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Well episode two has been watched. My thoughts on it, in chronological order, were: Completely expected that the world is green Was surprised that the sheriff still collapsed Unbelievable cringe speech from the strong guy to the fighting mob. Calling their part of the silo the “down deep” as opposed to the “mids” or “up top”. Seriously, the silo has fewer levels than many office blocks, there’s no need to resort to Snowpiercer levels of segregation1. “Here in the down deep we just get. shit. done.” Urghhh that’s already knocked three or four points off of the score Lots of shouty swearing I can’t stop seeing that mayor as the “bitty” mummy from Little Britain Just realised the other sheriff guy is that astronaut-driller from Armageddon Is the guy from Spooks name really “Wholesome”? Getting pretty sick of hearing about this “rebellion” without being given more info Black Panthers? In my silo? It’s more likely than you think Not really enjoying watching Rebecca Ferguson shouting, screaming, or moping about all over the place The writers are using this old workshop woman to accelerate through Rebecca Ferguson’s character development so fast I’ve got whiplash, terrible writing So much exposition dump it is making me want to just turn it off Subtle hand touching - show, don’t tell, very good “Everyone knows about us” - oh ok, tell, don’t show then, I guess It was here that the episode took a turn for the better. ...

I had never heard of this show before but decided to give it a go as its got that nice combo of dystopian sci-fi and mystery that keeps a show interesting. I also thought I’d have a go at an episode-by-episode review of the series until it’s either done or I am bored with it. Let’s be honest, considering what I’m like, it’ll be the latter, but still, it will kill some time. ...

A young woman is forced to undergo experimental treatments in an attempt to make her appear “normal.” This episode opens with a shot of a lady laying in a hospital bed with comically large bandages covering her entire head. She talks with the nurse about what the day was like, as she is obviously unable to see anything, and when can the doctors take her bandages off. The nurse tells her that the doctors are still trying to work out how to “fix her face”. The lady says that her face must look pretty bad and that she never really wanted to be beautiful1. ...

A man on a walking trip of post-World War I Europe gets caught in a storm. He comes across a remote monastery with a mysterious prisoner. The episode starts off without Rod’s usual exposition dump, and instead the protagonist is telling us about some crazy shit he has experienced years ago. INTENSE STARING. JAUNTY CAMERA ANGLES. ALTERNATIVE EXPOSITION DUMP. He was on a walking tour of some WW1 beaches and got lost in a massive storm. Lucky for him he saw some light emanating from a nearby building… ...