Quite possibly the most moving anti-suicide message ever displayed across any medium. Maybe the most impressive achievement I've ever seen on TV
For someone who has dug graves before he sure doesn't know how to use a spade...
Otherwise a fine Episode.
Great cast and great writing so far.
Dam that was an uncredited Tom Hanks buried in that make up!!!
Jared just sealed his coffin and proved that he will never be with Michaela now after how he has treated 2 people badly with callings and didn't believe her. Stupid Jared.
Said it before, but it bears repeating: weaponizing old Fringe events is cool as hell. Although, I could've done without seeing the gross-as-shit squids again... (Seriously, that was hands down the worst episode of the series.) Leave it to Fringe to make use of their last opportunity to be weird.
I think I enjoyed S5 a little more this time than I did on my first viewing, but I still think it's the worst season. It ruined Observers, which is my favorite aspect of Fringe. A shame.
Overall, I like this show. But I wish it had less filler episodes, and also did not repeatedly have gross stuff. A lot of things felt like they wanted to get disgusting for the sake of being disgusting, which is not my jam. When the show focuses on the main plot, though, it really excels. It has a good plot... but there's so much that gets in the way of it.
This episode is greatly underrated and over criticized. It sets up many plots for seasons to come, May not be nonstop action but its an absolute must watch for the series.
I rarely ever rate anything with 10/10, but this episode would have qualified for the highest praise for at least three different reasons. Fantastic!
"If this was a male character it would be a straight-up sitcom, but because there's a woman as the main character there's all this moral twists and turns that somehow she has to navigate. The fact that half the sex scenes are dreams, and that 95% of those dreams are women dreaming, shows that this series caters to married women than want to see something risqué alone while having a bucket of ice-cream and dreaming of their formal slutty selves, before some kid or the husband demands attention from them." -noiseformind
I think the half brother should be killed.
The fight scenes are cool, but two things bothers me.
1) In the fight scenes the villans are blind and deaf?!
If they are blind, I believe they improved hearing during the years, but in the fight scenes one person get a punch and the other person is near and don't hear!?
2) They are mute too?
Why they don't scream when they are hit? To some one hear and come to help.
In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Why Haniwa choose to kill Bax instead Tamacti? Why?
Listen, she’s not the first woman to find God through an orgasm. :joy:
“Why didn’t you give me half?” yeah that moment sums up Kevin and Nora’s relationship, that they know they are not okay but they don’t do anything to stop each other cause they just don’t care, they are enabling each other with their madness, and that hotel room scene was just so perfect, both coming home after a day of insanity just to be all like “oh yeah cool” and I’m pretty sure Nora truly wanted to go through the machine, I wonder what the right answer was cause we saw that man say no and nora said yes, probably like someone said in the comments the right answer was “i don’t care, it’s not my world anymore”
That final shot was just perfect! I just hope Carrie Coon won all the awards with this performance!
Erm... I realize that the protagonists can't be just fired... but are they really worth many other hospitalworkers? Why keep them and not somebody else? It would have been more realistic to at least fire one of them: Why keep Reynolds (the deputy) but not the chief? (Granted, the triangle situation was tiresome but in the hierarchy Batiste had a better standing...) Why fire the Head of Neurology? And that conflict between Lauren and Casey was rendered moot when he was let go.
And we know that Max and Helen won't leave - so all the "bad" decisions are going to be reversed anyway.
Damn, the last 10-15 minutes had me crying. I wonder if we’ll ever find out the contents of the letter to Asher from his father.
Pretty solid start, though in typical Star Trek fashion too many of the characters are making stupid decisions without reason besides "the plot compels them".
Is their goal to make Wendy completely unlikable? Because they're succeeding. "I hate you and still don't forgive you but you need to do this thing for me or else." Childish.
The flagship fund plotline was terrible. Bonnie is an insufferable character. It's also not a compelling storyline to have people getting paid 6-7 figures whine about not being paid more. What a travesty that must be.
I'm hoping that slight hesitation at the end with Taylor means someone close to them will finally tell them they need to stop. This whole feud is literally their fault in the first place.
This episode feeds into what I was saying earlier - this season has gotten a bit too wacky. The fight was nonsense.
In the Evening? Huh, that's a fairly deep cut for a Led Zeppelin song. Wouldn't have ever expected to hear it on a show.
After Episode 6, I had to binge the rest. After the first part of this series, I wanted Otis/Ruby to be the endgame - loved her coming to the rescue in the previous episode! I think a show like Sex Education is a show that can be bold and admit that something worked better than they expected and change the long term plans. However, they did just enough with Otis and Maeve that I won't be disappointed if they don't.
I cannot believe we're in a position now at the end of Season 3 where we're actively rooting for both Adam and Michael Groff. Aimee continues to also be the best (poor Steve, though, he is lovely but Aimee did need to do that). I'm also surprised at just how pleased I was to see Lily back to herself. I am reminded of Ted Lasso with this show in the sense they do a very good job of creating whole characters (and not just because Hannah Waddingham exists in both).
