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After the previous episode, I expressed my disillusionment with the series, which was stuck in place and the episodes were too short. This penultimate one is six minutes longer, and everything changesproving that Murderbot is indeed suffering from its format! By far, the best episode of the series. Things are finally happening, the action and dialogue are not identical to the previous eight. A real suspense is established and maintained throughout the episode. The humor is once again present and impactful, and the ending is moving. All that remains is to hope for a final opus of the same caliber.

A series that started off well, with originality and a lot of humor. But quite quickly, it became very repetitive, marking time. The format of such short episodes, 22 to 23 minutes from which you have to subtract the opening and closing credits, makes Murderbot even more frustrating. It would have been better to offer a miniseries with five 45-minute episodes. At least - perhaps - we would have had the impression that the story was moving forward... Or maybe not at all... This episode 8 is absolutely useless, and it's not the first. I hope that the final episode, the 10th, will not only be the last of a season, but of the entire series.

I've been a fan of this show since day one. The situations and dialogue are irresistibly funny, and the performers are always top-notch. Jean Smart is absolutely wonderful, and Hannah Einbinder knows how to rise to the occasion. One downside, however, in the evolution of the show, and especially this episode (S4E05): I'm starting to find Ava's character somewhat irritating. While Deborah knows exactly the rules of the show and television game (including its most questionable aspects), Ava constantly pretends to know better than her what to do. She comes across as too selfish. Because even though she regularly claims to want Deborah's success, in reality she's looking for her own success through Deborah, to impose HER vision of the show. She works less and less for Deborah and more and more for herself, her own agenda. Stacey (a very funny character, by the way) proves this at the very end of the episode. This development doesn't spoil my enjoyment of the show's excellence, but it just makes Ava a lot less likeable. Her know-it-all and rather capricious side is irritating. And if Deborah has the same flaws, at least she has experience in the job...