Here's an interesting article with more background on the varying runtimes throughout this season, including the 30 minutes of 1x06. Some spoilers on the 2nd page, so avoid those if you haven't watched it all the way yet.
http://www.slashfilm.com/tv-show-running-times-the-oa/
By far the most illuminated episode of the season thus far. Clearly they are now working hard to get the fifth movement, they're to the point where they want the experiment and are participating, but the dread of Hap finding out becomes now possibly the thing that's holding them back.
Jason Isaacs plays Hap with an almost palpable sense of his rationalisations for his psychosis. Yet, without him there would be no story, right?
The OA continues to show her grit and determination, Homer continues to be the other focal point. Yet, the other three... we get almost nothing about them other than Hap's machinations to enslave Renata in the last episode, and we're two episodes from the end of this season (or whatever the hell Netflix calls these binge watches) my point is, the other three are still sketches.
Still, it's hard to fault the story. The pacing is excellent and remains consistent through all the episodes I've seen so far, and I am really enjoying Brit Marling's performance. She wrote this character for herself and it shows just how deeply she is into the work that The OA is really all you see on screen. I'm very impressed with the way she's built this story, and the execution, although it's not flashy, it's really well done.
With two episodes to go to the close of this clutch of episodes (I like 'clutch' better than 'season' for Netflix stuff), I'm very much curious to see how this comes to a close, and if we will be tortured for another season, the way we're being tortured for more Sense8 episodes.
Still, what a treat this has been to watch.
Why was this episode only half an hour? How the hell did the OA get the symbols on her back? It's not like any of the others could do it for her, and I'm sure Hap didn't do it.. this is bugging me so much. If you're not going to explain how she cut them into her own back, then just have her put them on her arms or something, come on.
Other episodes were longer than 55 minutes but this is not.
We learned now two movements were healing ones. That is why scott was healed.
And for days, their families never saw the doors were opened. Now michele's father saw and closed the door. And probably something will happen. Or it was for nothing. I dont know.
In the endings, some rings were shown and the voice (probably saturn's) was given. It takes 2-3 minutes after last scene. I did not see such endings in other series.
Interesting how short this episode is. What was it, 31 minutes?
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Maybe I missed something here but I wonder how did OA get to make those scars on her own back without anyone's help...