I think I have said this before, but there has never been a villain/antagonist that I wanted to see get a bullet in the head more than the Cigarette Smoking Man.
That is intended as a huge compliment for actor William B. Davis, who plays CSM with such a smug, arrogant demeanor, manipulating the characters of The X-Files into the exact place that he wanted them. He maximized every second of screen time creating such a hateable character that called upon the worst possible instincts. His performance has always been exceptional, but his inclusion in this Scully cancer story makes him even more contestable.
Gillian Anderson won an Emmy for her work as Dana Scully for season four, and this was the main episode submitted to the panel. I can understand why because there was so much here for the actor to sink her teeth into, tearing down the character of Dana Scully before coming out the other side with the strength needed to move forward. The emotional scene between Scully and Mulder after Penny died was powerful and totally compelling.
The wild drama with the discovery of Scully harvested ova was exciting, keeping a balance between the emotional cancer story and the mythological X-Files aspect. The use of the Lone Gunmen in this episode was great, bringing the boys out of their usual locale and into the field.
This was another example of Skinner “taking the bullet” for Mulder and Scully, as he approached CSM for answers about Scully’s cancer, instead of allowing Mulder to do the same. Skinner truly was Mulder’s patron, as CSM referred to him during the episode.
This made Mulder’s reactions last episode standout all the more, as this feels like the relationship that has been built after nearly four seasons and last episode’s was an exception.
I heard some discussion about this limited series on Netflix. Several of the online critics that I respect and like had positive things to say about this, so I decided since I have a sick day today from school, I may as well give it a try.
The first three episodes were just tremendous.
According to IMDB, “Based on a compelling true story, the hit 2019 Edinburgh Fringe one-man stage-play Baby Reindeer follows the writer and performer Richard Gadd’s warped relationship with his female stalker and the impact it has on him as he is ultimately forced to face a deep, dark buried trauma.”
Richard Gadd played Donny, a bartender who wants to become a stand up comedian. One night, a sad figure of a woman came into the pub and sat down on the stool. Donny took pity on the woman and offered her a drink. Little did he know where this would take him.
Jessica Gunning is astounding as the woman, Martha Scott, who begins to stalk Donny, ingratiating herself into his life in an obsessive manner. The brilliance of the performance is the fact that you can see the reason why Donny felt the empathy for her. There are flashes with Martha that is not just her mental illness, but her desperation to be something more to someone. Jessica Gunning truly gives a layered performance through the first three episodes.
The first three episodes spend some time hinting that there is more behind Donny than what we see and perhaps some of his choices and behaviors will make sense after we find out what that is.
The feral response Martha had when she found Donny with Teri (Nava Mau) was brutal. Donny’s angry response chased her away, but I am not sure what the show will do next, and i love that.
Powerful limited series so far, based on a true story of Richard Gadd’s actual stalker.
Not sure I liked that part of this episode. It was a strange thing.
However, everything that happened made perfect sense considering what happened last episode, in Leonard betts.
Scully was told by Betts that she had what he needed, which was cancer. Everything that she did in this episode, several things that did not seem like something Scully would do, probably came from that realization.
I did wish that Mulder would have been more empathic in the situation. Shouldn’t he be able to tell something was bothering his long time partner? Shouldn’t he understand that the minor things like a desk are not setting Scully off? Mulder was not written very well in this episode.
He did get to go on a pilgrimage to Graceland, though.
Jodie Foster voiced the evil tattoo. That was still too silly of a thing for me. I did like seeing the problems faced by Scully, and having her show some flaws.
This series concluded with a powerful episode that saw testimony in a trial of the people facing the blame for what happened on April 26, 1986.
Boris, Legasov and Ulana would all testify about the events of the night and the way that Anatoly Dyatlov ignored protocol in his attempt to complete a required test. However, when Legasov took the microphone, he explained out the process of the way a power plant worked. But it was not only that, but Legasov, putting his own life on the line, talked about how the flaw in the AZ-5 system led to the failure of the shutdown procedure, and thus it being a failure of the Soviet Union for the devastation.
The court scenes were full of tension and made for a dramatic way to wrap up this fantastic five-episode series. The acting in the series was on display in this episode even more than before. Stellan Skarsgård and Jared Harris really stood out among this wonderful ensemble. Neither of them were shown as heroes. Both characters knew that they were not heroes, yet they were doing what they knew was right.
