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After a very strong start with the first four shows, episode 5 was a wandering, disjointed mess. I think some of the actors did as well as they could with a somewhat sloppy script: I mean, come on...what happened to the writers? Was this all they could come up with from the source material?

John Dee, who was portrayed well enough in episode 4, just didn't live up to his character's potential. Sitting in a booth glaring at everyone else in the restaurant lended absolutely nothing to his arch. I became very disappointed by David Thewlis during this episode...I understand that he's supposed to be creepy and menacing, but it was hard to watch!

The Vanguard couple and the kid interviewing with them didn't seem to fit the narrative at all and could have easily been left out. Had they not been there, Judy could have been expanded upon more so, as she was at least somewhat interesting.

And poor, poor Bette...what a waste of screentime. She could have been so much more than was shown. This character started off with a lot of potential too and I hoped she'd be the intended hero. The first half of the show, Bette was a little bit too saccharine sweet and when the shift in storyline happened, I just felt utterly frustrated with her.

As for Marsh, good god, I think a cardboard cutout could have been better placed in this role.

By the end, I was just glad it was over and I didn't even know if I wanted to continue but I'm glad I did. Episode 6 was phenomenal storytelling!

I really enjoyed the first two episodes, then the show seemed to get away from itself. After episode 5 (e-gads, wth was that), well I really didn't know if I wanted to continue as the round and round narrative was just weirdly disjointed. I felt I owed show at least one more viewing, and damn if episode 6 wasn't some of the best storytelling I've seen in a long, long time.

Dream meeting up with his sister while she was working was quite charming and was definitely a much needed reset after the hellscape that was the storyline with John Dee.

Going forward, I think we need a full season of just Dream, Hob and Girving (he gets a 10 for his acting ability, give him an Emmy) wandering the world seeking adventures together.

This is a good, solid 7 out of 10 show but I just don't get the all the anti "woke" comments...what is so "woke" about this program? That a woman can be a DI, that there are LBGTQ+ characters, that there's a single mom just trying her best with her teenage daughter? Uhhhh, welcome to the real world where all those things actually exist, even if there's some folks against seeing real life being shown in TV shows.

The 4th wall critics are woefully incorrect as it can be (when successful, as I feel it's done here) a good means of storytelling and there's a fair amount of comedic lines thrown in for good measure. I also thought it was pretty clever to incorporate literature references as themes to each new show.

I'll definitely be watching the series again.