Devs (TV Mini Series) Episode #1.5 (2020) User Reviews

Brilliant (for your brain!

[Frixnor · 10/10 · 26 March 2020]

The is maybe the best episode(series) I have ever seen! I can understand people that are looking for a fast pace and "move it along" standard series is disappointed.

But if you like to get food (a lot) for thought and doing some hobby background research on things mentioned, this is excellent.

I also found it fascinating how the writers seem to raise the question of responsibility relating to the main underlying theory!

Put away you phone and all other distractions - sit down and enjoy this (or I hope at least one of your versions do, maybe the one reading this...)

Key episode to the plot of the series.

[wathrman · 10/10 · 26 March 2020]

It was all said by Lily's father. "No man crosses the same river twice." Katie discovers that only one timeline in the multiverse is relevant. This reinforces Forest's decision to fire Lyndon is the previous episode and his obsession with the tram lines. Beautiful cinematography and story telling at its best! Relish the subtleties and soak it all in.

Some the best "Hard" Science Fiction I have ever seen!

[IndridC0ld · 10/10 · 27 March 2020]

Hard Science fiction, by definition, requires the observer to have a solid understanding of science. If you've never heard of the famous "double slit experiment," you are going to be out of your depth watching Devs. This is a series about one possible consequence of quantum computing, and the almost unimaginable power it will bring to mankind when it is achieved. However, the concepts behind the science of Devs are challenging. I'm willing to bet that many of the negative reviews are the result of trying to wrap your head around Devs scientific concepts. Starship Troopers this ain't. Devs is more like a science experiment that takes a week to set up in a lab, and then has to be monitored and documented over a three week period. Your only way of knowing the outcome at the end of the experiment, is to perform it. At the end, a great truth may be reveald, but even if it isnt, running the experiment will teach you something. If that kind of thing doesn't get you excited, there is a LOT of other great television these days.

The best chapter so far

[cdmarucci · 10/10 · 19 May 2024]

This chapter contains difficult concepts for those who aren't science enthusiasts, which might explain the low rating. However, it is undoubtedly one of the most interesting, profound, and complex chapters in the entire series. The director's techniques for depicting the multiverses are brilliant, avoiding clichés, and the ending... super subtle and beautiful! The way the narrative unfolds keeps you hooked from start to finish, and the character development is handled with great care. The special effects are top-notch, adding to the immersive experience. Overall, it's a thought-provoking and visually stunning chapter that stands out as a highlight.

Let's be honest: This is filler! It was completely unnecessary from start to finish!

[elijah-tabere · 3/10 · 27 March 2020]

No amount of creative mind gymnastics, which some other reviewers seem to practice, can convince me that this episode is not 100% filler. I defy anybody to point out one relevant thing that added value to the plot PROGRESSION.

While stuff was shown/said/explained/implied, none of it was essential to the PROGRESSION of the story. We didn't need to have Kenton's resolve first reaffirmed with the tank analogy then questioned by himself at the end of the episode. We didn't need the whole backstory how Lily played Go with her father. We didn't need her meeting Sergey or him proclaiming his love to her. We didn't need to see Amayah dying in front of Forest's eyes. We certainly didn't need to listen to Jamie talk to his father for 3 minutes when his family is all but irrelevant to the story. Heck, even Katie's recruitment and the flashback at the first Devs experiments were unnecessary.

WHY?

Because all of that and more was already implied and sufficiently conveyed in the previous episodes. In fact, it's precisely what made the show so great so far, that it painted such a wonderful world, where everybody's motivations, stories and desires were clear pretty much from the pilot episode.

Even the scientific talk and multiple illustrations throughout this episode were unnecessary. WE GOT THE CONCEPT ALREADY. We had FOUR episodes to familiarize ourselves with the superpositions and the qubits and the entanglement and the multiple outcomes theory and so forth.

I'm sticking by my opinion: NONE of what was shown in Episode 5 really needed to be said. This was a filler episode and it didn't add ANYTHING on ANY level to the series.

Matter of fact: Having initially rated this a 5/10, after having thought about it during this review, I'm downgrading it to a 3/10. It was just that bad.

Throwaway Episode?

[maydayrpj · 1/10 · 26 March 2020]

I was expecting this episode to be more eventful. Instead we got a rewind of how everything and everyone got to where they are now. Is the next episode going to be about how Sergei became a spy?

Where is this going?!

[neebul · 2/10 · 26 March 2020]

Jesus, pick up the pace already. How am I five hours into this narrative without knowing what the Hell they're even trying to do?!? Get on with it already! Episode 5 is a complete waste of time! If I have to watch one more slow-moving pan of this quantum computer I'm going to scream.

Horrible

[blocksbot · 2/10 · 19 September 2020]

This episode is horrible and cringy. Cringy? For example the scene with Sergei and Lily in the beginning where they watched a film and Sergei confessed his love to her like a pubescent. And with tears in his eyes. Wtf? And even a pubescent would not confess his love like that.

It is also completely absurd how Kenton, who is not exactly the youngest, easily brings Jamie into his power. Even shortly after a car accident (episode 1.4). Whiplash? Age? Oh no, he's the terminator. As a young and externally healthy lad, Jamie lets himself be forced by Terminator Kenton into a bathtub without resistance. And then push under water without any resistance from Kenton. Without Kenton having a visible weapon in this scene. The portrayal of Katie is caricatural. Last scene is a joke. Lily was forcibly sent to a mental hospital. Of course, she was not tied up, although theoretically she certainly resisted being brought in, as she was accused of attempted murder or death by Kenton (car accident). So she lies sedated (with open eyes), not fixed in bed and Jamie can just climb through the window that is not secured by bars. And of course Lily is on the first floor.

Slowly it seems to me like a mixture between CSI Miami (pay attention to the clinically sterile but warm setting with '' cool '' computer sounds for every click) and Clarissa Explains It All.

And that's only the fifth episode. I can't understand how people can give this series and this episode full stars. Are viewers becoming more and more undemanding these days?

Kenton

[jrv-66917 · 1/10 · 3 April 2020]

It's taken five episode now and I can't let this go anymore. We need to talk about Kenton's fight scenes. LOL I like the character and the acting by Zach Grenier but someone PLEASE get this man a better stunt choreographer. Watching what is to be the villain of the series flail around like a cop fighting for a donut is laughable. This show is great up until Kenton puts his hands on someone and my immersion is ruined by own laughter at how silly it looks.

Filler

[duraipunk-876-651833 · 3/10 · 29 March 2020]

Why must every series do this. Complete filler episode. Does not further the plot not offer anything more than flashback fest.

It seems to be a common thing now for series to be padded out with at least one episode that achieves nothing. You could happily watch the series and skip this episode and you wouldn't have missed a thing.

Low point

[Tor-Steinar · 4/10 · 13 May 2020]

This episode. They spent way to much time filling in the backstory, The lost the pace....

Have they run out of budget?

[The_Grooves · 4/10 · 6 June 2020]

This episode was marred by uninteresting, unimportant information. Maybe some back story and flashbacks were needed, but dedicate an entire episode to this?

Why not split this information throughout the series instead of having this crawling slugglishly in the middle of it?