bad (2008)
Breaking Bad
Before I go into detail, I want to clarify that this is one of the best shows I've ever seen. It has potentially the best resolution to a show I've seen, and the payoffs that come in the later seasons are amazing. Having said that, I have to say that it took a while to get going. I'd say that the first three and a half seasons are good, but just good. I honestly don't think there's much special about it up until then. It's a family drama centrally, and of course the whole show is, but the whole drug empire element doesn't really get majorly interesting until after that point in my opinion. The good thing about all that setup is that the payoffs that came in the second half of season 4 and then season 5 were worth the wait (just about). It's usually hard to justify such a long period of build up, but like I said the first three seasons were still good.
The writing and acting are definitely the strong points of the show. It pays such great attention to character and psychology especially, and the plot is so intricately crafted, often playing out like a game of chess. For a show about drug dealing, it's very elaborate. Walter White might be the most hatable character in TV history, and certainly has one of the most emphatic arcs. Bryan Cranston probably gave my second favourite performance I've ever seen (behind Tatiana Maslany in Orphan Black which is really nothing to be ashamed of). The soundtrack could at times be so so good, and the show also knew when not to be overbearing with it. Dialogue was also outstanding, particularly when it comes to Saul. He might just have my favourite dialogue of any character I've ever seen, it's just genius. This show did pretty much everything right and there's really not a whole lot I can criticise besides it being relatively slow to really get going.
My main point of criticism though, is the fact that I had no emotional connection to a single character in the show. It's notoriously difficult for me to connect to characters in that way so I'm taking that into consideration, but nevertheless it didn't happen. Are there even any characters that can objectively be sympathised with? Jesse, Hank, Flynn? On paper maybe, but it didn't happen for me. In my opinion there's nothing really emotional about the show. I know that it's not really trying to be, and its emphasis is more on its thriller elements, but all the same it's one of the big things I look for when I'm watching something, whether I have that emotional connection to it, and for this show I just didn't. Regardless, it's still a brilliant show and the final four episodes comprised what I consider to be probably the best climax to a show I've seen.
Mr. Robot (2015)
Mr. Robot
Where to begin. This show is undoubtedly the most high quality production I've ever seen. The plot is genius, the characters are fascinating, the acting is superb, the directing is astonishing. Sam Esmail is my favourite director because of everything he did with this show (but Comet is also amazing). The score is absolutely the best I've ever heard; Mac Quayle did a breathtaking job and I do hope Volume 8 gets released one day. It's incredibly hard to fault the show, particularly because it knew everything from day one. Esmail clearly had every little detail planned out from the very beginning and it shows. It made the payoffs so sweet, and all in all the story is just brilliant. So convoluted and yet in the end, so simple. Twists and turns everywhere, and respectful enough of its audience to subtly insert the clues and information in the right places. This was my first rewatch of the whole show, and I think it's safe to say that this more than any show is completely transformed once you know how it ends. The rewatch value definitely added a new dimension to it, although I can't help but feel like I enjoyed watching it more the first time around when I had no idea what to expect.
It's not a perfect show. I am not a huge fan of the narration and the show's insistence on the audience being a character in itself, and I'm also not really a fan of Elliot for pretty obvious reasons. He's excellently written don't get me wrong, but he's just not exactly likeable lmao. Besides those things, I honestly can't really think of any other downsides. I'd probably just be nitpicking. It's a show with a big heart, and a very satisfying conclusion. It's the best show I've ever seen by quite some distance (with the exception of Orphan Black) and I'm honestly not quite sure how they pulled it off the way they did.
Orphan Black (2013)
Orphan Black
I first came across this show when I was 15 when the second season had just finished airing. I remember for the third season before it was a Netflix original I stayed up until 4 am every night to watch livestreams because I was so obsessed. I'm still so obsessed with this incredible show, and I just finished my first ever rewatch all the way through. I hadn't done it until now because it's like I was avoiding it because I didn't want to accept that it's finished. I can't believe it's been basically 4 years since it finished and 7 since I first discovered it. It has stayed with me ever since and it's incredibly special to me.
It's not the best show I've ever seen (Mr. Robot is the only one I've seen that I'd consider to be better) but it will always be my favourite. Tatiana Maslany is one huge reason for that. In my eyes, she is comfortably the best actor I've ever seen. What she does in this show is completely baffling. Even now I still am in awe in pretty much every single scene at how she is able to play so many characters so effortlessly and convincingly. It's an absolute crime that she only got one Emmy and not five. Another huge reason I love this show so much is characters. I've never seen a series do characters the way this one does. I love all the sestras and clone club and I love to hate all the neolutionists and the proletheans and the castors. The writers did a ridiculous job of making such varied, complex, interesting, gripping characters and I've never been as invested in a group of characters as I have these, and I highly doubt that will ever change.
