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[This story contains spoilers for Upload season three, episode five, “Rescue Mission.”]

For Dave Rogers’ turn in the season three Upload directors chair, it was all about perspective.

The episode sees downloaded Nathan (Robbie Amell) and backup Nathan meeting for the first time in the Gray Zone, the duo working together to get Luke (Kevin Bigley) out of prison in the Gray Zone following a failed attempt at selling an AI Guy (Owen Daniels) for extra cash. “Rescue Mission” also predominantly features a new (and endearing) turn in AI Guy’s testing, helmed by Aleesha (Zainab Johnson).

Meanwhile, Ingrid (Allegra Edwards) is once again battling her insecurities as she reunites with old — and shallow — friends during a VR workout class. And Nora (Andy Allo) finds herself juggling her and backup Nathan’s feelings, while trying to uncover why her real Nathan was “given over the counter fart pills” to stop his head from exploiding on his downloaded body.

Amid all its comedy,...

Throughout the entirety of Firefly Lane Sean Mularkey (Jason McKinnon) kept his sexuality a secret from everyone except for Tully (Katherine Heigl), here's why he chose to remain in the closet up until the series finale and the fate of the Richard Firefly Lane character explained. There are several reasons why Sean remained in the closet. The biggest reason being fear of his family's reaction, especially when Richard's death was so symbolic of societal perceptions of homosexuality as dangerous, immoral, and deadly. Richard was revealed through a series of flashbacks in season 1, and the circumstances surrounding his death were only sheepishly revealed in the series.

Among other storylines of sexual assault, misogyny, miscarriage, and infidelity told through Firefly Lane's cast, Sean and Richard's resonated as one of the most complex and devastating. Along the way, audiences were met with brief glimpses of his life as a closeted gay man...