Dark Rain

My issue with this episode is the way the world responds to the problem that it has become sterile. No more children will be born, at least "normal" children. First of all it is through utter carelessness and lack of oversight that the whole thing happened (sort of like we are doing with climate change). Secondly, the governments that are responsible for this now form a kind of gestapo group, waiting for a normal birth that they can then test and figure out their next strategy. This, of course, leaves the mother no more than a cog in their wheel. There is an underground anti-government movement that is seen as a terrorist cell. We don't know what they are up to. This has shades of the book "Children of Men." A young couple becomes pregnant and apparently the wife going to have a normal, healthy baby. Enter the fascists, led by one of the men who was responsible for the problem in the first place. This is an intriguing effort to that point, but for me the conclusion is a bit too pat. See it anyway and just ask yourself what would our civilization be like if there were no more children.

Environmental pollution has unleashed a strange black rain around the world, this has caused the change in the PH of drinking water and has degenerated human fertilization, causing babies to be born with horrible mutations and deformities. When everything indicates that there are no more possibilities for the human species to continue in time, a pregnant woman appears whose medical tests indicate that she will have a normal and healthy baby. The couple is taken to a guarded government hospital with the intention of helping them continue with a controlled pregnancy, but they sense that something strange and sinister is hidden behind this situation. Without being outstanding, the episode is correct, good performances, Mario Azzopardi's direction is perfect as always, there is suspense and mystery until the last minute and the story ends with an encouraging ending.