"Devs" Episode #1.1 (TV Episode 2020) Poster

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(2020)

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9/10
A review and small note about the "bad reviewing trend"
dam-373307 March 2020
Before I go into the actual review, just a small "rant". I came here to see find info and found a single review giving it 4/10 by a cruise01 user.

First off, it is impossible to rate a TV show by a single, or even a couple, of episodes. So I feel a bit stupid by doing the same, but this cruise01 is so wrong about what he wrote that it merits a reply.

To cut to the chase, cruise01 is bad reviewing for the sake of bad reviewing. Not only that, he gave spoilers without tagging his/her review accordingly.

It is very common nowadays for YTer wannabes go trashing things left and right just because, think about cancel culture mixed with a need to "say something". I really can't tell for sure tho, as it is always very difficult to make sense of nonsense.

What I do can tell is that this series will probably NOT be bad. If anything, it might fail only due to being very ambitious. The very first episode is touching timeless philosophical questions, and bringing in quantum computing into the mix.

Do we live in a Laplacian Universe? Does everything has a cause? If everything has a cause, is there freewill? If there is no freewill, can you be accountable by your actions?

Take cruiser01's review for instance. Was it a product of random typing, or cause-consequence relationship between ignorance and cheap internet availability?

The theme surrounding freewill and moral choices is rehearsed at the very first episode, and the project with the "quantum computer" (which seems to be a sort of super quantum computer) seems to be at the heart of everything.

No doubt a quantum computer is a very curious thing. Right when we know everything is essentially indeterminate by the Uncertainty principle, we use just that to build a deterministic machine.

But I should notice that the way a quantum machine works is a matter of engineering, even though the show wants to explore this concept and its relationship with those philosophical questions.

Let us see how things evolve. Right now I give it a 9 because I really enjoyed the first episode for these reasons: very solid acting, good scenery, the theme is interesting (something lacking nowadays), oh and no "quantum" shenanigans while still validly talking about it.

I watched Ex Machina and really enjoyed it, hope to see similar content here.
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8/10
Small rant about plausibility in film.
ste-3421 June 2023
Things that drive me up the wall in film and TV: 1. When people are perfectly happy to kneel/sit on the floor of a public toilet. Who in their right mind?

In this episode, our hero is led to a new place of work and told there are NO CLEANERS "...so clean up after yourself...".

He then rushes to the toilet to be sick, which he does by putting his head RIGHT DOWN INTO THE BOWL. He then wipes the bowl out, then rushes over to the sink, where he scoops water into his mouth WITH THE SAME HAND.

There are some far fetched ideas in this show, but this is the one that lifts you out of the pretence. Come on Alex.

For starters, the idea that a building full of code-heads who have to do their own cleaning would have a toilet that's humanly tolerable, let alone one that looks like it's been installed that morning and then firehosed with bleach is a bit ridiculous.

Quite enjoyed the show though. Hope it doesn't degenerate into "she's got the thin, let's kill her".
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8/10
First I Was A little Bored and Then I Wasn't
Mehki_Girl22 August 2022
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If anyone has seen Serverence (Apple TV), they may understand my reaction. It took me over a month to watch 2.5 episodes. No likable characters, acting seemed stiff, no idea what the hell was going on and then I started watching half way into the 3rd episode to the end and, man, I got hooked! This story is absolutely brilliance. Went back and watched carefully from the beginning and binge-watch the entire S1 in two days and then rewatched again and then went on line looking for like-minded people (Reddit), and watched it again except the last episode because I was to savor it. It's really that good.

So, folks, give this series a chance. I want to see what Sergei saw. I have my theories and if I'm correct then I understand what the female said to him, when Sergei said, this changes everything and she responded, it changes nothing and that's the point.

Well that was my hook. And now I want to know everything!
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Not bad so far
knedb18 March 2020
I like the idea of the show and I'm excited to see where it goes.

I don't why people leave reviews just to bash on other people's review. Everyone has a right to their own opinion even one does not agree with it. So dam-37330 please stop being a hypocrite. Thanks.
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7/10
Pretty decent start
dalefl30 October 2021
So far so good on the story. I've always found quantum theories and realities interesting. I can't imagine how much infrastructure would be required for a quantum computer, but the premise is worth a ponder or two. The acting was good as well. I only have one complaint after the first episode and that is...

