The Grim Barbarity of Optics and Design

The first time through I found this episode middling, however I found it ridiculously funny on a rewatch. The second time through I was simply watching the show, as opposed to trying to pick the episode apart and attempting to pick up on every detail/mystery.

::In Walken:: "They say you all have pouches...You each have a larval offspring that will jump out and attack if we get too close...the sentiment, you know, somehow holds, people are weird...in this theory, the larva eventually eats and replaces you. Which would solve the mystery" Both C. Walken and J. Turturro ((basically break character)) and start cracking up, it was HILARIOUS. The back and forth between Irving and Burt was humor at its best and absolutely bat sh.. insane. Also, Dylan(Z. Cherry) was excellent, probably his best scene up to this point. In a "binge" watch this episode was great as it sort of takes a break from Marks(A. Scott) and Hellys(B. Lower)characters, who has been so heavily focused on up to this point and also adds some needed levity, plus screaming baby goats.

Lots of cool stuff in this episode with other departments and my interest in the show just keeps increasing. Still keeping the same quality and I'm excited to see the rest of it unfold.

The best way to destroy a society, is to make them turn on one another, and make a small groups out of other small groups till you have the person and his mind only. Then and only then, you can make the person turn and betray on himself. That's what happens in this show and today's episode confirmed it.

Usually, a tv season would run into the problem of having that one middle episode that doesn't really stand out nor is good in terms of what it presents. That is basically episode 5. For me, the episode really offers nothing to the story albeit some moments near the end but overall, it's just the same stuff we've been getting from the last couple episodes.

The first half of the episode is Mark (outside self) visiting his sister and the second half just explores more of what the last episode ended off on. I think the department feud (MDR/Optics-Design) was what kept the episode somewhat interesting. Overall, this is a passable episode, you won't get bored watching it, but it is the least interesting episode out of what I've seen so far.

Push through this one because the end flips everything around! I am starting to get some heavy "lost" vibes now from this show and I love it. The others, the different hatches, some very strong parallels to what's going on in this episode without giving anything away. Not the best episode so far but definitely the one that polished the most story and you finally get an idea to where this show is going.