Nemesis Games

I've read the reviews and it seems the ignorance that we're living a in a pandemic is not lacking.

I understood perfectly that the show was written and shot with the limitations of the 2020 pandemic in mind, most characters have been paired in groups to minimise interaction as a whole, most scenes were confined to one or a few locations, with the exception of Amos, for whom it was business as usual.

On the Alex / Cas Anvar issue... well, we live in the cancel culture zoomer times. It's unfortunate that the showrunners jumped the gun and already "convicted" the actor and it's unfortunate how his on-screen end came like this. It's undoable if the accusations prove to be exaggerated or won't lead to anything concrete legally wise, which should be the actual basis for anything done to an individual professionally wise. But, as I've seen in the past, these types of people can and do hide perfectly well under a veil of deceptive appearances. They appear decent enough to pass as nice guys. But what the truth is is up to the investigators to uncover.

As for the end, I did not expect that. Good show, gents!

A few great moments but overall not their strongest season. I feel like it's a mid series lull before the writers crank out the magic in the finale seasons. This show is awesome so an off season of this show is still amazing. One of the best things to happen to SciFi since firefly.

The unrelenting focus on Naomi and her doomed relationship with her estranged son and his father spoiled this season for me. All other characters and plotlines faded into the peripheral background as we were constantly confronted with Naomi's emotional turmoil - which personally began to bore me rigid. And the last four episodes could have been easily been condensed into one in order to propel the plot forward. Instead we were just treading water. Such an anti-climax and disappointment overall - even if the final episode whetted our appetite for what is to come in Season 6.

After the dramafest season 5's been and with the same plot armor that can be found in any other forgettable series covering practically every character throughout it, this isn't a good end but maybe a satisfactory one. The last fifteen or so minutes arguably contained more substance than the whole season. Although compared with the lengthy go-nowhere drama of this season, it felt more like a trailer for the next than part of the episode.

Following two iffy seasons and the most interesting stuff being packed into a glorified trailer in the last minutes at the end of the last episode, I fear this is getting into Game of Thrones territory.

I love this show, particularly for its detail cogency and cohesiveness, it is perfectly written and acted... but this season took a bit longer than I would have liked with plot progression; some people enjoy a lot of family drama, not me, so agree to disagree -- I imagine the point of it has been to develop Naomi's son and set him up for the next/last season (along with a new pilot for the Roci), but aside from the last 5 mins of this episode, are we really satisfied with only this much having occurred (for the most part) in 6 whole episodes?! The macro development to the inter-Earth/Mars/Belter/Ring situations (that usually sells it for me in this show) definitely took a hard second seat this season. Underwhelming, especially given the incremental weekly release schedule this time around... Still love the show though! and looking forward to whatever the final season (😢) has in store for us!!

edit: rctripp's 3rd February review hits the nail on the head! Plz bring back Season 3 vibes!!