After Isaac recovers from the Ark Node EMP Blast he sets out to ascend to Haven.After Isaac recovers from the Ark Node EMP Blast he sets out to ascend to Haven.After Isaac recovers from the Ark Node EMP Blast he sets out to ascend to Haven.
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S4 E3: Haven
Third episode of the final season. Arachnid set off the "Ark Node" in the game of EVE, and several of the players barely make it out alive. "Haven" is an extremely fast-paced 35 minutes, goes over the aftermath and implications of the bomb being set off, and I'll go ahead and say.. this episode is brilliantly done.
Archie is ready to kill Arachnid, but doesn't... the old tutorial guy from the game of EVE, Adam, has glitched into real life it seems, and is living in the real world. Mother Sarah's corpse is found by Adam, leading to Archie finding the truth about her disappearance. Joseph admits to Isaac that he was the Servant. It was predictable that Joseph was involved somehow with the game of EVE... but the audience really doesn't have much of a clue as to how until this episode. Everything comes full circle for Isaac when word gets to Joseph where Mother Sarah was found dead, and Isaac finally finds out it was Abraham who killed her. Joseph prepares Isaac for Haven. Aaron Andrews, a legend of a character that we barely see, gets introduced and it's fantastic to see Tom again. Malachi logs back on when he wasn't supposed to, confronts Isaac, and they end up agreeing to team up to kill Arachnid. At this point, the only four remaining in the game are Isaac, Malachi, Arachnid, and... you guessed it... Aaron Andrews. A battle occurs and that brings us to our final two... Isaac and Arachnid. The two advance to Haven, and the truth about EVE is about to be revealed.
At the end of the day, this will go down as a top-2 episode in MVE, and very well could be the best episode of the series. I'll eventually rank all of the episodes based on my reviews and thoughts, but no doubt "Haven" will be at the top. This episode had everything. The performances were top-tier, music was great, camera work was great, writing and direction were both great, I have nothing bad to say. So many plot holes of the series are filled, and it is mind blowing finding out the truth of several major plot lines. I loved the beginning of the episode, with the optimistic yet dramatic music along with the shot of Adam appearing in real life... with the rain, wet court, and the greenness of the grass and trees... just thought the scene was fantastic. Don't forget about the looming thought that Archie was gonna kill Abraham then and there. Larry puts on yet another phenomenal performance... I truly think he's the best actor of MVE. I give Jesse massive credit for the directing and writing of the series, and Larry the credit for the best acting. It's tough saying that knowing how impressed I am with Jesse's acting at times too, I was more impressed by Jesse's acting at times in the Psycho Series, but when you consider all that Jesse's having to process during these scenes, it's nothing short of excellence. Thought Chris did great, Tom's acting is horrible but his character/role is fantastic so I didn't mind it one bit. Jay's acting as Malachi has impressed me the entire series, and still doesn't in this episode. I love the scene in Solomon's old hideout where something clicks between Malachi and Isaac... they know each other from somewhere. They can't process it, but there's just a subtle feeling that they have met before... somewhere or sometime. The scene of Aaron Andrews attacking Malachi is so random but hilarious, especially for those who know him from the Psycho Series or other productions. Leads me to imagine an alternate ending of EVE where Aaron Andrews comes outta nowhere, gets to Haven and wins the whole thing. What a plot twist that would've been!
The entire episode is fantastic start to finish. Fast-paced, brilliantly written and executed, and the cherry on top is the "after credit" scene where we Malachi supposedly dead in his chair. This scene honestly blew my mind. I didn't see this scene the first time I watched MVE so it was brand new during this watch. We see him in a wheelchair... which is confusing... because we haven't seen him in real life. So we thought. Remember the first scene of the entire series? When there's a hit-and-run on Haven road? Turns out, it was MALACHI who got hit. It's a plot line I completely forgot about. It seemed meaningless at the time for someone to get hit, and the audience forgets about it because it was so long ago... but Jesse is such an excellent storyteller. Everything he puts into his productions has a meaning I've come to realize. He knows how to blow viewers' minds. We feel a little sympathy now for Malachi... he's in a wheelchair addicted to this VR game... and gets killed in it from what we see at first. Then there's the newspaper article... revealing he was the one who got hit and put in critical condition in that very first episode. He breaks out of EVE, and the episode ends.
