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Tales from the Loop
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Echo Sphere

  • Episode aired Apr 3, 2020
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  • 52m
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Jonathan Pryce and Duncan Joiner in Tales from the Loop (2020)
DramaSci-Fi

An old man is dying and his grandson is upset about it.An old man is dying and his grandson is upset about it.An old man is dying and his grandson is upset about it.

  • Director
    • Andrew Stanton
  • Writers
    • Nathaniel Halpern
    • Simon Stålenhag
  • Stars
    • Paul Schneider
    • Ato Essandoh
    • Jane Alexander
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    • Director
      • Andrew Stanton
    • Writers
      • Nathaniel Halpern
      • Simon Stålenhag
    • Stars
      • Paul Schneider
      • Ato Essandoh
      • Jane Alexander
    • 20User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Paul Schneider
    Paul Schneider
    • George
    Ato Essandoh
    Ato Essandoh
    • Gaddis
    Jane Alexander
    Jane Alexander
    • Klara
    Sierra Alexis
    • Zoe
    Kassianni Austin
    • Molly 30-50
    Dylan Bodner
    • Cole 20s
    Alec Carlos
    Alec Carlos
    • Mark
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    Shane Carruth
    • Cole 50s
    Stefanie Estes
    Stefanie Estes
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    Rebecca Hall
    Rebecca Hall
    • Loretta
    Carter Heintz
    Carter Heintz
    • Nate
    James Janssens
    • Cole 89s
    Duncan Joiner
    Duncan Joiner
    • Cole
    Fay Kelman
    • Olivia 40
    Lynn LePage
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    Kealan Mclaren
    • Alex 10
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    Robert Nahum
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    Jamie Parcells
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      • Simon Stålenhag
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    9Rachel_H_Ambler

    A welcome return to form

    After the very lacluster 3rd episode "Stasis", Tales of the Loop episode 4 "Echo Sphere" is a wonderful, gentle and bittersweet tale of life, and coming to terms with death.

    The SF elements are very much muted here, and this allows the story of Cole, and his Grandpa Russ, to come very nicely to the fore.

    The episode for me captures the very essence of the show, that the Loop may be the core of the town, but it's the humans who live and work there that bring it life.

    Most excellent and a happy return to form for this interesting little show. More please!
    3shauncore808

    Skip to episode 7

    Episodes 4, 5, and 6 are filler and a complete waste of time. Skip to episode 7 to continue the story. Nothing even remotely interesting happens in these episodes, and they contribute nothing to the story. Nor do they convey any relevant information about the loop. You can skip them entirely and it'll make no difference to the last two episodes.

    Episodes 4 and 6 are just drama episodes with little to no sci-fi elements. In 4, an old man dies of some disease (seemingly cancer). That's it. Episode 6 is a love-triangle episode with a sci-fi twist. Except the twist makes no real difference and it plays out like every love triangle story ever. Episode 5 is kind of sci-fi, but just uninteresting. It's got something involving the loop, but that /thing/ could be replaced with a number of real-world objects, and the entire story would stay the same. Simply put, it's a boring everyday drama with a couple loop-things inserted. Also completely irrelevant to the other episodes.

    This series should have been 5 episodes, but apparently Netflix over-ordered.
    10evandergrift-82527

    Beautiful

    This episode was very moving. Maybe it is because I love Jonathan Pryce, who is amazing in this, but I cried several times. Beautifully filmed.
    9jneiberger-1

    Absolutely wonderful. The last scene broke me.

    This series has been pretty dang fantastic, so far. This episode was a little slower and a bit different from the others, but it reaches a little deeper than the others. It is deeply touching and thoughtful.

    The last scene really got to me. I'm going to have to take a break before I watch the next episode.
    10madSizzle

    Humanism at its best.

    Probably the one that I've loved the most so far. Pryce, as well as the kid, are astonishing.

    In a nutshell - the very first interaction with death of a loved one: what to do with it? How to find strength to go on, especially when you are that young and vulnerable?

    A piece of cinematic poetry.

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    • Trivia
      At a point of the episode, Cole talks about a girl with a black stone who was searching for her mother, hinting the events happened in Loop (2020), where the child version of his own mother unwittingly traveled in time to the future.
    • Crazy credits
      The title starts off with a zero and the symbol for infinity to form Tales from the Loop.

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      • April 3, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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