The Tunnel

This series started out okay and showed promise but the writing and characters are just so punishing that all one wishes for is total annihilation of the complete cast. This vomit inducing episode revolves around the most annoying, cliched bunch of English kids ever put to screen. Kinda like Enid Blyton characters v Aliens. Hugely improbable! One saving grace I guess, was no inclusion in this episode of the horrible mother and her two execrable kids, especially the son. I just want the Aliens to eat them all. In summary, the plot has been lost and honestly, I just don't care anymore for the awful story, hugely irritating characters and finishing whatever is left of this pointless series.

On season 2_episode 4: same as season 1, though, my wish was granted and I got to see the bright, daring, tenacious and lovely Mitsuki, the only one out there with a scientific and academic background that I like and respect.

Other than that, a little subpar season in comparison with season 1, with the same nonsense with Aneesha and her family and acquaintance, some lengthy dragging scenes and episodes with the British kids and an ending that is worse than the whole season.

Time to cancel the show. This time and this series, really.

• Screenplay/storyline/plots: 5.5
• Development: 7.5
• Realism: 6.5
• Entertainment: 6
• Acting: 6.5
• Filming/photography/cinematography: 7.5
• VFX: 8
• Music/score/sound: 7
• Depth: 7
• Logic: 2.5
• Flow: 6
• Drama/fantasy/sci-fi: 6.5
• Ending: 4.

I can't help but feel this show will inevitably go down as a waste of time, money, and effort and most importantly - potential.

Regardless of the sheer stupidity of the characters due to a plot that barely moves forward and sloppy writing, the characters themselves have depth and great potential. However, at the end of the day, you can't help but feel they just come out as raw and trivial and it's almost fully down to lazy writing and the fact they exist in a plot which takes 5 episodes to actually have something happen.

This is best demonstrated in the previous episode where things actually happened and it was actually entertaining. Characters ended up fulfilling their potential and utilised the whole season and a bit of character building where the plot actually progressing had been sacrificed. But no, we're back with another filler episode where you could've condensed the entire episode into 10 minutes worth of an episode.

The Tunnel was an extremely exciting and intense episode with great performances from the British child actors. Nice to have real teens actually playing teenagers instead of actors in their twenties and sometimes in their 30s playing teenagers.

India Brown's performance was excellent as usual. And Paddy Holland was also very good.

I'm also really enjoying child actress, Rubby Siddle's performance. What a remarkable little actor.

It was nice to have an episode that focused solely on the plight of the UK children during the post apocalyptic alien invasion.

I really hope the UK kids will eventually meet more of the principal adult characters in this series.

Felt like a filler episode that was just meant to meet a deadline. The action taking place in France largely evidences some of the worst French I've ever heard in TV. Surely you could have cast people who know the language? Rough on all cut corners, in my opinion.

Closing, the narrative failed to introduce compelling twists, promote intricate character dynamics, or thought-provoking dilemmas that typically serve as the lifeblood of engaging storytelling. Instead, it trudged along a predictable path, leaving little room for surprise or genuine investment.

An enigma please - not just wasting time in a tunnel.