The Sound of the Guns

There's an immersive experience with one-shot action sequences that just makes it them all the more thrilling to watch. The timing, duration of the one shot take in this episode, albeit a bit expected still felt adequate and would definitely have you on the edge of your seat.

We need more from this director.

Coming in, my expectations for were pretty low for this series. "Another spin-off AND prequel rolled into one" I thought as I rolled my eyes.

How wrong I was. I enjoyed the Terminal List series - not quite as good as the book it was based on - but entertaining enough (I'm considering a re-watch now actually), but didn't think a spin-off featuring Ben Edward's would work but I have to say; half-way through the season, it totally does.

1st episode was obviously a setup episode (but it wasn't slow or boring in doing) for what was to follow.

What I like about this is that the storyline so far makes sense - and we slowly see what happened to Ben that leads to TL. I also like that the series has enough space to develop the characters whilst keeping a decent pace and you actually end up caring for them - so when it all kicks off - which it certainly does - you're actually engaged in the potential peril of these characters.

That probably enough for now - I won't go into the details of the ep4 cliffhanger/twist but it was well-hidden and well-executed (with a few subtle hints as to what was to come in the episode if you were paying attention. Roll on the next episode!