This entire show has always been about pondering whether or not there's something else out there. Is there actually something in space that we don't know about and if there is, does that otherworldly intelligent life have any impact on us? That is the big question of this show, and for four seasons, it has been dragging us through possible explanations as to what is happening out there and whether or not we're covering up the knowledge of their existence. This finale gives us a lot of details leading both ways, yet it still walks around familiar ground and is the least satisfying finale so far.
This is a show that firmly plants us inside the mindset of our two protagonists, and therefore has led us down a specific path to believe that there is definitely other life out there. What this episode seeks to do is find a plausible explanation for both possibilities: that there is and that there ain't. It's an interesting approach and there is a clear passion from the writing side to actually give us these ideas that will make us question everything that we've experienced up until this point. It's not an easy question to answer, but it's one that's fun to ponder over. The added locations to this episode also made it quite interesting, with the cold setting giving the crew opportunity to do some very interesting things in terms of its cinematography, and it definitely makes for one of the more beautiful episodes of the show. However, the big problem with this episode is it doesn't account for the audience's clear knowledge of the show prior to actually making up their own mind here. We have seen what we have seen and clearly know that there is something else haunting our main characters, and therefore, the ending of this episode is incredibly unbelievable and therefore, the twist that they try to leave us with doesn't make any sense. It feels off for this show to do something like that, but we're also entering the territory where this show will reach its 100th episode, which could signal that the show's ideas may be running low.
"Gethsemane" is an enjoyable episode because of the questions it asks of us, but it also fails because it doesn't trust its audience to know better. The ending is very strange, but it isn't enough to bring down the momentum of an overall fun episode that features great cinematography and some really clever editing tricks.
This is a show that firmly plants us inside the mindset of our two protagonists, and therefore has led us down a specific path to believe that there is definitely other life out there. What this episode seeks to do is find a plausible explanation for both possibilities: that there is and that there ain't. It's an interesting approach and there is a clear passion from the writing side to actually give us these ideas that will make us question everything that we've experienced up until this point. It's not an easy question to answer, but it's one that's fun to ponder over. The added locations to this episode also made it quite interesting, with the cold setting giving the crew opportunity to do some very interesting things in terms of its cinematography, and it definitely makes for one of the more beautiful episodes of the show. However, the big problem with this episode is it doesn't account for the audience's clear knowledge of the show prior to actually making up their own mind here. We have seen what we have seen and clearly know that there is something else haunting our main characters, and therefore, the ending of this episode is incredibly unbelievable and therefore, the twist that they try to leave us with doesn't make any sense. It feels off for this show to do something like that, but we're also entering the territory where this show will reach its 100th episode, which could signal that the show's ideas may be running low.
"Gethsemane" is an enjoyable episode because of the questions it asks of us, but it also fails because it doesn't trust its audience to know better. The ending is very strange, but it isn't enough to bring down the momentum of an overall fun episode that features great cinematography and some really clever editing tricks.