A decently written episode, but they do the brain implant/virtual reality theme absolutely to death.
It's my biggest qualm with later seasons, they just do episode after episode of the exact same thing. One of the earlier seasons' greatest strength is the variety of tech themes that they explore. The implications of brain implants/VR are interesting, but there's an inherent lack of creativity on the writers' part by falling back on it over and over again.
It's almost guaranteed that 3/4 new episodes are going to be brain implants/VR.
It's my biggest qualm with later seasons, they just do episode after episode of the exact same thing. One of the earlier seasons' greatest strength is the variety of tech themes that they explore. The implications of brain implants/VR are interesting, but there's an inherent lack of creativity on the writers' part by falling back on it over and over again.
It's almost guaranteed that 3/4 new episodes are going to be brain implants/VR.