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shallownessHumans 3.2
Another good episode, if one with fewer big set pieces. It revolved around character. Mia (Leo’s mother) was never going to be on board with Max picking the greater good over family (Leo), although her plotline then became about her going away, getting a win and finding her purpose. The last two became so important that she basically abandoned Leo (oops, writers). Watching her pass as human to trick those cops was a joy, and her getting life advice from Niska was hilarious.
Niska too was very much herself. Both Astrid and Mia tried to warn her off her path, but as if she’d listen. The moment where the other cops talked about raping Christobel, she was brilliantly coiled. Of course she rejected Max trying to come all Leader over her.
Leo was made so vulnerable – I presumed he would survive, but in what state? Mattie, bless her, tried to be tactful about the Elster dynamics, I think, but Max continued being the Leader, putting the greater good over family, and emphasised the demarcation around them, hurting Leo. In seeing his memories of his death and resurrection when he came to, he was linked with the little boy he was. I didn’t follow how he’s more human than synth now, but anyway, ouch.
I presume Mattie will take him home to recuperate, although the Hawkins residence is hardly low profile.
What is interesting is that the dynamics have changed between the brothers, given what Max has been through in losing Flash and the other synth, feeling under siege and the weight of responsibility for a year. Bless him for trying to reason with a Very Angry Agnes, because he made good points she was in no mood to listen to. And as I fell a little harder for Anatole, I realised he was picking up the Sweet mantle.
The show continues to make timely points with…synth refugees!
Giving Laura an orange-eyed synth (and as soon as the behavioural scientist said that their bodyguard cum driver might be a spy - and sure, they’ve probably got a tap on all he can hear - I suspected her fellow commission member) was fun. I loved how Toby and Sophie acted as checks for her.
The commission and the attitudes on display went about as well as you could hope. Oh, but the point about Scandinavians trying to integrate their green-eyed synths jumped out at me. Was it a shout-out to the original series? But I thought the company behind the orange-eyed synths that withstood the consciousness code (apparently) was Lundstrom – I assumed they’d be Swedish.
Meanwhile, Joe – thinking about the humans who pick his fruit and their lot compared with synth fruit-pickers and modern-day fruit-pickers is probably harsh – saw Karen. Her rationale for coming to Waltringham made sense, and so Qualia are still players. We don’t know the answer to Sam’s question about Joe’s friendliness. Sam was eerie without the lenses, and watching him and Karen interact was heartbreaking. As with most of the adult synth actors, that kid pulled off some precision acting.
Timeless 2.8 The Day Reagan Was Shot
It took me over a day to watch (catch up on) this, thanks to an ad that would not load on Thursday night.
As someone who would not be able to go on the journey (even if I was too young and not-American to be aware of the attempt to assassinate Reagan) I felt my age. Thanks, Timeless! Also, that real-life(?) letter was deeply disturbing. I don’t know how I feel about it being co-opted into entertainment and its author being dismissed as a nutjob…
So, the previouslies had prepped us for this being about Agent Christopher. (See how I’m saying nothing about the time-travelling ladies’ hair. NOTHING.) But the moment it started to sink it to everyone bar Flynn what it would mean if she was killed/her life was changed was weighty enough. (Wyatt to Lucy: We’d never have met! GULP!)
Dealing with young Agent Christopher was a nice twist on Lucy’s usual fangirling, as Jiya was The Newb who kept using inappropriate slang. ‘Cagney and Lacey’ even went so far as being unconvincingly gay amongst other unconvincingness in an attempt to nudge/push Christopher back to their timeline. I mean, she’s meant to be a crack agent, and they were being quite feeble.
The more time Lucy spent with young!Denise, the more the fact that she was the older woman with life experience, as well as their sympathy over mother issues, resonated.
Flynn got a nice moment after being really insensitive, and the idea of one more minute etc rippled nicely to Rufus/Jiya and Lucy and her sister…
The car mowing Zeke down was a little bit satisfying.
Rufus could have restrained the sleeper agent differently, I guess. Wyatt didn’t sound that sympathetic over the realisation that he was a victim too.
And Christopher got a happier 2018 thanks to their interventions, though how did she know Wyatt had killed the agent? They didn’t seem to have heard the collision in the house.
Getting Jiya to fight for a changed future seemed like a slight nod to the show’s cancellation getting rescinded, and with Flynn finally telling Lucy about how she gave him the diary and hope, they are looking forward (five years older means sixth season…)
And then, just as Wyatt was being suspicious of Jessica’s return on his own, we ended on a cliffhanger bigger than the re-emergence of Jessica’s sibling… (and we still don’t know how Kevin got that cutting-edge life saving treatment.) Well played, Timeless.