I can see why Legasov made the decision to kill himself after hearing the way he was going to be treated as he slowly got sick from the radiation. It is a powerful piece of entertainment with an amazing result.
Since this came back from its break, Delicate has been nearly unwatchable. The finale was as bad of an episode of AHS that I think I have ever seen. It wished to be at a B-movie level. It does not reach that.
Maybe this was meant to be all camp. I did not get that impression from the rest of the episodes of the season, but maybe that is what it was intended to be. If that was the case, they succeeded.
Before the break, Delicate was okay, but I was not in love with the show. It was engaging enough to keep me coming back, but the last four episodes were just continually sliding down the level of quality until it was just a joke.
I thought Emma Roberts was overacting like crazy. Kim Kardashian was nothing more than a villain who had to use shock value instead of actual horror to get a reaction.
This is probably my least favorite season of AHS that I have seen. I am glad it is over.
It was a regular week of comics, and yet there are still a pile of them to get through. I really do collect a ton of books from the different companies.
There are also a couple from eBay this week as I had seen an advertisement for these two in one of the Dark Horse books that I had read (I think it was the Count Crowley book) and I was interested in them. Dark Horse has been a company that I have not paid as close of attention to as I have Image or Boom! Studios when it comes to independents, but I think that is changing.
Todd also continued to pick up back issues of Amazing Spider-Man for me. He grabbed me issue #199 and #331. He did not try to price gouge me this time though. 🙂
This week’s books:
Superior Spider-Man #6. “The Greater Good” Written by Christo Gage (from a story by Dan Slott) with art by Mark Bagley. Bagley & Edgar Delgado did the cover art. The Doc Ock-Spidey team up to stop Supernova continues as the enemies are forced to work together, but they are anything but copacetic. Things are also going poorly for Spider-Boy and a bunch of people in New York City.
Borealis #1-3. Written by Mark Verheiden & Aaron Douglas with art by Cliff Richards. Borealis is one of the mini series I saw advertised and I dug the concept. It had a True Detective: Night Country vibe to it as a current trooper returned to her home in Qinu. The series included organized crime and mystical spirits. This was a quality story that I was captivated by.
Lunar Lodge #1. Written by Tyler Marceca and art & cover by Mirko Colak. This was the other Dark Horse book that I picked up on eBay and this was another hit. The first issue has a lot of set-up, but it is very intense and there is a real feel that something horrible is about to happen.
Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver #3. Written by Steve Orlando and art by Lorenzo Tammetta. Cover art by Russell Dauterman and variant cover by Romy Jones (Gold medalist). I bought two copies of this, specifically for the one cover, which I loved. Wanda and Pietro are still fighting with each other, but the Wizard is still a problem. Thankfully, Vision is there as an impartial observer.
Something is Killing the Children #36. “Road Stories: Part One” Written by James Tynion IV and illustrated and cover art by Werther Dell’edera. This felt like a one-shot issue of Erica Slaughter’s past and I liked it a lot. Just Erica helping a kid fight off a monster. The basis of the story. I wonder if the “Road Stories” arc will deliver more like this or if it will end up as an overarching tale.
Ultimate Spider-Man #4. Written by Jonathan Hickman and art by guest artist David Messina. Cover art by Marco Checchetto & Matthew Wilson. What an amazing issue. This was literally a dinner meeting between Peter and MJ and Harry Osborn and his wife, Gwen Stacy. The interactions between the four adults brought as much drama as a slugfest with a super-villain. Ultimate Spider-Man has been a spectacular Peter parker story so far.
Amazing Spider-Man #48. Written by Zeb Wells and art by guest artist Todd Nauck. Cover art by John Romita Jr., Scott Hanna & Marcio Menyz. Ben Reilly, Hallows’ Eve & Dr. Kafka are all involved going after the Winkler device which Spidey and Betty Leeds also want. It might be able to clear Ned Leeds’ name, and motives are everywhere.
Universal Monsters: Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives #1. Written by Dan Watters and Ram V and illustrated by Matthew Roberts. Roberts and Dave Stewart did the cover art (Silver Medalist). Thought eh Creature from the Black Lagoon may not be my most favorite of the Universal Monsters, this issue was fantastic! I liked it way more than the Dracula book, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I am totally in on this new Universal Monster series.
