This special was just the best kind of fanservice. Katy's facial reactions while sex-chirping with Dax and Ron are deliciously nuanced. We even saw a degree of mutual respect appear between Wayne and Stewart; maybe that'll be explored further in the next set of episodes.
This wouldn't be a good sample of the series for a new viewer -- definitely one to watch once you've bonded with the characters -- but it reassures me that the show isn't losing any steam. Fantastic.
Slowest episode of the series so far, and not much of a payoff for it.
Best episode since the first one! Gestalt shines in the field and expresses emotion that's finally believable. Conrad steps out of his ebony ivory tower and gets his hands a little dirty, at least politically, and Farrier takes a similarly large step forward. Monica remains wrapped up in her own B-story, but she's been furniture the whole season anyway.
It was great to see Myfanwy use her power with some control, but it's still only as a weapon; she's not yet harmlessly exploring and manipulating musculature as featured in the book, and that's the more interesting side of her ability. I hope that's where season 2 is headed, assuming this season had enough viewers to greenlight another one. The ending was as satisfying as a first-season finale can ever be, which is to say far better than most -- as an end to the season or to the series.
I still would have preferred a direct adaptation of the book(s), because this is so different that it's really more of a "based on" than an actual adaptation... but at least they got rid of Stephenie Meyer before production began.
If we're supposed to buy Gestalt as the somewhat scorned romantic lead, it's annoying to find out they spotted Myfanwy drunk and attempting to leave, then came at her successively in multiple rooms until she stopped saying no -- especially since that's the event they're acting scorned about since the first episode.
Encouragingly close to the source material so far, especially in those crucial first few scenes. Good casting, too. Can't wait to see where they take this adaptation -- there's already a second book in the series.