[lowkey pissed they are seemingly are pulling 'Jakob's not the father' on us]
wonderful season. S4 is official.
This is truly a well put show. And one where there is no forced sexuality or race or gender. Everything feels pretty natural and real life-like. I have liked characters that if they were "forced" in other setting (which is something that Netflix specially tends to do), they would probably won't work for me. Eric still keeps being amazing and his relation with Otis feels very genuine (although i think he wasn't in his best behaviour this season). Adam's character keeps developing even more, and the actor was able to really capture this evolution (from a "no-emotion" bulk bully to a guy that feels confident enough to say "i'm pretty"). I think the next season should be the last one before it gets stretch too much. This end-season wasn't bad at all if it were a finale, but i really wouldn't mind to see a new one. The story is so wide that keeps you hooked enough to want more. Cheers to Netflix for this one
Brilliant season. Oh, and Bark Wahlberg :joy:.
Oof... what Hope just did. There are teachers who will do whatever it takes to maintain 'control'. I felt so bad for them. Especially Lily. This is the sort of shit that will break a person. I hope we get to see her get her spark back!
Why why why must the writers toy with our hearts so much! I was so nervous when Eric was in Nigeria! and I'm so mad he kissed Oba! Adam is back home trying to think of ways to express how much he cares for Eric and truly making an effort. It's crazy how much I started to love Adam!
Wow. That school is getting more and more f:asterisk_symbol:d up by the episode. These are… medieval methods, I’m appalled. It’s ridiculous. And that not more students stood up? It’s obviously wrong. I’m guessing she went through similar things in her youth (although, at the same facility?)
But reigning in fear… and the manipulation...
In her office I thought "Woah, Viv should record this", but then she left the office and... f yeah.
Interesting that Eric's granny said "they", if she were as stuck up/backwards, she'd just have stuck with "she" :thinking:
This episode had some very beautiful moments. First the flashback to Michael's mother cooking. The atmosphere, the composition, the aspect ratio change - it was very warm. I could really tell that it was his good memory, with the sharp contrast of his father that inhibited him so much and caused him to grow up as a stone cold man. I love that the scene of him cooking replicated his mother's so well. Truly touching.
And Eric's story with his mother, I love to see good parenting in action. I loved that the show didn't try to say "no" to Eric and his identity but instead acknowledged his mother's weakness and therefore Eric's strength as a gay man. This show is really, uniquely, good and this episode had some very hard hitting feel good scenes.
Meanwhile, the main story with Maeve and Otis is really getting gummed up. No one is clear with what they want and so everyone is just a toss up - I understand that they are all kids but damn...they really tossed Ruby aside.
Come on, Eric cheating on Adam was so unnecessary.
They're still trying to make their relationship work and this whole season just showed all the effort Adam puts into it (improving his grades, writing poetry, having open conversations, managing his anger issues). Meanwhile Eric gets upset when Adam doesn't want sex or when he's worried about Eric in Nigeria? And now Eric cheats on him? I'm all for multi-dimensional characters, but would be great to see some effort or good side of Eric in this season.
"I don't think I feel that emotion"
"Very often, Michael, when children are bullied by a parent, they falsely learn that emotions are a sign of vulnerability, and so they shut them off"
that hits hard..
- Ah, the first time a son/daughter is mature enough to call their parents out on their flaws, well done Otis
- That Nigerian accent is really testing my English comprehension tonight, as a foreigner as well lol
- Mmm that photographer is not saying it all, careful Eric...
- Here he is - Michael/Anton Ego
- Phew
- No Eric, come on, poor Adam
What is up with teen dramas and cheating? First Maeve, now Eric. Also the fact that a 17 year old went gallivanting around a strange city with an adult he just met is messed up. I know they didn't hook up, but the fact that the show made us think for a minute there that they did is gross. Like, sir, that is a literal minor, please go to jail.
The headmistress is evil evil. What she did to Adam, Lily and Cal was horrible. The students need to riot right now and get her removed.
Loved the simple moment of Adam's dad recreating the joy he felt cooking with his mom as a child. Very touching scene.
Oh, man! Matt really loves playing martyr huh! Like he was already back in, and he got his bracelet back and the people on the inside had no clue about his little adventure and he is kinda known so even if he didn’t wear his bracelet he would be accepted back in, but he loves to suffer!!!!
And I’m glad they aren’t using a mini departure to explain what happened to the girls, cause it would be easy to blame it on Nora Durst but I’m glad there’s so much else to it!! Can’t wait to see what mess Meg has planned!
WOW! Like I don’t know how someone can come up with this representation of the afterlife, but it was brilliant!!! I’m not sure it was just afterlife or hell but the way he got in out of the bathtub like a fish out of water and then out the depths of earth as if he just escaped hell, it was just ridiculously great! It was a little too much for my average mind and I don’t think I was in the right mindset to fully appreciate this but still I can see it was a masterpiece.
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