Drawing Blood #1. Story by Kevin Eastman & David Avallone with artwork by Ben Bishop. Kevin Eastman did the cover art. This was quite a story. Last week, I had, what I thought, was this issue in my pull list. It looked weird, as it was wrapped in a plastic covering. When I opened it (which I considered not doing as the collect in me), it turned out to be just a series of fliers of this issue’s cover. I assume that was meant as promo material for the store and since I was down for the book (maybe the only one?) they assumed this was the book. That got all straightened out and this came out this week. It is an interesting story of a cartoonist.
Man’s Best #2. Written by Pornsak Pichetshote and illustrated and cover by Jesse Lonergan. Our three animal characters are trying to find their way home while avoiding the Klangers. The two dogs and a cat have issues with listening to each other which puts them all in danger. This has been a intriguing Boom! Studios book so far.
The Infernals #3. “Chapter Three: Covenant” Written by Noah Gardner & Ryan Parrott. Art by John J. Pearson with Lola Bonato. Pearson & Sam Wolfe Connelly did the cover art. More demonic offerings from Sam and Jackal as they are being pursued by Saturday and Sunday, the Devil’s assassins. Wild storytelling in this series.
X-Men: Forever #2. “Quiet Council” Written by Kieron Gillen and art by Luca Maresca. Cover art was by Mark Brooks. The X-Men, including Hope, look to resurrect those killed, but the biggest force they look to bring back…the Phoenix!
Wolverine: Madripoor Knights #3. “Black Widow: Spy” Written by Chris Claremont with art by Edgar Salazar. Phillip Tan & Sebastian Cheng did the cover art (Bronze Medalist). Black Widow takes center stage inside Madripoor as Wolverine and Captain America stay in the background ready to help when needed. These three characters really work well together and make for an enjoyable series so far.
Feral #2. Written by Tony Fleecs and art by Trish Forstner. Fleecs and Forstner teamed up for the cover art. The three cats are stuck in the woods with a bunch of rabid animals chasing them. Can they escape from the danger and find their way back to their home before something eats them?
Jackpot & Black Cat #2. Written by Celeste Bronfman and art by Emilio Laiso & Giada Belviso. Adam Hughes did the cover art. Jackpot is forced into trying to steal something from the White Rabbit and her friend Black Cat tags along to help. However, there is more to the story than you would expect (although I had it figured out not too long into the story).
Daredevil #8. A oversized special edition of Daredevil with several stories contained. Some focus on Matt Murdock, some focus on Elektra and others are them together. Writers include Saladin Ahmed, Ann Nocenti, D.G. Chichester, Elsa Sjunneson and Erica Schultz. Artists include Tommaso Bianchi, Stefano Raffaele, Ken Lashley, Eric Koda and Jan Bazaldua. John Romita Jr., Scott Hanna and Richard Isanove did the cover art.
Pine & Merrimac #4. Written by Kyle Starks and illustrated and cover by Fran Galan. Parker and Linnea are stuck on an island with a cult and they have been discovered. They are desperately trying to escape from their clutches, which leads to one of the most shocking final panels of the book.
Avengers #13. “Hit Back: Part Two” Written by Jed Mackay and art by Francesco Mortarino. Cover art is by Joshua Cassara and Marte Gracia. The Avengers continue their battle with the Stark Sentinels and MODOK/3D man. However, little did we know that Black Panther has a plan.
Blade #10. “Mother of Evil: Finale“. Written by Bryan Hill and art by Elena Casagrande. Casagrande and KJ Diaz did the cover art. Blade faces off in a showdown with the ancient evil called Adana in this volume’s final issue.
Other books this week: GODS #7, W0rldtr33#9, The Six Fingers #3, Project Cryptid #8, Rare Flavours #5, The Bloody Dozen #5, and Night Thrasher #3.
Okay, I looked up the Rotten Tomatoes score for this and it was in the upper eighties, but I found myself hating this movie.
Again, it is not the worst film of the year by any stretch and it will not be on my year’s worst list. I just had plenty of problems with it and those problems hampered my enjoyment of the story.
Zendaya played Tashi, a soon-to-be tennis superstar who chose to go to college before turning pro. She met fellow tennis players and close friends Patrick Zweig (Josh O’Connor) and Art Donaldson (Mike Faist). Patrick and Art were both struck by Tashi, and were interested in pursuing a relationship with her. Patrick and Tashi hooked up first, but their rocky relationship was shaken when Tashi injured her leg playing and could not compete any more.