The show isn't perfect. The story is amazing but it's not immune to a lot of convenience and it tends to keep the audience in the dark as a principle which I'm not sure how to feel about. I do love the reveals and how convoluted the whole clone conspiracy is though and for the most part, except some of the storylines (mostly Alison ones), I really did love the story. The music could also be stunning but I don't like how there's never any silence at all, it's a bit jarring at times. Also not to be a pretentious film student but it's not a very "artsy" show, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but shows like Mr. Robot that do put more of an emphasis on things like cinematography benefit a whole lot from it. Despite all this, this show has a heart bigger than any piece of fiction I've ever seen, and that's why it means so much to me. I miss it so much and I'll always miss it, but it will always be in my heart and it will always be my favourite show. I'm so glad I got to experience most of it as it came out, and I'm so glad I got to experience it as I grew up. I'm so grateful for this show and I'm so grateful I got to see it.
Edit: I've rewatched Mr. Robot since writing this review and I have to say that Orphan Black is actually my #1 show. While Mr. Robot is undoubtedly better in terms of production and plot, it just doesn't quite have the same resonance that Orphan Black does. I can't really pinpoint it, but OB just has that special something. Upon my rewatch of OB, various episodes made me cry, and before this year I had never cried at any film or tv show (Arrival managed to be the first to do it a few months ago). I thought MR would do the same, but actually only two episodes managed to bring a single tear each out of me. They're both very different shows, but also quite similar in many ways. I love both of them but OB just has that punch that I haven't seen in any other tv show. Sometimes I wonder if it's because it's the first tv show I ever started watching that wasn't during my childhood, but then I started watching The Americans at the same time and I don't have nearly as big an attachment to that show (as amazing as it is). A year ago, I used to value quality over sentimentality, which explains why after MR finished in 2019 I thought it was the best show I'd ever seen. I think my definition of "best" has since changed, because now I see OB's ability to completely hold my heart in its grasp as the most inescapably impressive feat of anything I've ever seen. That's why it has to be the best thing I've ever seen.
The Moderators (2017)
The Moderators
Quite horrifying how depersonalised everything is in the moderating world. The moderators are taught to be mentally strong, and not use feelings in the process. The disgusting content that they have to sift through at a great rate is minimised to pixels on the screen and the binary codification of 'yes' or 'no'. I think the documentary did a good job of showing that
Nimic (2019)
Nimic
What a strange 11 minutes. The real appeal of this short was the very off orchestral music, and those zooms. Very very strange zooms, like they came out of the 70s. The whole formal makeup of the piece made it pretty unsettling, which made it perfect for the completely idiosyncratic plot. Mimicry leads to complete theft, and replacement, breeding a cursed cycle of corruption, beginning with the innocent question of "do you have the time?" Esoteric as it was, it didn't fail to be quite captivating, and the camerawork and cinematography were clearly very controlled
Low 7
Sampha: Process (2017)
Sampha: Process
Striking, stunning, esoteric, deeply personal. The cinematography was so beautiful. It made use of all kinds of amazing scenery and different vignettes. There was so much to this, and you can see that it's a story of love and pain, life and loss. You can also just tell how personal a work this is, especially paired with the brilliant music. Process is one of my favourite albums, and it worked so well here. This really is art
Low 8
Sumgyeol - Najeun moksori 3 (1999)
My Own Breathing
It was obviously a very tragic film, and I liked its holistic approach to the survivors. They told some harrowing stories about the monstrosities of the Japanese army, and the scariest thing was the nonchalant fashion in which that was done. One scene in particular that was striking featured a woman and her disabled daughter (as a result of her trauma), and after learning that her daughter had read about her mother's terrible experiences in a book she had written, didn't really seem that phased at all. It was a very matter-of-fact reaction to something which in reality was quite damning. Despite all this though, I just never really connected with the film. It might be my aversion to documentaries, it might just be that I personally just didn't emotionally relate. And how could I? I do appreciate the lack of men in the film because there's really not much most men could contribute to a topic like this.
