Genuinely and happily, surprised by this episode. From the preview last week, I didn't have that much hype for it but I definitely stand corrected. Ben learning more about himself and connecting the leap to his own experience is awesome to see. I feel like with Sam there were little moments of this but not as prominent as it has been in this series.
The leap itself was pretty decent just in terms of setting a sense of urgency. Having something set to happen within a short amount of time provided a good amount of tension for this one where it didn't really have much time to waste. However, it is definitely one of those leaps where the people in them or the person leapt into doesn't matter that much. I don't even think we can a full-on mirror shot in this episode.
The present day stuff and looking into who this mysterious other leaper is was interesting. My initial thought was that it could be Sam and that be a way to get around Scott Bakula not being in the show but it seems like I'm wrong. I'll definitely be interested to see where they take this angle but it is stuff like this that plays to the advantage of this series over the original. We didn't get to see this kind of stuff by the time the evil leapers were introduced.
The next episode looks like an absolute trip. I will say that they are definitely going in a very Sam direction with Ben from the preview with him saying there has to be a scientific reason whatever happens in the episode. Maybe would've been cool for Ben to be a believer in the supernatural or something but still interested none the less.
Review by CoVIP 2BlockedParent2022-10-25T03:11:34Z
Genuinely and happily, surprised by this episode. From the preview last week, I didn't have that much hype for it but I definitely stand corrected. Ben learning more about himself and connecting the leap to his own experience is awesome to see. I feel like with Sam there were little moments of this but not as prominent as it has been in this series.
The leap itself was pretty decent just in terms of setting a sense of urgency. Having something set to happen within a short amount of time provided a good amount of tension for this one where it didn't really have much time to waste. However, it is definitely one of those leaps where the people in them or the person leapt into doesn't matter that much. I don't even think we can a full-on mirror shot in this episode.
The present day stuff and looking into who this mysterious other leaper is was interesting. My initial thought was that it could be Sam and that be a way to get around Scott Bakula not being in the show but it seems like I'm wrong. I'll definitely be interested to see where they take this angle but it is stuff like this that plays to the advantage of this series over the original. We didn't get to see this kind of stuff by the time the evil leapers were introduced.
The next episode looks like an absolute trip. I will say that they are definitely going in a very Sam direction with Ben from the preview with him saying there has to be a scientific reason whatever happens in the episode. Maybe would've been cool for Ben to be a believer in the supernatural or something but still interested none the less.