TURN THE GD MUSIC DOWN FOR CHRIST SAKE. Whomever thought it would be a good idea to blast that annoying whateveritis at 125db should be forced to listen to it with headphones for 24 hours at Spinal Tap 11.
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7/10
Looks Promising
FilmMcCool30 March 2020
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Firstly I agree with knedb about revièwers, write your own opinion of the video and leave others to have their opinion, it's what makes the world go round. I have only seen the first episods but it does look somewhate promising. The reason the boyfriend was murdered to my mind is the watch he was wearing is a recording device. You see him setting the watch in the bathroom and then he has it pointing at the screen when he is looking at the code, thats my take. I will stick with this and maybe update this review when I have watched a couple more episodes.
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6/10
Episode 1
Prismark1025 April 2020
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Alex Garland had interesting observation in Ex Machina and I think this has been carried over in Devs.

The first episode has a mystery. Lily, a software engineer is concerned about the disappearance of her boyfriend Sergei.

He also worked for the same company but was promoted to their Devs division. It is not secret to the viewer regarding Sergei's fate.

Sergei was killed for trying to steal code with his James Bond watch. Something he saw in Devs left him shaken. The company has tried to cover it up as a suicide but Lily is not convinced.

The enigmatic boss of Devs, Forrest (Nick Offerman) does not seem to be that far away from the character Nathan Bateman in Ex Machina.

As this is an eight part series, this was leisurely paced. I think Garland is more interested in ideas such as determinism and free will.
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1/10
Mystery Box Stories NEVER Pay Off
osirismalkovich-254947 April 2020
I was really hopeful going into this show, but after watching the first episode, that hope is gone. None of the characters are likeable. None of the characters are interesting. The "mystery" is SO vague it's boring. There is nothing in this first episode that makes me even a little interested in seeing the second one. "Mystery Box" stories are so overdone, and lead to inevitable disappointment. If the acting was good, or the dialogue, or if there had been even a TINY HINT as to why I should care about ANY of this, I might have kept watching. But the acting was flat, and the scenes were clunky, and the "mystery" is a total bore.
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5/10
Meh...
nfire-2974121 February 2021
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Very slow start for a series. Not much substance yet.

A little intriguing, so I will continue to watch some more.

Sonoya Mizuno (Lily) is a horrible actress. She simply can't act. She is not believable to the point that is distracts from the scenes. I don't see this series being successful if she is the main character.
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1/10
Bad
piercestjohn20 March 2020
First, why did the producers think it was a great idea to blow out my speakers with the loudest Saxaphone blare throughout this episode? The music is bad... I don't know what mood they're trying to set, but annoying is probably the wrong choice.

Second, the story.... is what? The main? Character is murdered after reading a mysterious code... why? Who knows. And then his girlfriend immediately thinks he's been murdered because that's the logical first step after someone doesn't come home. The writing makes no sense. The story is so thin they've padded it out with long streaches where people look at things. The things don't matter, people are just standing around looking. This episode could be condensed down to 10 minutes and lose nothing.

The acting is bad. Like, real bad. Accents are heavy, and the 'russian' guy doesn't have a Russian accent.... the American Asian girl who's not from Asia... has an accent... why? Why not? The range in acting goes from overacting to well under acting.

I have no idea what this show is about and at the end of the first episode I have zero desire to find out. But I'm so annoyed by the entirety that I felt compelled to write this review in the hopes I can save others from wasting their time.
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4/10
Cause/effect and a lot of themes of philosophy and technology.
cruise016 March 2020
2 out of 5 stars.

I love Alex Garlands previous films like Ex Machina or Annihilation. Which they are sci fi and have a heavy philosophical theme. Sadly, this fx series Devs is going to be a lackluster. It will be a slow development and direction which is difficult to keep an interest. I like the tone and direction. But the script is slow moving. With a young guy getting a secret job in Devs and disappearing. Which his girlfriend is trying to figure out what happened. The series is not for everyone. But i will find it difficult to see this series slowly revealing its storyline.
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1/10
Yawn
ad1962-834-23340415 April 2020
Another never ending meaningless load of drivel only fit for children. This is neither intelligent or thought provoking - shame as his other works are excellent.
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2/10
Slowly falling asleep
williamcity18 April 2020
Watching this episode, I slept twice, and I have to watch it again and again before I can watch the first episode. The story took many pieces to create a simple volt line,After the breakpoint, it is unknown. The only appreciation is the art and photographer's intentions. Very misleading
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