Not convinced by this one. I think it's the low point of the season so far (I actually quite like the anthology/side episodes that most others seem to be a bit sceptical of). This one felt like an episode of a tired sitcom - the kind of fare you might see in season 8 or 9 of Frasier or Friends where each character goes off on a little adventure before a very obvious moral materialises semi-abruptly out of nowhere at the end of each of their mini-arcs.
It all feels too simplistic and unrealistic to me. Just rewatch the press confence scene: Paper Boi tries to be vocal about what he really thinks and then gets cut over and "rescued" very unsubtly; the audience seems not to notice anything strange, instead, they rise up to clap ecstatically at the on brand, blatant corporate nonsense spewed by those sharing Al's platform. That's not how audiences, especially ones composed of journalists, behave in real life. I use this small example, but I could use many others. There is a tackiness that runs through the whole episode. Give me an invisible car any day, but mawkish writing, regardless of the correctness of the morals, isn't why I'm interested in art.
Cancer Attack remains the season high so far.
It all feels too simplistic and unrealistic to me. Just rewatch the press confence scene: Paper Boi tries to be vocal about what he really thinks and then gets cut over and "rescued" very unsubtly; the audience seems not to notice anything strange, instead, they rise up to clap ecstatically at the on brand, blatant corporate nonsense spewed by those sharing Al's platform. That's not how audiences, especially ones composed of journalists, behave in real life. I use this small example, but I could use many others. There is a tackiness that runs through the whole episode. Give me an invisible car any day, but mawkish writing, regardless of the correctness of the morals, isn't why I'm interested in art.
Cancer Attack remains the season high so far.