It didn't take long for the second season of "Twilight Zone" to drift back into the "Wait.....what?" category.
Consummate concierge Michelle Weaver (Morena Baccarin) is on the cusp of being appointed manager of the hotel she works at, when a giant orb appears in the sky. Anybody that looks at the sphere falls into a catatonic state. Whilst desperately trying to find some understanding of what is happening, Michelle begins to question the very nature of her reality.
We can't really discuss this one further without spoilers, so I'll do this review with the spoiler warning activated. Turns out that Michelle is participating in a second life-esque simulation game that requires a reboot, but due to a glitch she is unable to remember her real life and the developers are unsure what will happen if they reboot the game with her trapped inside.
As was a common problem with the first season, I feel like this episode is the entire first act of the story and then there's nothing else. Serinda Swan appears as Michelle's real-life wife, in an attempt to convince her of the truth and there are a number of technicians who try to explain to her what's going on, but neither of those aspects feel properly explored. The episode just drifts away, unwilling and/or unable to properly investigate the implications of the story.
The resolution appears to be another "interesting" take. Usually the moral would be to accept who you are and engage with the real world - whereas here it appears that the opposite is the case, stay in your happy virtual world and ignore your actual problems. It's realistic, I suppose, but made the story feel like a waste of time.
Consummate concierge Michelle Weaver (Morena Baccarin) is on the cusp of being appointed manager of the hotel she works at, when a giant orb appears in the sky. Anybody that looks at the sphere falls into a catatonic state. Whilst desperately trying to find some understanding of what is happening, Michelle begins to question the very nature of her reality.
We can't really discuss this one further without spoilers, so I'll do this review with the spoiler warning activated. Turns out that Michelle is participating in a second life-esque simulation game that requires a reboot, but due to a glitch she is unable to remember her real life and the developers are unsure what will happen if they reboot the game with her trapped inside.
As was a common problem with the first season, I feel like this episode is the entire first act of the story and then there's nothing else. Serinda Swan appears as Michelle's real-life wife, in an attempt to convince her of the truth and there are a number of technicians who try to explain to her what's going on, but neither of those aspects feel properly explored. The episode just drifts away, unwilling and/or unable to properly investigate the implications of the story.
The resolution appears to be another "interesting" take. Usually the moral would be to accept who you are and engage with the real world - whereas here it appears that the opposite is the case, stay in your happy virtual world and ignore your actual problems. It's realistic, I suppose, but made the story feel like a waste of time.