Feels like the show's weakest episode (I checked and this is the first one I ever rated down to 6).
Not for me definitely. The breakneck pacing has little regard for characters or a proper plot (so things must be convenient) and in this format more akin to something on SyFy or CBS rather than the ""HBO prime time slot""...
Underlying the FX sample pack with a Gil Scott-Heron song is just tone deaf and quite try hard imho (it didn't fit the scene nor the theme). George served his part as a plot device too apparently so let's commemorate it with killing him off...
"My anaconda don't want none, hun"
Wow, guess it only took two episodes for this show to become one giant hot mess of bland witchcraft and magic spells.
Should be grateful, more time to watch other shows.
Mmmm... Delicious cheese... I don't think I've ever been so excited about nothing happening! lol
Nah....boring plus few war stereotipes.
5/10 max.
PS. Stop displaying Serbs as animals, for God sake. Nicest people in Europe.
I'm not sure if I've just simply outgrown this show or if this last couple of episodes are actually this weak... I really can't get into them
The whole episode was aces (Lazslo is leaking into me apparently), but it was "Persian Frank Zappa" that put me over the top. Really superb season so far.
Some who comment here carry a very narrow view of gender. How 'Devs' handles gender is preferable to a lot of other series. if one cannot see why, consider looking up how Garland uses philosophy in his video projects; it's akin to that of Terence Malick.
This over-reliance on the sonic screwdriver is just too much. The doctor practically waves it at everything now. I'm genuinely surprised The Doctor didn't wave it in front of Graham at the end of the episode to tell him he's got a clean bill of health.
Let's face it - it's just not the same without BENNI :disappointed:
The funny thing is that after the episode ended, I came here to give it some stars.
I honestly struggle to see how this made it to air without someone stopping it. Awful writing (that contradicts existing Who), awful acting from some (BENNI!), a message so heavy-handed it's annoyed even the people who agree with it and don't even get me started on the 'cat' person.
Shouldn’t the TARDIS have caused the Cyrillic sign in the underground tunnel to appear as English?
Where did all the production-value go?
The first two episodes dragged me into the world of Star Wars, but after that it‘s all down hill to me. Acting just meh, almost no good looking alien races anymore, heck even the droid from this episode was a pesky human in a bad costume. Just as bad as both of those Twi‘leks and the horned guy - bad actors in bad makeup. I really hope they fix this soon.
It totally built up to a nice finale, but the only thing is they just had to introduce some mixing of blood magic crap into it, completely killing the sci-fi
In all seriousness, I felt that this episode had potential with its beautiful setting and the enigmatic main actress. But it falls short and it feels like I'm watching the indulgence of a writer and director just wanting to do a murder story for fun but not really tying in any larger themes or clever uses of technology.
