Knowing that the series was going to be renewed robbed the episode of its (supposedly) ambiguous ending. The 'ambiguous' ending was also compromised by our knowledge of Offred's pregnancy.

The category mistake - or ontological error - is yours, not mine.

I'm not a man, and I'm not going to assume that you are a woman.

I'm not sure why a female reviewer is not critically commenting on the show's depiction of women: maybe its because misogyny makes perfect sense.

Let me take a wild guess. Pool party where the women take off their tops and jump into the pool to get 'wet'? Threesome with some unlikely - yet incredibly lucky and/or entitled - guy?

Was she even aware that sexism and misogyny were built into the show's DNA?

Scene for scene, Fear of the Walking Dead is better written and acted than The Walking Dead.

I'm finding her character and performance risible, and the problem is that she's overcompensating for the lack of ….anything happening opposite her.

Emily's review is a very impressive attempt to make some sense out of (seeming) non sense.

Please read to the sounds of Dion's The Wanderer

Please don't be discouraged if you keep getting an engaged signal. I'm fielding a lot of calls at the moment.

Sounds like a man with a plan.

If you need any more help thinking this through, just let me know.

Which is the consoling lie - that she could be comforted by the 'knowledge' that the dearly departed are able to go on with their lives. And the possibility remains that she could be reunited with them when the right time comes.

So you believe the machine does as advertised and is not an elaborate hoax or suicide device? It would certainly require a leap of faith - or spiritual belief - to make that mind trip.

C'mon - her version of the 'other side' was the most banal and fantastical version of the 'afterlife' that could have possibly been imagined: and everyone lived happily ever after!

So, what does the machine transport exactly if not a 'ghost in the machine'? (Ryle's term for 'spirit or psyche' when discussing Descarte's mind/body dualism)

Yeah, I knew skeletal remains was the wrong word to use, but the point still stands: the scientist indicated that a 'fossil' is all that remains of the physical person because the real person was 'spiritual' anyway - and it was their spirit or psyche that crosses off as they shed their cocoon.

As much as I admire Alston's writing, he needs to rewrite this review. He was so taken in by the show's conceptual sleight of hand - or misdirection - that he mistook its magic for reality.

there was no alternate dimension - her 'nice story' doesn't bear scrutiny (see my above post, amongst other thematically related concerns the episode itself lays bare)