Tashi and Art get together after this break up and they wind up getting married and having a child together. Meanwhile, Tashi becomes Art’s coach and he wins several Grand Slam titles, failing only to win the US Open. Patrick’s career falls on hard times and he has to hook up with random women to find a place to stay.
Both Patrick and Art wind up in the finals of a smaller tournament and their one-on-one match carried a ton of stakes.
I had a real problem with a bunch of stuff in Challengers. First off, I never believed that the connection between Tashi and Patrick was strong at all. The film seems to want me to think that they have this irresistible pull between them, but I never felt any sort of chemistry with them. Because of this, the character of Patrick was a horrendous person and I did not want to root for him in the slightest. I also did not find myself liking Tashi very much, and I liked her even less as the film progressed. I do not understand some of the motivation for the acts that she did in the film and so she was very unlikable too.
I disliked the scoring of the film too. There would be certain scenes between individuals and then suddenly this pounding music beat into the theater, dominating what was going on. I usually am not struck by scores that much, but this one was so distracting and constantly out of place that I found it troublesome.
No spoilers, of course, but I absolutely despised the ending of the movie. There were some parts of the film that I did not mind and I might have let it slide by if the ending would have brought me something more than it did. The ending was nonsensical and remarkably disappointing for me.
The acting was good. Zendaya was very strong in this role. I did not like her character, but she pulled off what she had to do. Josh O’Connor was great too as I hated his character and it was as much because of his smirky little looks as it was what his character did.
The tennis scenes were excellent. I also really liked how the film set up their storytelling, bouncing around in flashbacks, centered around this ending match between Patrick and Art. The format was well done and the editing to make this work was exceptional. I just did not love the characters or the way the story went.
I found myself very disappointed with this movie and I came out of the theater saying that I hated this one. Hate is a strong word, but there is enough here to ruin what could have been a fascinating film. The ending I did hate, though…
This was extremely violent and brutally gory. That does not bother me much, but there were more things that did bother me in Boy Kills World.
According to IMDB, “Bill Skarsgård stars as “Boy” who vows revenge after his family is murdered by Hilda Van Der Koy (Famke Janssen), the deranged matriarch of a corrupt post-apocalyptic dynasty that left the boy orphaned, deaf, and voiceless. Driven by his inner voice, one which he co-opted from his favorite childhood video game, Boy trains with a mysterious shaman (Ruhian) to become an instrument of death and is set loose on the eve of the annual culling of dissidents. Bedlam ensues as Boy commits bloody martial arts mayhem, inciting wrath of carnage and blood-letting. As he tries to get his bearings in this delirious realm, Boy soon falls in with a desperate resistance group, all the while bickering with the apparent ghost of his rebellious little sister.”
The positives for me was Bill Skarsgård, who I think was really good as the deaf/mute hero. My only problem with him was my own. When I looked at Skarsgård, all I could see was a combination of professional wrestlers Cody Rhodes and Edge and it distracted me constantly. Again, that is not the fault of the film and I thought Skarsgård was very good as this action character.
The action did not work very well for me. There was a lot of camera movement in the fight choreography that was annoying. The fights and the blood did become a bit dull for me because it was overdone. Too much blood and violence dampened the effect of both of them.
The voice over of Boy’s inner thoughts was hit and miss for me. There were some fun lines with it, and others that just felt like it was out of place. I did like the fact that the internal voice was the voice from Boy’s favorite video game as a youth, but the use of “Finish him” or “Fatality” seemed excessive. Funny at first, then not so much.
I became bored by this movie rather quickly, and by the time the third act came around and there was some movement on the story (predictable as it may have been) I had checked out. Not the worst film I have seen this year by a long stretch, just not very good.
This was one of my favorite X-Files episode. It was originally shown after Super Bowl XXXI and it brought the weird. A cancer-ridden mutant who needs cancer to feed on. A mutant named Leonard Betts who was decapitated in the beginning of the show, but who was able to regrow limbs, including his head.
Not only that, but Leonard was able to diagnose someone who has cancer. It is because it is what he needs. This kicks off the Scully cancer arc that was difficult to watch when it aired. I did not know what was going to happen to Scully and this was an excellent twist.
Mulder also pulled out some exceptional lines this episode that made me laugh out loud. When Scully asked him why they were investigating Leonard Betts body’s disappearance from the morgue, Mulder responded with “Did I mention Mr. Betts had no head.” That line stuck out in my memory because I loved it so much.
