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@Miel - I guess you kind of have to score it like the Olympics. An athlete attempts some hitherto before "impossible" quadruple, fourple, double backflip in the pike position phantasmal layout, and, while they make the move, they are wobbly on the landing so, they get scored on the move, but, have a "difficulty" points adjustment which can boost their actual final score. Then, another athlete does a relatively "simple" move, but, executes it PERFECTLY which would seem to deserve a higher score, but because it is considered less difficult, they place behind the athlete that seemingly flubbed their routine.
This is IMO the quandary that "Constellation" faces. Other shows have executed the timey, whimey, wibbly wobbly conundrum more flawlessly, however, they weren't also juggling chainsaws, spinning plates on poles, and hula hooping at the same time. Therefore, do we penalize them for not sticking the landing without the extra step or two to maintain their balance, or, can we overlook that because of the difficulty of trying to pull it off in the first place?
Part of this schizophrenia is also due to the writers and producers having to write a show that MAY get renewed for another series, or, may end up being "one and done". So, they can't give all the plot away, lest they have nothing for round two, yet, have to give the viewers a cogent and compelling enough storyline to warrant them tuning in. Thus we have drawn out segments like the Coleman twins bantering back and forth with each other via a kiddy tape recorder whilst crammed into a dark closet staring into a mirror. I half expected one of them to start saying, candyman, candyman, candyman, and the "Valya" to suddenly appear. (which it kind of did in the end when the ex cosmonaut fessed up)
Jonathan Banks turns in another yeoman performance as Henry (Bud) Caldera, valiantly attempting to keeping the cray cray away, but just barely. Noomi Rapace is rapidly becoming the go to gal for IDK but I might be losing my mind in space dramas. She has a way of being both compellingly fierce, yet at the same time vulnerable and melancholy, which works well for her character Jo Ericsson. However, IMO it's "buckwheats" for James D'Arcy's Magnus as well as William Catlett's Paul Lancaster, the former for gaslighting his wife, and the latter for gaslighting an entire space agency cuz he got the ick sitting next to a (mostly) dead coworker, leaving her lost in (a) space (station).
Hopefully, the bean counters will greenlight an additional 8 episodes, which would give the writers a chance to fill in a bit of Irena's back story as well as the fate of the two Henry's.
In the meantime.... Take a Pill:
the final scene was compelling but otherwise this was a pretty mundane finale. i know they had to leave certain things open for a potential second season but things came together in such an uneven way; i wanted more answers.
the series started of strong and ended on a mediocre note (ep 6&7 were especially underwhelming and repetitive) but it’s an overall good watch. hopefully, if/when s2 happens they’ll tighten things up. plotwise, some of the ‘mysteries’ seemed like they were there just to drag things along instead of really adding anything relevant to the story and the dialogue was at once stark and overly stilted. paired with the lacklustre character development—irena was apparently important and the actress was great, yet she had a strangely inconsistent arc and was disappointingly underwritten—im almost shocked they managed to stick the landing.
The ending made me laugh out loud. I hope they get a second season so we can see them explain this with quantum mechanics.
(Imagine sending a Swedish astronaut to a Russian psychiatric hospital. This really is another universe.)
Wtf was going on with that ending? I hope there won't be a second season, one was already more than enough, thank you.
what a disappointment. the final scene completely ruined the already ruined show
This is such a disappointing finale. Another in a long line of Apple shows. Start slowly, pick up speed and close out the story by penultimate episode and then fall off the cliff or introduce dues ex machina plots in the final episode.
Understood absolutely nothing.( Not being rude)
The episode feels unfinished. Jo and Alice agree to their fates, and somehow Jo is pregnant?? When did that happen? She just came back to earth??
Henry seems stuck and that whole thing didn't resolve, but the CAL is destroyed so it's over??
And then there's a weird monologue about how space makes people crazy, but that doesn't make sense?? Was CAL responsible for this strange reality shift or just a matter of space? That they still didn't give an answer is disappointing. It feels like they're doing the viewers a disservice.
Some of this episode seems to set up the audience for a second season, but I don't think I was satisfied by the first to say it should get a second.
Really good show even though a lot of things have been left open in this final episode. The last scene was bonkers and the show definitely needs a second season.
Shout by Sebastian HagedornVIP 11BlockedParent2024-03-27T20:48:22Z
That was disappointing. Yes, the final moment is compelling, if implausible, but overall there just wasn't enough to hold on to. The show tried to be poignant, but it didn't work on me. I don't trust the writers to remedy that in a potential second season, so I don't think I would watch it.