Episode #1.6

Did they give everyone Thorazine at the start of filming? The content may be interesting but who would ever know?

This show is a struggle to watch. Example, the seemingly interminable opening this week. Yep, I get the "deep artistic " attempt, but it's pretty to look at but actually just eats up time. It's as bad as the WWII film by Terrance Malik, The Thin Red Line. It also had long, long shots of scenery to no point. And I still detest the acting by the Character Lilly. She's as animated as a stump of wood. Now that quiet reflective thing can be done to great effect...just watch Clint Eastwood in his early westerns. But he managed to convey something without saying much. Lilly conveys nothing to me. This is a show I want to love but damn if it doesn't try to send me away.

The music is becoming overwhelming and is killing this show for me. The premise is intriguing, but teetering on silly and the music isn't helping.

I know some people like the music, but I'm really tired of music playing over scenes with ramped up sound or songs by obscure individuals or well-known music being sung on the wrong beat by some relative unknown. I almost turned off the sound and just read the captions.

Like, turn off the music!

Okey, so I love this series. I love the concept and how it has it "out spring" in science.

The reason I give this episode 8 out of 10 tough is that I am not sure how well I think Sonoya Mizuno and Jin Ha performs. I get that they do not get any freebies (scenes, sound/music, bare dialog etc) and asked to do much. But the "flatness" that works in some scenes do not give any engagement when it comes to their relationship or love for each other. Also other scenes the demands some emotion does not seem to work for me.

Also I think this episode is a bit heavy on the symbolism. It so easy when it works to over do it. I think it is a bit over done this time, especially in the dialog at the table... (and the homeless guys).

I liked that the episodes theme was clear on what it wanted to convey - the human aspect.

And here is where the philosophic question arise for me (stop reading here if you think it is spoiling to speculate in what philosophic question I think this episode raises). Have insanity a cause (meaning the acts you do after you have gone insane)? Does acts of love (which in some cases may be called insanity) a cause? And can the effect of these acts be predicted?

I really enjoyed this episode. It shows more of a human side to some of the characters instead of a corporation side