The Underground Episodes Ranked Worst to Best

My least favourite episode of the show, just a repetitive joke that albeit is funny, is unnecessary until Robot Seventeen. 7/10

Although introducing the Paranoia Escort Bot, or in this episode The Paranoia Core, this episode only serves to introduce us to the show, which it does well. 8/10

This episode in particular fails to deliver anything important to the story, until the Friendship Cores are seen in The Pit, and don’t do anything further. The humour is good but the point is unclear. 8.3/10

Shows a newer type of visuals for the show, which look cool yet the episode is odd. The Elite Core episode was lacking in purpose, whereas this has a clear one, has the same idea. The Interview Core is annoyed and wants to end the episode. The Mainframe part of the episode seemed cut short and not as amazing as Ambition Core’s delivery. 8.5/10

The episode ‘Protocol Core’ shows us the truth about the Underground, in a very cool ending scene. Having the Mainframe show up and reveal the purpose was amazing. Other than that, even the talk show part of the episode was better than the first. It showed the Interview Core actually being a news person, sort of, trying to get to his point about the Protocol Core that he doesn’t want him to know. 8.5/10

The first core is put into the Mainframe! Such a cool scene. The Paranoia Escort Bot scene was amazing as a shocking reveal. The mystery behind the skulls coming out of the tube was so odd and intriguing, even if it took 11 years to answer. (In the original, apparently you can see a frame of Cave Johnson’s face with the word ‘Alive’ scrawled across it.) 8.5/10

It’s great to see the Ego Core introduced to the show. He’s a fan favourite character and it’s cool to see how he was introduced. Other than this the episode was well directed and worked in every way. 9/10

WOW! That was intense! The way the show was brought back was done so well! The atmosphere and the song worked so well, finally giving us the backstory we all wanted! 9.3/10

Do I really need to say more? Companion Cube is an amazing work of art that is confusing and intense, and not failing to deliver purpose. It sets up Robot Seventeen well and shows the arrival of the Protocol Core at the end. The scene with the skeleton coming out of the cube was creepy and intense yet worked so well with the new atmosphere of the show.
10/10

A perfect way to go back 11 years. The point of this episode was to give the Protocol Core the redemption he needed and was set up to have back in Elite Core. The whole idea of seeing the show from Seventeen’s eye and what happened with the odd occurrences, such as the skulls in the tube being the Harvard Class of ‘78, and the Party Escort Bot shown in Elite Core being the Protocol Core were so entertaining to finally cap off those mysterious moments. Seventeen’s motivation was clear and required no words whatsoever. The music was great, using The Pit Song and PotatOS Lament (or Seventeen’s Lament, renamed by Harry Callaghan) was so creative and great to listen to. It gives the story a whole new meaning, and not just the music, but the episode in general. The ending leaves us with so much suspense for Episode 11.
11/10