[7.3/10] Another backstory-heavy episode. I appreciated the mystery and the weirdness of our heroes making it to Founders Island and seeing the flourishing society with Minerva-bots everywhere. There is, by necessity, a great deal of exposition in the episode, but I like the way it filled in Susan’s backstory, giving her a connection to Finn that makes sense. The reveal that she was sent to find him after Martin’s escapade was a good one.
It also captures, albeit glancingly, the difficulty Minerva experienced when he life was turned upside down, and the psychological effect it had on her. Dr. Gross is still a big work-in-progress as a character in my eyes, but the notion that Finn was an itch Minerva couldn’t scratch, and so in response, she tried to help the whole island and everyone in it, is satisfying stuff.
We also get the first wisps of reunion between Susan and Frieda, and they’re equally satisfying and sad, with Frieda seemingly having been changed by force, but there’s more to come on that front.
Overall, this is the one segment of the mini-series that feels pretty incomplete without the next one, and it’s a bit bloat-y with backstory, but it works.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2017-02-26T20:52:06Z
[7.3/10] Another backstory-heavy episode. I appreciated the mystery and the weirdness of our heroes making it to Founders Island and seeing the flourishing society with Minerva-bots everywhere. There is, by necessity, a great deal of exposition in the episode, but I like the way it filled in Susan’s backstory, giving her a connection to Finn that makes sense. The reveal that she was sent to find him after Martin’s escapade was a good one.
It also captures, albeit glancingly, the difficulty Minerva experienced when he life was turned upside down, and the psychological effect it had on her. Dr. Gross is still a big work-in-progress as a character in my eyes, but the notion that Finn was an itch Minerva couldn’t scratch, and so in response, she tried to help the whole island and everyone in it, is satisfying stuff.
We also get the first wisps of reunion between Susan and Frieda, and they’re equally satisfying and sad, with Frieda seemingly having been changed by force, but there’s more to come on that front.
Overall, this is the one segment of the mini-series that feels pretty incomplete without the next one, and it’s a bit bloat-y with backstory, but it works.