The funny thing is that after the episode ended, I came here to give it some stars.
First of all I’m a really GREAT fan of The Orville :) But start of this episode looked strangely familiar, then i remember it. Black mirror, season 3 episode 1 - Nosedive :)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5497778/?ref_=ttep_ep1
Anyone seen that?
So no one is going to talk about how the order of episodes for this show is messed up? And it's not Trakt. Even on Peacock the order is like this. They threw in the Olympics episode after the season 1 finale?
Glenn still has his job. Chey is still pregnant Disorienting for binging purposes.
I see many people here complaining that the message of this episode was blatantly obvious and simple, but I don't really think that is the point of the episode.
In my interpretation, this episode was mainly here to tell a story of a tragic character that does immoral things out of desperation whilst also showing glimpses of humanity in his actions, which in no way justify his actions. Similarly, they try to humanise each and every side of this story. Even the big CEO of the company that arguably does a lot of social evil has his big humanising moment, where he admits that it all spun out of control, and I think we can all relate to that.
There is no evil character. It is all a complex web that creates evil, and the point, as I see it, was not to bash into the heads of people to not text and drive, or to stop using social media, but simply to tell a story. A story that utilises the all-consuming technology in our society, and I think it does that job fantastically. It is suspenseful, layered, and incredibly moving.
A wonderful goodbye to a decaying show. After quite a few underwhelming seasons, against all odds, they gave us a genuinely funny and very heartwarming episode. Ain't gonna lie, I shed a tear or two (and not only during Sheldon's Nobel speech). They've truly put some heart into this series finale, there isn't a single thing I can complain about it. The show ended on the highest possible note.
I was prepared to be disappointed by the lack of guest stars in the final episode, but then Buffy the Vampire Slayer :heart:
Twelve seasons is a big chunk of life, and I'm glad to have The Big Bang Theory being a part of mine for this long. I will miss these guys.
Shouldn’t the TARDIS have caused the Cyrillic sign in the underground tunnel to appear as English?
Great dual moment at the end with them both realising they have met. And so the game of cat and mouse begins!
I like how flawed they both are, it's such a rarity to have layered female characters written well. Really liking this show.
Designated Survivor is great and enjoyable because of the people involved in it... but also increasingly predictable. They have this structure of:
I like the show because I love to see Kiefer Sutherland and the supporting cast has been wonderful as well, and it's been a "feel good" show, really - even when the outcome of Kirkman's problems is not that great, there is still a positive message being shared. And what can I say about Lyor's scenes, always on point. However, I fear that without innovation the show doesn't have much of a future, especially with the investigation stuff not being that interesting. We'll see what happens.
What the hell was that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Once again, so. much. stupid. My two faves: (1) Four missiles are headed for DC and so a message goes out that residents within 400 miles should evacuate. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! As if folks in DC would even be able to make it to the Beltway in that amount of time. (2) After all of the time and drama surrounding which people to pick for the ark, they basically just herd everyone who happened to be at Tanz into the silo when the time comes. So not only was Jillian the most annoying character on the show right up to the very end, but she was the most useless, as well. There's so much more to mock, but it's just piling on at this point. It's over. Maybe now I've finally learned my lesson regarding "science" fiction and CBS summer shows. But probably not. I'm pretty desperate at times.
At first, thinking of how this show once consisted of (and was catapulted by) fairly unknown actors, I was a little perturbed by the abundance of celebrity appearances. Then the twist happened… and that was actually all really clever.
As Zach Dempsey said, let’s pile on the closure dirt
Started with Hannah and ended with Hannah. I absolutely loved the ending.
This episode was so much crying for me
I'll miss you, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Titus and Lillian and and all of you.♥️
P.S.: Except Mimi
Damn. That last scene literally sent goosebumps through my entire body. Holy shit! It definitely stays with you. What a beautiful, hauntingly heart wrenching episode. All of them were really, really good so far, but this was exceptional.
FIFTY HUNDRED OUT OF TEN STARS.
"We are still talking about cars, right?" Right at the moment I was thinking that the conversation sounded an awful lot like it was about iPhones! That was pretty great. But oh, the kerning of "first" on that pamphlet… Ew.
Apropos of having Eda stop at a pharmacy on the way back in time, when does that place Misako's purchase? It was probably small enough that she paid cash, but would the transaction timestamp show her buying something while she was provably somewhere else if she used a card?
Suddenly there's a plan that Saul gave to Carrie and she played right along with it? Either I haven't been paying nearly as much attention as I thought, or they missed inserting some clue. Unless the clue was Virgil's line about Carrie's mom on the phone, which I took at…well, not exactly face value…but to mean that he was cluing her in that the call was being monitored and she should GTFO. Maybe instead, it was a hint that it was all an operation and to just play along.
Somehow I can't be mad that I feel like I missed something. A show like this can't be obvious all the time—it's about a CIA agent, ffs.
Huh. Y'all can skip this one
Holy shit what a great way to open the season. This episode manages to hit my nerdy blockbuster spots so well.
It also really dissected the toxic parts of our current nerd culture climate. Also it's an episode with a good ending too! Amazingly well-done episode.
How can I not love a show that does a tribute to one of my fave movies of all time?
The beginning is a hilarious tribute to Ferris Beuler's Day Off. The episode is a bit different than the others since Brian is in the woods throughout.
I see nothing wrong with a change in scenery though.
Shows don't often get more out of me than a nose exhale, but the Ghost reference "Anybody got e pottery wheel?" literally had me laughing out loud, and unexpectedly, so did "Ninja please!" Great episode in my book
"We have no idea how to write a coherent story so we just do another time-skip and be done with it." - Helix Writer's Room