Agreed, especially about Tagomi. I quite like him. I feel empathy for Tagomi and want him to succeed and somehow reunite with his family and save the world. But boy was his plotline BORING. Tagomi cannot EVER be the season's highlight.

I wouldn't say the whole season was good — anything with Frank and Frank-related plotlines was a drag, for example — but the last few episodes were gripping. The reviewer and his write-up are indeed completely off the mark in my opinion.

I agree with you it's strange Smith rose so high in the ranks. Possibly a plot hole. However, note he didn't fight against the Nazis but in the Pacific.

In the novel, the alternate reality described by book "The Grasshopper Lies Heavy" doesn't match our reality either. So maybe they are going this direction?

How was Heusmann's reveal as the big bad foreshadowed?

> I wouldn't mind seeing them shoved into an incinerator

Last episode was the one about the infuriatingly boring drug party of ubermensch, right? And the aimless Tagomi-in-the-real-world scene, right? Godawful episode.

I agree with your assessment. I kinda like Juliana though; her actions in the next episode are surprising and I don't know where they will lead. Frank Frink however IS the most annoying character ever. I know whatever scene he's in is going to be a drag. I seem to remember the character from the book was less…

Actually, I retract the "hate" part of my comment. I don't hate the show, I'm just disappointed by it. I'll keep giving Sense8 a chance, because I think it has potential.

What if I like emotional connections but hate manipulative shows with cliched, one-dimensional characters and sloppy writing?

I dunno. Naturalistic "awkward" dialogue can be awesome when done by an author with an ear for it, but the Wachowskis don't seem to have it, at least not in this show. The way their characters speak is cringeworthy because it doesn't sound the way real people actually speak, but it's not good "movie speak" either.…

Of course, I'm assuming the digitized version is indeed an AI, like we see in Black Mirror. This is far-fetched with today's technology, and I don't believe we are anywhere near to achieving it, but maybe some day we will. If you are an atheist and, like me, don't believe in the soul, then the conscious mind must…

The photo in your example isn't conscious, which is an important detail! Consciousness is hard to define, but for a lot of people continuity of consciousness is an important matter — it is what defines *who* they are. So is the matter whether the transfer is gradual (surgical removal of body parts or brain cells in my…

To each his own, I guess. To me, "Shut Up And Dance" was little more than an act of trolling… on the spectator. "San Junipero" was emotional and sad, but also hopeful, which I liked. And "Men Against Fire" seems like a better version of the absolute worse episode of the season: "Playtest".

I thought the same! I wonder though, whenever someone's implant must be reset, what happens with the rest of his/her buddies? Stripe's buddies didn't seem to show any kind of understanding towards him. For example, gung-ho blondie seemed to hate his guts after he punched her, and seemed ready to shoot him. What…

Wow! That's pretty cool. And in a way, even more twisted than the Black Mirror episode. Thanks for sharing.

Yeah, the episode is re-watchable just because of that, and other cute little details. For example, early in the episode Kelly tells Yorkie she's "real", not like those other people "dressed like they think everyone else expects them to look, wearing clothes they maybe saw in a movie".

What if, through surgery, they replace one of your limbs with a prosthesis? Most people would agree you're still you. What if through really advanced surgery they replaced a tiny bit of your brain (hey, this is the future!) with a computerized brain? Not all your brain, mind you — let's say just the part of your brain…

If it was practical effects, they still managed to make it look like cheap CGI. They should have examined the source material closer, and paid attention to how Ridley Scott almost didn't show us the full monster in "Alien", and when he did it was only for the briefest of moments.

But Able Archer 83, the whole premise of the show, was a real exercise that truly almost ended in nuclear war. You would have them ignore history?