this show is really good the pacing was better this season, it think. the tonal shifts are good, you go between funny or lighthearted moments and genuinely distressing scenes (house fire, mob being pressured to exorcise innocent spirits). i kind of got whiplash going from the marathon plotline to the claw episodes, but it made sense as a tragic in-universe thing rather than a weird writing decisio... » Continue Reading
i started watching mob psycho 100. i'm late to the party but i heard it was good. and i agree! i like its visual style, with the painted and pencil looking scenes. mob's a cute kid and i think his struggle with his emotions and psychic powers is very real to the experience of being 12 years old. i liked seeing the conflict between him and ritsu. my only criticism is that things happened really fas... » Continue Reading
well, i finally finished the goddamn show. first, demons and terra prime were both very good episodes. going from them to this was... disappointing. honestly, it wasn't as bad as i was expecting. in terms of pacing and such, i think it was actually better than endgame. but it was cheap . making the entire thing take place in a holoprogam made it not mean anything. we have no reason to believe that... » Continue Reading
i got tired of doing individual episode reviews a long time ago but i want to talk about the show that is *still* rotating in my mind. it's been more than a year since i started watching and i still haven't finished it. have to let it marinate, i guess. the last episode i watched was observer effect, which i loved. season 4 has been so good, i really think this is the show at its best. which makes... » Continue Reading
good episode!!! we get to decompress and see the Impacts of the war on earth and on the crew. archer is stewing in his guilt and lashing out. his ex, who is the captain of the nx-02, (they don’t tell us her name for some reason) followed him up a mountain cause she thought he was gonna off himself. and it kinda sounded like he was planning to. malcolm is walking around in his uniform jacket to far... » Continue Reading
well, that's it. war's over. lots of epic battle scenes. i really liked the set design for the inside of the weapon. the different colors, the "alien-ness" of it all, the ability to kick your enemies off really high railings even though in practice there would be guard rails. i kind of saw hayes' death coming but not degra's. the scene with t'pol and porthos was really sweet and sad. the ending...... » Continue Reading
what a pair of episodes! it’s been a bit since enterprise’s had me this hooked. we got to see daniels again! was cool seeing the enterprise-j and such. i was sad watching archer go to sacrifice himself to destroy the weapon even though i knew he’d be fine because he has the world’s strongest plot armor. we got so many good character moments!! trip and t’pol, hoshi and travis, archer and t’pol, arc... » Continue Reading
i have mixed feelings on this episode. it was well executed, for sure, but i'm bothered by the implications of its concept. it's not the first time the show's given archer the "specialest guy in the world" treatment, the season one finale had a similar premise. take archer out of the equation and the timeline's wrecked. it didn't particularly bother me then because it didn't put any other characte... » Continue Reading
oh boy, season finale. i guess this marks the show's tonal shift. we start with a death laser blasting the shit out of earth, now we're at war with an unknown enemy. i was annoyed in the first part of this episode. the klingon capture plot has been done before, in the last episode, even. while it's interesting to see the sulaban working together with archer (or the person puppetting the sulaban, r... » Continue Reading
i put off watching this episode for several days. i went back and forth on whether to skip it. maybe i should have, because i was pissed off by the end. this *could* have said something. how about technical progress not indicating superiority or moral standing? the captain sent a sex slave back to their captors and we’re going to blame the one person who gave enough of a damn to help them for thei... » Continue Reading
i'm happy to see a mayweather focused episode, he's been pretty far in the background for a long time. the beginning is quiet, we're going to go look at a cool geological event and then see travis' family since they're in the area. i love this character focused stuff. travis is clearly comfortable with archer, a short detour is still a detour, and i don't think most captains would allow that for j... » Continue Reading
very classic trek plot! two of our guys get falsely arrested by a corrupt alien government and have to Get Out. i really liked the opening scene of the communicator floating through the empty shuttle. ominous! shuttlepod one's sure seen a lot of damage, hasn't it. this episode was fun. it did a good job of making you sympathize with corona. he wouldn't have done the "brutal crimes" (which are neve... » Continue Reading