Low 6
Chelovek s kino-apparatom (1929)
Man with a Movie Camera
Wasn't a fan. I like narrative heavy films so this just really didn't do it for me. Also very hard to be able to tell how it was ahead of its time when pretty much most of this stuff is just normal today, although the second half of the film was pretty innovative I'll give it that
Watched 11 November 2019
Paris Is Burning (1990)
Paris is Burning
Idk man I don't really do documentaries. I was fairly bored by this, probably had something to do with the fact that a lot of it was just dancing. It was well put together, though, and there were cool moments. It delivered a pretty good insight into the drag scene, but I feel like the involvement of so many people meant that there wasn't as much depth into individuals as there could've been. I also feel like certain topics were kind of gleaned over. Very much rate the shot of that old white anger in the restaurant tho
Watched 13 October 2020
Triumph des Willens (1935)
The Triumph of the Will
Well directed but a bit samey after a while. I suppose it's a bit of a controversial film too.
Watched 10 March 2019
Koto no ha no niwa (2013)
The Garden of Words
I really like the premise for this film, and I love the landscapes it captures, but the ending felt a bit strange and a bit extreme. Still felt like there were some weaknesses in writing and voice acting, especially at the end.
Watched 1 April 2019
La souriante Madame Beudet (1923)
The Smiling Madame Beudet
Some of the visual effects this film had were pretty impressive for the time it was made, but that's just about where my praise ends. Very strange and over the top film with a nonsensical plot. Sometimes I'm not quite sure what the screen was trying to tell me; maybe I'm just slow but in my eyes this attempt at a more visual, less narratively driven film fell flat.
Byutifuru nyu bei eria purojekuto (2013)
Beautiful New Bay Area Project
Idk why people are hating on this so much. I thought it was hilarious. A quite stylish short, it detailed a CEO bum's failed quest to pull a construction worker. I honestly did not expect the route it took after that, but it was great. It was like one of those elevator games or that episode of spongebob where you work your way up to the final boss. Except in this case, the final boss is a pathetic blithering moron "protected" by an equally pathetic henchman who gets absolutely destroyed. I thought it was very funny, well choreographed, and stylistically shot, and I'm not sure why so many didn't like it. What's not to like? Was it because the so-called traditional gender roles got flipped on their head? A construction woman absolutely obliterating security guards was great to watch. Of course, this was never going to be the short equivalent of Seven Samurai or whatever but nonetheless it was very nicely done
High 7
Blue Boy (2019)
Blue Boy
Its concept wasn't exactly exhilarating, and that translated through the production. It really was just shots of men just sitting in the bar, often doing nothing but staring into the camera. Their stories weren't profound or anything. In fact, they were pretty mundane. There really wasn't much to this, especially seeing as emotions were muted for the most part. That being said, you could still kinda gauge the mens' personalities just from the combination of these little snippets of voice recording and a camera recording their every facial twitch, so I think that's definitely where the intrigue of the film comes from. All the same, that didn't prevent it from being largely quite boring
Low 5
Sete anos em Maio (2019)
Seven Years in May
I liked it. The monologue that must've gone on for about 15 minutes was excellently done. A really harrowing speech that spoke without restraint on the terrifying police state that seems to be Brazil. That monologue, and then conversation with the stranger, really was the substance of this film. The opening was quite forgettable, and the ending, though quite captivating, was fairly on the nose. In my opinion, a good short employs the camera to do one job and makes sure it does it to the best of its ability. For this film, excluding the crusts, the camera became a microscope, fixated on Rafael for practically every word he spoke, and even when he didn't speak. A good and important watch
Mid 7
Szél (1996)
Wind
I quite liked this one. Very nicely done. No words; in fact, barely anything at all from the actors. This was like a painting that unfolded as the camera panned around in a circle. A 360 degree painting in a way. Like many paintings, it tells a story whose true mystery will never be revealed. Simply put, a great demonstration of the use of the camera as a paintbrush.
Low 7
Strasbourg 1518 (2020)
Strasbourg 1518
This was a short, and yet it still dragged. I think it's because the accompanying soundtrack was the audial embodiment of ketamine. The dancing itself was a bit strange and the message of the film wasn't revolutionary, but I think the editing was very nicely done. I think the editing is definitely what made this short, because it was the main source of the short's character imo. I still disliked it but it was fairly interesting considering
Low 5
In My Room (2020)
In My Room
I didn't really like it to be honest. It was pretty unique, artistic, and personal, but that doesn't really mean it had all that much to it. Saying "it's hard dying alone" a few times does not automatically imbue a work with profundity. The cinematography was great, though. I especially liked the use of negative space, which went well thematically with what Maji was saying. Apart from that I just don't think there was all that much to this.
High 5