Leonard Betts was a fantastic villain, played by Paul McClane. He did an excellent job in this role. I have seen him in several other episodes of TV, including The Practice, and he is always outstanding.
This was so creepy of a show, with a scene where we see Leonard shed his skin and create what seemed like another Leonard and one of them wound up dead in a fiery car explosion.
I did love how Betts came after Scully and she was able to fight him off inside an ambulance. Scully looked great in this fight and she used her surroundings well. I loved how she did not need anyone to rescue her, even after the reveal that Betts was after her because of her cancer.
Chernobyl has been just an amazing show so far. Four tragic episodes that showed the horrible events that happened in the Soviet Union and the Soviet’s attempts to fix the problem without admitting to any problems.
We got a new arc here too as Barry Keoghan appeared as a soldier who joined a couple of others to shoot the animals of the infected area This was very tough as they were killing several pets, dogs, cats and a painful scene with puppies, and then taking the bodies to bury beneath cement. Keoghan’s character had never done something like this and the anguish of the situation was obvious. This was a rough part of the episode, but provided some amazing character moments.
Then Boris went to town on the phone.
I called the line that he would say afterwards, “We need another phone.” Boris was angry with the Kremlin because they were not being helpful. The explosion of frustration made for a brilliant scene.
Then, when the robots could not do what they needed, they recruited people to do it. Oh goodness.
This has been unbelievable and I wonder how accurate the series is to the truth.
This brings to an end the rewatch (although I do not remember any of these specific episodes, so we could consider it a watch instead) of the late 1970s TV show Man from Atlantis starring Patrick Duffy, who left from this show after its cancelation and moved to Dallas where he had some huge success as the brother of J.R. Ewing, Bobby.
These were the two episodes that did not have Dr. Elizabeth Merrill, as played by Belinda J. Montgomery. In “Siren,” they did make a reference to her being gone because she was doing something with the Senate, giving a nice little touch to continuity. They did not mention her at all in “Deadly Carnival.”
There was a mermaid in the first of these two episode who could sing a song that could cause pain or mesmerize people. Billy Barty guest starred in the second episode as our main villain, a midget who, along with a man who can conduct electricity, were planning a heist and Mark wound up in the middle of it.
Both of these episodes are definitely watchable. Neither of them are great, but neither are bad either. That kind of describes Man from Atlantis’ entire run. It was fine. Nothing great, nothing offensive. I don’t know if I would ever go out of my way to watch any of the episodes again, but I wouldn’t be opposed to seeing some of them if they just happened to be on.
I do like the fact that they had new villains in each of the last several episodes. Not that I disliked Mister Schubert. I did like him and I always liked Victor Buono, but he was just overused, particularly early in the season.
It is a shame that they never went into the secret of Mark Harris’ past more. They barely mentioned it. I would think that someone like Mark would be very driven to discover what was out there in his background, to see if he could trigger any memories of where he had come from. Maybe they had intended on doing this later on, but with the single season being all they got, it was not done.
Patrick Duffy actually wrote a book about the backstory and the history of Mark Harris and Atlantis. I just ordered it on Amazon because Mark Harris is a character that I really loved, despite some of the flaws of the series, this character was unlike many on TV, then or now.
I am pleased to have completed Man from Atlantis on Amazon Prime.
My #1 this week is a variant cover that I picked up off the stands. I had the cover A already, but I really liked the cover C and it gets the gold medal this week.
But first…
Bronze Medalist
Wolverine: Madripoor Knights #3
Cover art by Phillip Tan & Sebastian Cheng
Wolverine, Captain America and Black Widow are in Madripoor and there is some cool action. I love the way the heroes are layered on the cover, especially the giant Wolverine in the background.
Silver Medalist
Universal Monsters: Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives #1
Cover art by Matthew Roberts & Dave Stewart
This was not even my favorite of the covers of this book as I have now ordered the cover by Joshua Middleton. That does not take away from this beautiful cover with its pink highlights and the iconic Universal Monsters character. This was a fun issue too.
Gold Medalist
Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver #3
Cover art by Romy Jones
Nothing better than seeing Wanda relaxing on her bed, perusing some of the comics from Marvel Comics, including that oddball Roxxon Thor book. This variant cover is so cool, especially with those weird soles of Wanda’s shoes. It is “Approved by the Witch Code Authority“. What more can you want?