Another good episode, if one with fewer big set pieces. It revolved around character. Mia (Leo’s mother) was never going to be on board with Max picking the greater good over family (Leo), although her plotline then became about her going away, getting a win and finding her purpose. The last two became so important that she basically abandoned Leo (oops, writers). Watching her pass as human to trick those cops was a joy, and her getting life advice from Niska was hilarious.
Niska too was very much herself. Both Astrid and Mia tried to warn her off her path, but as if she’d listen. The moment where the other cops talked about raping Christobel, she was brilliantly coiled. Of course she rejected Max trying to come all Leader over her.
Leo was made so vulnerable – I presumed he would survive, but in what state? Mattie, bless her, tried to be tactful about the Elster dynamics, I think, but Max continued being the Leader, putting the greater good over family, and emphasised the demarcation around them, hurting Leo. In seeing his memories of his death and resurrection when he came to, he was linked with the little boy he was. I didn’t follow how he’s more human than synth now, but anyway, ouch.
I presume Mattie will take him home to recuperate, although the Hawkins residence is hardly low profile.
What is interesting is that the dynamics have changed between the brothers, given what Max has been through in losing Flash and the other synth, feeling under siege and the weight of responsibility for a year. Bless him for trying to reason with a Very Angry Agnes, because he made good points she was in no mood to listen to. And as I fell a little harder for Anatole, I realised he was picking up the Sweet mantle.
The show continues to make timely points with…synth refugees!
Giving Laura an orange-eyed synth (and as soon as the behavioural scientist said that their bodyguard cum driver might be a spy - and sure, they’ve probably got a tap on all he can hear - I suspected her fellow commission member) was fun. I loved how Toby and Sophie acted as checks for her.
The commission and the attitudes on display went about as well as you could hope. Oh, but the point about Scandinavians trying to integrate their green-eyed synths jumped out at me. Was it a shout-out to the original series? But I thought the company behind the orange-eyed synths that withstood the consciousness code (apparently) was Lundstrom – I assumed they’d be Swedish.
Meanwhile, Joe – thinking about the humans who pick his fruit and their lot compared with synth fruit-pickers and modern-day fruit-pickers is probably harsh – saw Karen. Her rationale for coming to Waltringham made sense, and so Qualia are still players. We don’t know the answer to Sam’s question about Joe’s friendliness. Sam was eerie without the lenses, and watching him and Karen interact was heartbreaking. As with most of the adult synth actors, that kid pulled off some precision acting.
Timeless 2.8 The Day Reagan Was Shot
It took me over a day to watch (catch up on) this, thanks to an ad that would not load on Thursday night.
As someone who would not be able to go on the journey (even if I was too young and not-American to be aware of the attempt to assassinate Reagan) I felt my age. Thanks, Timeless! Also, that real-life(?) letter was deeply disturbing. I don’t know how I feel about it being co-opted into entertainment and its author being dismissed as a nutjob…
So, the previouslies had prepped us for this being about Agent Christopher. (See how I’m saying nothing about the time-travelling ladies’ hair. NOTHING.) But the moment it started to sink it to everyone bar Flynn what it would mean if she was killed/her life was changed was weighty enough. (Wyatt to Lucy: We’d never have met! GULP!)
Dealing with young Agent Christopher was a nice twist on Lucy’s usual fangirling, as Jiya was The Newb who kept using inappropriate slang. ‘Cagney and Lacey’ even went so far as being unconvincingly gay amongst other unconvincingness in an attempt to nudge/push Christopher back to their timeline. I mean, she’s meant to be a crack agent, and they were being quite feeble.
The more time Lucy spent with young!Denise, the more the fact that she was the older woman with life experience, as well as their sympathy over mother issues, resonated.
Flynn got a nice moment after being really insensitive, and the idea of one more minute etc rippled nicely to Rufus/Jiya and Lucy and her sister…
The car mowing Zeke down was a little bit satisfying.
Rufus could have restrained the sleeper agent differently, I guess. Wyatt didn’t sound that sympathetic over the realisation that he was a victim too.
And Christopher got a happier 2018 thanks to their interventions, though how did she know Wyatt had killed the agent? They didn’t seem to have heard the collision in the house.
Getting Jiya to fight for a changed future seemed like a slight nod to the show’s cancellation getting rescinded, and with Flynn finally telling Lucy about how she gave him the diary and hope, they are looking forward (five years older means sixth season…)
And then, just as Wyatt was being suspicious of Jessica’s return on his own, we ended on a cliffhanger bigger than the re-emergence of Jessica’s sibling… (and we still don’t know how Kevin got that cutting-edge life saving treatment.) Well played, Timeless.
