One of the worst episodes so far, with a very weak attempt at having thematic parallels between the present story and past story, culminating in one the cruellest thing the characters have done yet.
The writers forced these two charactors in with a crow bar, didn't know what to do with them, so brought their arcs to a head with what they probs thought was a clever 'twist' of burying them alive. But then they had to scramble to find a present story that would fit the theme of trust, and the Sun kidnapping subplot was all they could think of, resolving that in the tamest way possible.
The end of the episode I was left with such a bitter taste in my mouth. These flawed but good protagonists BURIED PEOPLE ALIVE!!! Unknowingly or not, it just doesn't sit with you well. Even if they both killed someone, they killed him quick and as painlessly as they could, and never showed him malice to his face. Even when they double crossed each other, she just put him to sleep for 8 hours, she didn't kill him. They would have revolved things eventually if they woke up in time. In no way did they as charactors deserve one of the worst ways of dying someone could ever experience. Absolutly awful.
The only thing worse than this episode so far are the awful fake British accents everyone but Charlie and Desmond have in the rest of the series. The (presumably American) casting directors had no idea what accents in the UK sound like, and cba to cast actual British people, so only hired people people with terrible 'posh English' accents, and filmed them in places that look nothing like places in the UK :/
Review by effcolBlockedParent2023-07-04T14:57:01Z
One of the worst episodes so far, with a very weak attempt at having thematic parallels between the present story and past story, culminating in one the cruellest thing the characters have done yet.
The writers forced these two charactors in with a crow bar, didn't know what to do with them, so brought their arcs to a head with what they probs thought was a clever 'twist' of burying them alive. But then they had to scramble to find a present story that would fit the theme of trust, and the Sun kidnapping subplot was all they could think of, resolving that in the tamest way possible.
The end of the episode I was left with such a bitter taste in my mouth. These flawed but good protagonists BURIED PEOPLE ALIVE!!! Unknowingly or not, it just doesn't sit with you well.
Even if they both killed someone, they killed him quick and as painlessly as they could, and never showed him malice to his face. Even when they double crossed each other, she just put him to sleep for 8 hours, she didn't kill him. They would have revolved things eventually if they woke up in time. In no way did they as charactors deserve one of the worst ways of dying someone could ever experience. Absolutly awful.
The only thing worse than this episode so far are the awful fake British accents everyone but Charlie and Desmond have in the rest of the series. The (presumably American) casting directors had no idea what accents in the UK sound like, and cba to cast actual British people, so only hired people people with terrible 'posh English' accents, and filmed them in places that look nothing like places in the UK :/