X-Men ’97 is not a kids show. Where as the original X-Men animated series from the 90s was absolutely made for children, this is anything but. While kids could watch and enjoy this show, the themes are considerably more adult than the previous incarnation.
Rogue going rogue showed us that. There is no way that we see Rogue kill Trask in the 90s series. But we saw that here in one of the most dramatic ways possible. Seeing him turn into a hybrid human/sentinel did not change the fact that she let a man fall to his death.
We also saw someone smother Henry Peter Gyrich to death. I am ashamed that I did not recognize Bastion immediately. He is a character that came into prominence during a stretch when I was not reading as many comics as I am now. Still, I should have identified this character sooner.
Having Bastion as the big bad is genius. Having him above Sinister even makes this character an immediate threat. His toying with a captive, yet still alive Magneto was creepy as could be.
I love the inclusion of Nightcrawler this week, but I am surprised that Storm did not make her return yet. She’ll be back soon, I am sure but to see her not at Remy’s funeral was disappointing.
That was another scene that I was not sure we would see. The funeral of Remy LeBeau, aka Gambit was tough. Does this mean that Gambit is truly gone? I know no one is ever truly gone when you are talking about the X-Men, but this felt very final to me. I know the showrunner said that the sacrifices of episode five were definite, that they were there to maintain stakes, but even still. Gambit is a major player in the X-Men universe.
Captain America making a cameo in this episode was interesting, if not unnecessary. Seeing Rogue fling the shield off into the mountains was rude. Emma Frost and her diamond form made an appearance too, saved from the rubble of Madripoor.
They do a remarkable job of packing so much content into a 30-minute episode. It is quite impressive and never feels too short.
The final three episodes, entitled “Tolerance is Extinction,” are a three part saga that the showrunner indicated would be as dramatic as episode five. That can’t get here soon enough. X-Men ’97 has been some amazing television so far.
That last moment of the penultimate ninth episode was the most shocking, unexpected scene I have seen on a TV show in a long time. The death of Lady Mariko shook the series dramatically, and the repercussions were felt of that death throughout a beautiful finale of Shogun.
In fact, the death of Mariko was the point of Crimson Sky, the main concept behind the plan of Toranaga in his attempt to regain power and bring a lasting peace to Japan.
We see John Blackthorne in a distant future, old and most likely on his deathbed, showing that he would survive the situation in Japan.
I thought the death of Mariko would trigger some serious violence and I was wrong. Her death actually triggered the change of alliances in the potential war. She negotiated for the life of John. Mariko’s ghost was all over this episode.
Her death also brought the guilt out of Yabushige and led to his committing seppuku with Toranaga acting as his second. The scene between these two on a cliff overlooking the sea was strong as Toranaga confessed his entire plan to Yabushige before his death.
There was a beautiful scene with Blackthorne and Fuji scattering her husband and baby’s ashes in the water before she would depart to become a nun.
Of course, the scene where Blackthorne threatened to kill himself was undercut by the fact that we saw old man Blackthorne at the beginning of the episode, but the acting was so good in this scene that you could excuse the structure.
I expect that this is the end of Shogun. It was ten fantastic episodes. If they decided to extend this to a second season, I would watch, but without Mariko, I am not sure it would have the same power. The acting was tremendous and the shocks were plentiful.
Pat Morita guest starred as a strange little man named Moby, a being from another world whose touch causes people to regress to a childhood state and laugh without a care in the world. While that sounds like fun, the humans wind up in dangerous situations.
In fact, Moby told some of the crew of the submarine that discovered him to go swimming and they happily climbed into the air lock and drowned. We did not see their eventual fates, but that is absolutely what happened.
The idea behind Moby is clearly someone like Mr. Mxyzptlk from DC Comics or a story similar to “Naked Time” from the original Star Trek series. However, this was a little annoying at times.
The ending where Mark shows Moby the dangers of his actions was a solid ending to this story. Mark continues to be the most noblest character on the show.
It was interesting that Moby’s powers did not work on Mark and that Moby knew that they would not because Moby recognized Mark as from “down there.” This was never explored but it was a intriguing nod to the differences of the character of Mark Harris.
This is the final episode of the series for Belinda Montgomery, who played Elizabeth. To be fair, the character of Elizabeth neve really got her due from this series. I am sure that she will be missed over the final couple of episodes.
EYG- Embrace Your Geekness 