The Man from Grozny

This story was gripping and suspenseful and hopeful and touching and tragic.

John Doe speaks - amazing in itself - but how they do it technologically is not only remarkable, but at the cutting edge of what we can actually do now or soon.

I had two quibbles with the episode.

One, the method chosen for the character to speak (and for the actor playing him to get screen time with lines) was so discordant with the positions of the bedridden character, the electronic equipment, and the medical personnel that it kept taking me out of both the story and my willing suspension of disbelief.

I understand that this was a creative choice by the director and/or writer, but it was like filming a car chase that has been established as going from left to right on the screen, but constantly flipping the directional point-of-view.

If you can overlook that, this episode will be the strongest of what is so far a very string freshman season.