There's a hint at a big spoiler for future episodes here.
I mentioned in a previous review, I have seen about 1 1/2 seasons of this already and found the overall writing mediocre. But so far, this episode is better than most. They don't explain how Six so easily figured out his past and none of the characters questions this. It doesn't make sense at this point. But maybe they wanted viewers to pick up on it. I also don't like how every character isn't *that* bad. The whole set up of the show is sort of doomed from the start. How do you create a crew who are the heroes of the show but supposedly also some of the worst criminals in the system with a terrifying reputation? Got it - they've lost their memories. But then it turns out they're actually good guys who also got unjustifiably called criminals and/or are fighting a corrupt system. It's sort of a let down.
But anyway, this episode is one of the few times where a fake out beginning, where something dramatic happens then it says "four days earlier", worked a bit for me. First Six is killed and you think "well you know he's not actually dead, what's the twist", then his body dissolves. You really do what to know what happens next. I also really liked how the travel machines were used by One to get a clue about his past. You would think far in the future we will all be able to use DNA pretty easily as ID, a la Gattica. You would also think people would be more skeptical of the news as well.
Unfortunately I got really tired of Two lecturing everyone about keeping secrets, so I was also happy when the Android called her on it so quickly. Two's character is probably the least compelling for me at this point. I don't care about her angst. It would be a bigger twist for her to have never been the captain and somehow, because of the memory wipe, she took on that role. I just want more depth in general from the writing, more like The Expanse or Killjoys. But at least things are moving along relatively quickly, each person figuring out their past.
I mentioned in a previous review, I have seen about 1 1/2 seasons of this already and found the overall writing mediocre. But so far, this episode is better than most. They don't explain how Six so easily figured out his past and none of the characters questions this. It doesn't make sense at this point. But maybe they wanted viewers to pick up on it. I also don't like how every character isn't *that* bad. The whole set up of the show is sort of doomed from the start. How do you create a crew who are the heroes of the show but supposedly also some of the worst criminals in the system with a terrifying reputation? Got it - they've lost their memories. But then it turns out they're actually good guys who also got unjustifiably called criminals and/or are fighting a corrupt system. It's sort of a let down.
But anyway, this episode is one of the few times where a fake out beginning, where something dramatic happens then it says "four days earlier", worked a bit for me. First Six is killed and you think "well you know he's not actually dead, what's the twist", then his body dissolves. You really do what to know what happens next. I also really liked how the travel machines were used by One to get a clue about his past. You would think far in the future we will all be able to use DNA pretty easily as ID, a la Gattica. You would also think people would be more skeptical of the news as well.
Unfortunately I got really tired of Two lecturing everyone about keeping secrets, so I was also happy when the Android called her on it so quickly. Two's character is probably the least compelling for me at this point. I don't care about her angst. It would be a bigger twist for her to have never been the captain and somehow, because of the memory wipe, she took on that role. I just want more depth in general from the writing, more like The Expanse or Killjoys. But at least things are moving along relatively quickly, each person figuring out their past.