For me, this will likely go down as the best episode of the series. I have no bad things to say... all I can say is thank you, Jesse. What a brilliant story this is... and let me also mention how underrated it is too. If only the YT algorithm would promote this more. I feel like so many people who would enjoy it... just don't know about it. "Haven", start to finish, is a MJN masterpiece. Rating: 9.7/10.
Archie is ready to kill Arachnid, but doesn't... the old tutorial guy from the game of EVE, Adam, has glitched into real life it seems, and is living in the real world. Mother Sarah's corpse is found by Adam, leading to Archie finding the truth about her disappearance. Joseph admits to Isaac that he was the Servant. It was predictable that Joseph was involved somehow with the game of EVE... but the audience really doesn't have much of a clue as to how until this episode. Everything comes full circle for Isaac when word gets to Joseph where Mother Sarah was found dead, and Isaac finally finds out it was Abraham who killed her. Joseph prepares Isaac for Haven. Aaron Andrews, a legend of a character that we barely see, gets introduced and it's fantastic to see Tom again. Malachi logs back on when he wasn't supposed to, confronts Isaac, and they end up agreeing to team up to kill Arachnid. At this point, the only four remaining in the game are Isaac, Malachi, Arachnid, and... you guessed it... Aaron Andrews. A battle occurs and that brings us to our final two... Isaac and Arachnid. The two advance to Haven, and the truth about EVE is about to be revealed.
At the end of the day, this will go down as a top-2 episode in MVE, and very well could be the best episode of the series. I'll eventually rank all of the episodes based on my reviews and thoughts, but no doubt "Haven" will be at the top. This episode had everything. The performances were top-tier, music was great, camera work was great, writing and direction were both great, I have nothing bad to say. So many plot holes of the series are filled, and it is mind blowing finding out the truth of several major plot lines. I loved the beginning of the episode, with the optimistic yet dramatic music along with the shot of Adam appearing in real life... with the rain, wet court, and the greenness of the grass and trees... just thought the scene was fantastic. Don't forget about the looming thought that Archie was gonna kill Abraham then and there. Larry puts on yet another phenomenal performance... I truly think he's the best actor of MVE. I give Jesse massive credit for the directing and writing of the series, and Larry the credit for the best acting. It's tough saying that knowing how impressed I am with Jesse's acting at times too, I was more impressed by Jesse's acting at times in the Psycho Series, but when you consider all that Jesse's having to process during these scenes, it's nothing short of excellence. Thought Chris did great, Tom's acting is horrible but his character/role is fantastic so I didn't mind it one bit. Jay's acting as Malachi has impressed me the entire series, and still doesn't in this episode. I love the scene in Solomon's old hideout where something clicks between Malachi and Isaac... they know each other from somewhere. They can't process it, but there's just a subtle feeling that they have met before... somewhere or sometime. The scene of Aaron Andrews attacking Malachi is so random but hilarious, especially for those who know him from the Psycho Series or other productions. Leads me to imagine an alternate ending of EVE where Aaron Andrews comes outta nowhere, gets to Haven and wins the whole thing. What a plot twist that would've been!
The entire episode is fantastic start to finish. Fast-paced, brilliantly written and executed, and the cherry on top is the "after credit" scene where we Malachi supposedly dead in his chair. This scene honestly blew my mind. I didn't see this scene the first time I watched MVE so it was brand new during this watch. We see him in a wheelchair... which is confusing... because we haven't seen him in real life. So we thought. Remember the first scene of the entire series? When there's a hit-and-run on Haven road? Turns out, it was MALACHI who got hit. It's a plot line I completely forgot about. It seemed meaningless at the time for someone to get hit, and the audience forgets about it because it was so long ago... but Jesse is such an excellent storyteller. Everything he puts into his productions has a meaning I've come to realize. He knows how to blow viewers' minds. We feel a little sympathy now for Malachi... he's in a wheelchair addicted to this VR game... and gets killed in it from what we see at first. Then there's the newspaper article... revealing he was the one who got hit and put in critical condition in that very first episode. He breaks out of EVE, and the episode ends.
For me, this will likely go down as the best episode of the series. I have no bad things to say... all I can say is thank you, Jesse. What a brilliant story this is... and let me also mention how underrated it is too. If only the YT algorithm would promote this more. I feel like so many people who would enjoy it... just don't know about it. "Haven", start to finish, is a MJN masterpiece. Rating: 9.7/10.
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