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I'm not going to repeat what many others have said about this season. I don't know what is happening to the show but here we are. This episode is actually good TV. A good coherent story (unlike the last episode, wtf was that? Werewolves? Seriously?) and very well acted. There is great chemistry between Vasan and Essiedu, and the latter does a particularly great job portraying a funny, inexperienced demon dressed like Bobby Farrell, you know, the man from Bony M! The funny moments do well to give a lightheartedness to a story that tackles many serious issues like racism and murder, and shows an exercise in an extreme version of the trolley problem. Would you kill three people if you could save the world? What if they were bad people? The episode does an excellent job of making you laugh one second and clinch at the violence the next, all the while keeping you questioning what you would do in Nida's shoes. The only thing that made me enjoy this episode less than I would have otherwise is the fact that I was very aware the whole time that I was watching a Black Mirror episode and this is not that. Don't do what I did. Forget it has anything to do with Black Mirror and you will enjoy it.

The writing is just dumb. That's the best way to describe it. It is super slow and there is nothing and no one to care about, which is partly due to the horrible acting. The only one who stands out is the little boy. Patel and Raine put on some of the most fake and rigid performances I have seen in a while, and Capaldi barely has any screen time so if you, like me, want to watch the show because of him, don't bother. The conversations are weird and feel forced, and the music, when there is any, sounds out of place. Just a bad job all around. Did I mention the plot is very stupid? Watch something else.

I believe Man and Superman to be Shaw's best and most enjoyable play while the hardest to perform. What actor can speed through all that dialogue so quickly not to bore the audience without losing energy, and do all the jokes justice without giving up the gravity of the subject? Ralph Fiennes can! Absolutely amazing play, thought provoking and funny, and a fascination to watch the performance!