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In a world completely oversaturated with content, this show is making me love television again.

The visual storytelling in this episode is phenomenal. The transitions perfectly continue the themes of division and duality that the show explores, whilst also providing a friction that disrupts the silky smooth camerawork and colour palette.

The story itself reminds me of the best moments in Lost, providing you a new point of view through which to explore such an interesting story world, and also deluging you with backstory that you've been ravenous for.

I also feel that, from a feminist critique angle, the beauty of this episode is how much it centres a woman and feminine experience, and brings to life a complex and engaging character, centring them as the fulcrum of future drama.

Congratulations to Jessica Lee Gagné for creating a visual masterpiece that will also inevitably propel her to greater things. And to Dichen Lachman - what an incredible performance - I've been a fan since Neighbours!

And of course, thank you to the rest of the team for bringing us this wonderful show.

What a stunning piece of television. It's so refreshing to see a bold and unusual approach to storytelling in a time of oversaturated media. Tense, challenging, and I feel caters to those of us who revel more in the asking of questions than in the answering - reminded me of the glory days of Lost.

The bleak setting brings a new angle to the ever present frame of ominous isolation that the Innies exist within; whilst still keeping the small creature comforts, that we know to have motivated them in the past, in their world. It's exciting to experience these characters in a wildly different context. I need to go back and listen to the story read from the book again to see if I can glean extra meaning from it!

Phenomenal performances from both John Turturro and Britt Lower.

I've watched this several times now and find something new in it every time, but it always makes me cry. I don't have kids; I'm watching as an adult connecting with my memories of my experience of childhood, and I hope people don't overlook this show because they believe it's just for children or their parents. Not that this would reduce it in any way; I just think that we all have an experience of childhood to root us to these stories.

I love the use of music to tell the story and hit the emotional notes with us. So poignant and moving in such a short space of time. What a gift to the world this show is.